Saving Haiti's Priceless Artwork

The Centre d’Art was a leading institution in the development and dissemination of Haitian art. The three-story building collapsed in the earthquake and while thousands of paintings were saved, many still lay under the rubble.

Haitian cultural leaders meet with Smithsonian officials and members of the President’s Committee for the Arts and the Humanities on the grounds of the Haitian Cultural Recovery Center.

At the objects lab in the Haitian Cultural Recover Center, Secretary Clough talks about fragments recovered from the destroyed and damaged murals of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with Institute for Museum and Library Services Acting Director Marsha Semmel and President’s Committee member R

Secretary Wayne Clough photographs one of Petionville’s street-side art galleries.

The devastated site of the Nader Museum in Port-au-Prince.

Georges Nader, his family and staff, saved thousands of paintings from destruction in the rubble after his museum collapsed. Storage conditions are poor.

A Haitian vendor sells bread amidst the earthquake rubble.