To support the research of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Archives of American Art, the AA/PG Library collection of 180,000 books, exhibition catalogs, catalogues raisonnes, serials, and dissertations is concentrated in the area of American art, history, and biography with supportive materials on European art.
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