The Justice Archives - Von Torres: Visiting Virtual Museums

Americans Exhibition
Americans, a major exhibition, highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began. It delves into the three stories, surrounds visitors with images, and invites them to begin a conversation about why this phenomenon exists in our nation’s identity.

Pervasive, powerful, at times demeaning, the images, names, and stories reveal the deep connection between Americans and American Indians as well as how Indians have been embedded in unexpected ways in the history, pop culture, and identity of the United States.

The Smithsonian has launched its Open Access Initiative. Images of objects from the NMAAHC collection are now available to view, download, and share through a CC0 license.

​This collection contains historical images and objects from different time periods and parts of American history such as slavery, segregation, civil rights, art, activism, religion, and more. These objects and images give us a chance to see who the people were, what they valued, and how they lived, and what they fought for.

Illegal to be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall (website based exhibition)

In June 1969, LGBTQ+ community members resisted a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in lower Manhattan. The museum will mark this 50th anniversary with a display featuring objects from its collections that put the history of that memorable event within a larger and longer experience of being gay.