Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)
1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, DC
Learn how Americans personally experienced the Civil War through photographs of the era. Stereo-view photographs, viewing devices, and 3-D images created from the photos (glasses provided) are on view to explore this new and innovative technology of 150 years ago. A camera, glass-slide negatives, and a video reveal how the photographs were created.
The photographs are divided into the following three sections:
- Smithsonian Castle; Washington, DC; and the National Mall
- Beginnings of American photojournalism and battlefield photography
- Homefront experience through photography
No photography permitted
