From the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies

Category: Collection Spotlight

Collection Spotlight

Special Series: Jackie Kennedy’s Washington

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 8, 2024

By Katie Roxberry, M.A. ’24, Museum Studies

Civil War Collection Spotlight

A City at War

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 25, 2023

Detailed depictions of streets and railroads connected to DC. Colorful shapes in the center indicate school districts, red dots indicate fortifications.

E. G. Arnold, “Topographical Map of the Original District of Columbia and Environs Showing the Fortifications Around the City of Washington,” published by G. Woolworth Colton, 1862. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 9.

Collection Spotlight Monuments

The Washington Monument Capstone

Post author By GW Museum
Post date March 28, 2023

Colored print of six white men in blue suits placing the shiny capstone on top of the marble monument.

S. H. Nealy, “572 Feet High – Setting the Capstone on the Washington Monument,” Harper’s Weekly. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 182.

Architecture Collection Spotlight Monuments National Mall

The Original Washington Monument Design

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 14, 2022

E. Warren, “The Washington National Monument,” published by James Charles Armytage, c. 1855. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 2017.2.

Collection Spotlight Presidents White House

Easter Egg Roll at the White House: A Time Capsule of America’s Racial and Religious History

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 14, 2022

Black and white photo of a man in a suit jacket and pants with a young girl in a dress and hat, in front of the White House. — Printed postcard showing the White House grounds on Easter Monday in 1898. Photo originally taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952). Albert H Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 957.

Emma Cieslik, M.A. ’23, Museum Studies