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5:42 Walt Whitman and the Patent Office Building, Civil War NatlPortraitGallery 131 views 1 day ago Walt Whitman's experiences in Washington are at the very core of his poetry and his journals. After his brother George was wounded at Fredericksburg in December of 1862, Wa...
1:16:18 Vernon Jordan, Living Self-Portrait NatlPortraitGallery 62 views 1 week ago On April 9, 2012, Vernon Jordan was interviewed at a public event at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Jordan was interviewed by Marc Pachter, former...
2:05 Google Art Project at NPG, Behind-the-Scenes NatlPortraitGallery 269 views 1 month ago The Google Art Project visited the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, and our sister museum, Smithsonian American Art. View our artworks, walk our galleries, and...
51:14 A Conversation with Alice Waters NatlPortraitGallery 142 views 2 months ago Alice Waters, founder of the restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food movement speaks with chef Jose Andres. Her portrait, by arti...
4:12 1862: The Rise of Ulysses S. Grant NatlPortraitGallery 509 views 2 months ago The National Portrait Gallery's Warren Perry discusses Grant's victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, both in northwest Tennessee. Filmed in February, 2012. This vid...
6:36 Rossin, artist interview NatlPortraitGallery 603 views 4 months ago The artist Rossin discusses his portrait of civil rights leader Andrew Young. The portrait is on view in the "The Struggle for Justice" exhibition on the second floor. ...
25:43 Artist Zhang Chun Hong at National Portrait Gallery NatlPortraitGallery 337 views 4 months ago Artist Zhang Chun Hong discusses her work in "Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter." The exhibition is on view from August 12, 2011 to October 14, 2012. h...
5:11 Portrait of George Custer as a student at West Point NatlPortraitGallery 1,517 views 7 months ago Frank Goodyear, associate curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses an ambrotype portrait of George A. Custer taken during his days as a student at...
5:00 Munson's Hill: Battlefield Trickery in the Civil War NatlPortraitGallery 656 views 7 months ago The National Portrait Gallery's Warren Perry discusses Munson's Hill and the battlefield trickery employed by JEB Stuart in September 1861. Part of our ongoing series co...
3:18 Portraits After 5 - September 2. 2011 NatlPortraitGallery 672 views 8 months ago A recap of the September 2, 2011 "Portraits After 5" after hours event at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. The evening featured DJ Natty Boom, hip hop dance tr...

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