American Museums

Devoted to the scientific, cultural, social, technological, and political development of the United States, the museum traces the American experience from colonial times to the present. The American History Museum’s collection contains more than three million historical objects—including the famed Star-Spangled Banner—and documents that explore the evolution of the American identity.

• National Museum of American History

• American Art Museum

• National Museum of the American Indian

Sitting at the foot of the Wiechquaekeck Trail, an old Algonquin trade route (aka Broadway), the museum displays an incredible collection and its commitment to celebrating the diverse history and contemporary voices of Native peoples throughout the western hemisphere.

• American Indian Museum New York

• National Museum of the American Indian

• National Museum of Natural History

Located in the historic D.C. City Post Office next to the restored Union Station, the Smithsonian’s National ________ Museum showcases the largest and most comprehensive collection of stamps and philatelic material in the world—including postal stationery, vehicles used to transport the mail, mailboxes, meters, cards and letters, and postal materials that predate the use of stamps. Visitors can walk along a Colonial post road, ride with the mail in a stagecoach, browse through a small town post office from the 1920s, receive free stamps to start a collection and more.

The world's most popular National Museum of _______ is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it. Delve into the fascinating story of our planet, from its fiery beginnings through billions of years of transformation, and explore life on Earth through exhibitions and activities, collection objects and research that happens in the lab and in the field. The museum is larger than 18 football fields and is home to the largest natural history collection in the world.

This museum features international modern and contemporary art in the celebrated Gordon Bunshaft designed cylindrical building, adjoining plaza, and sunken sculpture garden. The museum is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time.

• American Art Museum

• Freer Gallery of Art

• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Launch into the history of flight by surrounding yourself with icons of air and space travel. The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, exhibits aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts. While the National ________ Museum undergoes transformation, half of the building is open with eight new and renovated exhibitions. 

It is the largest museum in the United States. It borders New York’s Central Park, and houses more than two million pieces of art in its permanent collection. Many of the pieces in this collection are curated from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. One of the main attractions here and a must see is the Egyptian Collection. This collection includes the Temple Of Dendur, an original Egyptian temple dating from 15BC. There are also many couture designs by Balenciaga, Laurent and Chanel.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

• Metropolitan Museum of Art

• National Portrait Gallery

The Museum is one of the largest museums in the United States of America, housing over 450,000 works of art. Its most renowned collections are American Art, Egyptian Art and its ongoing tech style exhibit, an exhibit that features fashion in the age of Sci-Fi technology. Among all the collections here works by Gauguin, Cezanne and Monet are must sees. Gilbert Stuarts portrait of George Washington and and John Singleton Copleys portrait of Paul Revere. Copleys “Watson and the Shark” are also noteworthy.

• Museum of Fine Arts Boston

• Philadelphia Museum of Art

• National Gallery of Art

Based in Midtown Manhattan, the MoMA ( __________ ) contains a vast collection of modern art. The museum also organizes many short exhibitions featuring collections from overseas, its a great space to exhibit with its stunning white abstract backdrops.

Some of the 20th centuries most recognisable paintings grace the walls of MoMA from artist such as Pollock, Picasso, Rousseau and Van Gogh.

The Art Institute of Chicago, ___________, is the second largest art museum in the United States of America, its impressionist and post impressionist art are the highlights of the collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago is famous for its large collections of African American Art, Antique Asian Art, American Art and its collection of 20th Century furniture. This museum also has one of the largest collection of Monet paitings.