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Thomas Moran & the "Big Picture"
September 25, 2020 — ongoing
Size: 900 s.f.
Artist Thomas Moran’s panoramic masterpieces, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1872) and The Chasm of the Colorado (1873–1874), have returned to the Interior Museum for the first time in more than two decades. In capturing the natural beauty of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, these monumental canvases shaped many people’s impressions of the American West and forever framed the discourse on public lands. Visit the Interior Museum’s recently-expanded gallery space to appreciate these iconic landscapes and learn more about how they are uniquely tied to the history of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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William Henry Jackson: A Visual Exploration of the American West
September 25, 2020 — ongoing
Size: 62 s.f.
In August 1935, planners creating the Interior Museum turned to the 92-year-old venerated photographer and artist William Henry Jackson (1843–1942) to execute a set of four paintings to memorialize each of the "Great Surveys" of the American West (1867–1879). View Jackson's two large oil paintings depicting the Hayden and Powell Surveys and explore their fascinating backstories and connections to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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People, Land & Water
June 2017 — ongoing
Size: 700 s.f.
This award-winning, state-of-art exhibition introduces audiences to the scope and influence of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Features of this visitor experience include more than 75 fascinating artifacts, an inspiring 14-minute film, and educational multimedia presentations to acquaint and actively engage the public with the Department's history, relevance, and current missions. A timeline, plus broad interpretive themes of discovering, protecting, contemporary cultures, and powering our future provide a framework for understanding the interconnectivity among the Department's bureaus, as well as the projects in which our 70,000 employees are engaged nationally and internationally. See just how much there is to learn about the "Department of Everything Else."
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