Religion
One hallmark of the American experience captured in the Museum's collections is the nation's broad diversity of religious faiths. Artifacts range from Thomas Jefferson's Bible to a huge "Sunstone" sculpture carved for a Mormon temple in Illinois in 1844 to a household shrine from the home of a Pueblo Indian in the 1990s. Furniture, musical instruments, clothing, cooking ware, and thousands of prints and figures in the collections have all played roles in the religious lives of Americans. The most comprehensive collections include artifacts from Jewish and Christian European Americans, Catholic Latinos, Protestant Arab Americans, Buddhist and Christian Asian Pacific Americans, and Protestant African Americans. One notable group is the Vidal Collection of carved figures known as santos and other folk religious material from the practice of Santeria in Puerto Rico.
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rosary
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2008.0155.02
- accession number
- 2008.0155
- catalog number
- 2008.0155.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Tabernacle at Wesleyan Grove
- Description (Brief)
- black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; large pavilion with man rows of pews under cover; buildings partially visible in background; tree branch hanging in top of frame
- date made
- mid-late 1800s
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0662
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0662
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Woman decorating statue of Virgin Mary
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1930s-1940s
- ID Number
- 2013.0327.0622
- accession number
- 2013.0327
- catalog number
- 2013.0327.0622
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Judith in the Tent of Holofernes
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1928
- Artist
- Miller, Benjamin
- Associated Name
- Bernard, Allen W.
- maker
- Miller, Benjamin
- ID Number
- 2016.0084.064
- catalog number
- 2016.0084.064
- accession number
- 2016.0084
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Singing; Gethsemane
- Description (Brief)
- F. Carlton Booth. side 1: Singing; side 2: Gethsemane (Singspiration 1040. from the album, Singing (Singspiration 4).
78 rpm. - Location
- Currently not on view
- production date
- ca 1947
- recording artist
- Booth, F. Carlton
- manufacturer
- Singspiration
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05025
- maker number
- 1040
- 4
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05025
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Erinnerung an de Tag der Confirmatim/Confirmation Certificate (translated title)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884
- publisher
- Kaufmann, Ernst
- ID Number
- 2012.0093.28
- accession number
- 2012.0093
- catalog number
- 2012.0093.28
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Stairway and Chapel on the Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico
- Description (Brief)
- Stairway and Chapel on the Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico; stairway with wooden railing leads up hillside; at top is a large church with two towers at left and dome at center
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1870s
- maker
- Kilburn Brothers
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0157
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0157
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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With my blessing, take it.
- Description (Brief)
- hand colored stereograph; printed on verso "WITH MY BLESSING, TAKE IT. / Copyright"; man in monk's robes seated in a chair facing photographer, right hand at waist and left hand raised up; wooden table with folding "X" legs at left with a white table cloth, wine, a pitcher and bread are on the table; window in background with magenta curtains, books on windowsill
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1850s-1860s
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0391
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0391
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Tabernacle, Martha's Vineyard
- Description (Brief)
- black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; handwritten on verso "Tabernacle, Martha's Vineyard"; view from rear of a large room underneath a tent with closed sides; pews set up in columns with men and women seated sporadically among pews; looking towards altar at front
- date made
- 1869-1879
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0701
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0701
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Under His Wing; Jesus Whispers Peace
- Description (Brief)
- George Beverly Shea. side 1: Under His Wing; side 2: Jesus Whispers Peace (Singspiration 3000). from the album, Under His Wings (Singspiration 15).
78 rpm. - Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Shea, George Beverly
- manufacturer
- Singspiration
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05262
- maker number
- 3000
- 15
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05262
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Religious re-enactment
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2013.0327.1306
- catalog number
- 2013.0327.1306
- accession number
- 2013.0327
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Pieta
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1924
- Artist
- Miller, Benjamin
- Associated Name
- Bernard, Allen W.
- maker
- Miller, Benjamin
- ID Number
- 2016.0084.013
- accession number
- 2016.0084
- catalog number
- 2016.0084.013
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Mormon Temple
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2017.0037.0035
- catalog number
- 2017.0037.0035
- accession number
- 2017.0037
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Easter Story
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- VIEW-MASTER
- ID Number
- 2017.0097.0011
- accession number
- 2017.0097
- catalog number
- 2017.0097.0011
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Over 200,000 Native Americans and Alaskan Native Americans lack access to complete plumbing
- Description
- A National Call for Moral Revivial is involved in several issues including racism, sexism, anti-Native polices, ablesim, and classism.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 2018
- Associated Date
- 2018-06-23
- ID Number
- 2018.0186.15
- accession number
- 2018.0186
- catalog number
- 2018.0186.15
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ernest Rice McKinney Leaves his Grandfather's Grave
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1978-11
- maker
- Leipzig, Arthur
- ID Number
- 2019.0272.0010
- accession number
- 2019.0272
- catalog number
- 2019.0272.0010
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Hilltopper, The
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1945-10-15
- publisher
- St. Mary's High School
- maker
- St. Mary's High School
- ID Number
- 1981.0144.10
- catalog number
- 1981.0144.10
- accession number
- 1981.0144
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Hilltopper, The
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1946-11-18
- publisher
- St. Mary's High School
- maker
- St. Mary's High School
- ID Number
- 1981.0144.15
- catalog number
- 1981.0144.15
- accession number
- 1981.0144
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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313 Tattler, The
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1948
- publisher
- St. Mary's High School
- maker
- St. Mary's High School
- ID Number
- 1981.0144.30
- accession number
- 1981.0144
- catalog number
- 1981.0144.30
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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decoration, holiday
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1936 - 1941
- ID Number
- 1987.0160.18E
- accession number
- 1987.0160
- catalog number
- 1987.0160.18E
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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