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Archives of American Art Archives of American Gardens Archives Center, National Museum of American History Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection Archive Human Studies Film Archives Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum National Air and Space Archives National Anthropological Archives National Museum of the American Indian Archives Peale Family Papers, National Portrait Gallery Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian American Art Museum Slide and Photo Archives Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Libraries Smithsonian Photographic Services Affiliated Organization: National Gallery of Art	Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture Smithsonian American Art Museum
	Detail view of George Washington from Washington Arch, New York City. Sculpture by Alexander Stirling Calder, 1917-1918. Art Information Resources Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 Ninth Street NW Suite 3100 Washington, DC 20001-4505 Mailing address: Art Information Resources Smithsonian American Art Museum VB 3100, MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 202.275.1932 202.275.1707 fax artref@saam.si.edu www.siris.si.edu/saam.htm Hours Monday – Friday 10am to 5pm Appointment Recommended Metro Stop: Gallery Place	The Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture were created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to assist researchers in locating American paintings and sculptures for comparative study. Together, the Inventories reference over 360,000 art works in public and private collections worldwide and are complemented by a photographic study file of over 60,000 photographs, which are available for study in our Washington, DC office. Over 21,000 painters and nearly 15,000 sculptors are represented in the database. Reference services are provided to the public. Highlights: The Inventory of American Paintings began in the early 1970s, and has collected data on nearly 275,000 paintings created by American artists active by 1914. The Inventory of American Sculpture began collecting data in 1985, and includes information on over 80,000 works created by artists born or active in the United States from colonial to contemporary times. Included in the Inventory of American Sculpture are reports of 32,000 outdoor sculptures documented through the Museum's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program.