The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science, and Invention in the Nineteenth Century

About the exhibition

The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science, and Invention in the Nineteenth Century was presented at Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. in 2011–2012. The documented paintings include The Lackawanna Valley by George Inness, dated c. 1856 and executed in oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art records this painting’s participation in its collection history. This selected checklist is partial; other exhibited works and exact opening and closing days have not been reconciled.

Also recorded as: The Great American Hall of Wonders: Art, Science, and Invention in the Nineteenth Century, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.