Smithsonian American Art Museum

fine arts museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
Organization art_museum Q1192305
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Summary

Smithsonian American Art Museum is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of art museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,726 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: North American Reciprocal Museum Association[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: database[6]
  • Architect: James Renwick Jr.[7]
  • Founder: John Varden[8]
  • Headquarters location: Washington, D.C.[9]
  • Location: Old Patent Office Building[10]
  • Part of: Smithsonian Institution[11]
  • Commons category: Smithsonian American Art Museum[12]
  • Has part(s): Renwick Gallery[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1829[14]
  • Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[15]
  • Official website: http://americanart.si.edu/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Smithsonian American Art Museum[17]
  • Director / manager: Stephanie Stebich[18]
  • Visitors per year: 3,150,000[19], 329,683[20]
  • Phone number: +1 202-633-7970[21]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[22], hedendaagsesieraden.nl[23]
  • Official name: Smithsonian American Art Museum[24]
  • Commons Institution page: Smithsonian American Art Museum[25]
  • Date of official opening: January 1, 1968[26]
  • Main Wikidata property: P1795[27], P4704[28]
  • Native label: Smithsonian American Art Museum[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft[30], Wikiproject Wikidata use[31], WikiProject Smithsonian Names[32]

Why It Matters

Smithsonian American Art Museum has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . americanart.si.edu. americanart.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . si.edu. si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . narmassociation.org. Retrieved . narmassociation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . si.edu. si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . si.edu. Retrieved . si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Art's most popular : Exhibition and museum visitor figures 2021. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . americanart.si.edu. americanart.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 30 April 2020. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . americanart.si.edu. Retrieved . americanart.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Craft, Wikiproject Wikidata use, WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ On focus list of wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791918931218"
  2. 19d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hy', 'id', 'it',
    Lc and marc vocabularies id → identifiers/saam
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Lc and marc vocabularies id: identifiers/saam, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/149288433|Smithsonian American Art Museum (#149288433)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-mat"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2IKBIw
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 14w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007605396605171, 987007265836205171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007265836205171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  5. 21w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founded by → —
    Official website → http://americanart.si.edu/
    Harper's tag → smithsonian-american-art-museum-washington-d-c
    Director / manager → Stephanie Stebich
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: smithsonian-american-art-museum-washington-d-c, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959921|smithsonian american art museum washington d c (#"
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