Museum Closing: Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

SAAM and its Renwick Gallery will close its doors temporarily due to COVID-19 beginning Monday, November 23, but we are always open online.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery To Close Temporarily Beginning November 23

The Smithsonian American Art Museum facade at night with blue lights honoring healthcare workers.

Earlier in the year, SAAM joined the rest of the Smithsonian community in lighting our buildings blue to honor healthcare workers.

As a public health precaution due to COVID-19, Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery will close temporarily to the public beginning Monday, November 23.

Due to rising regional and national cases related to COVID-19, the Smithsonian is once again closing its doors temporarily. We are not announcing a reopening date at this time due to the changing conditions, but Smithsonian leadership is closely monitoring the situation to ensure that the health and safety of our visitors, volunteers, and staff remains a top priority.

Please consult our website for the latest updates. If you have a timed-entry pass to visit the museum after November 22, you will receive a separate notice from Etix. We look forward to seeing you when we are able to reopen. While our physical doors will be temporarily closed, we are continuing to create engaging digital content to help bring American art to you at home.

An artwork with a man in a mustache and hat.

¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now

The eagerly anticipated exhibition ¡Printing the Revolution! opens on Friday, November 20. Featuring more than 100 artworks from SAAM’s leading Latinx collection, the exhibition presents, for the first time, historical civil rights-era prints by Chicano artists alongside works by graphic artists working from the 1980s to today. We are deeply disappointed to have to close this landmark exhibition following its opening weekend, but there is still time to join us this evening to see the galleries in an exciting virtual preview.

Register now and explore the importance of Chicanx graphics in American visual culture, withartists Juan Fuentes, Ester Hernandez, and Zeke Peña and notable collectors Gil Cárdenas, Ricardo and Harriett Romo, Rosa Terrazas, and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto. Tonight, Thursday, November 19, at 7 p.m. ET.

There are many ways to enjoy the exhibition online. Stay tuned for new opportunities to learn about the rich history and innovative practices of the Chicano graphics movement through videos, blog posts, online artist talks, and more.

Image Credits: Smithsonian American Art main building. Photo: Rebekah Mejorado.

Leonard Castellanos, RIFA, from Méchicano 1977 Calendario, 1976, screenprint on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2012.53.1, © 1976, Leonard Castellanos

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