Smithsonian American Art Museum

Hours 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Located at Eighth and F streets N.W.
americanart.si.edu
AmericanArtInfo@si.edu

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation's first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience. The collection, one of the largest and most inclusive of American art in the world, captures the aspirations, character and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries.

This summer the museum presents, Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, the first major exhibition to explore in-depth the connections between Rockwell's iconic images of American life and the movies. Telling Stories celebrates American ideals about love of country, personal honor, and the value of family. The exhibition also investigates how Rockwell, Lucas, and Spielberg have transformed ordinary people and the quotidian incidents of everyday experience into stories that show us our better selves and the values that have sustained Americans through good times and bad.

In conjunction with Telling Stories, the museum is hosting Scouting Family Day Saturday, July 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come in search of your ScoutQuest clues and stay for campfire storytelling, photo opportunities, live performances by Scouts, and pinewood derby racing. More information can be found on the museum's online calendar.