CURATOR TALK: The Scenic Daguerreotype in America 1840–1860

Allen Phillips, Collection Imaging and Publications Manager and Exhibition Curator, presents the works on view in The Scenic Daguerreotype in America 1840–1860 and explores how photographers turned to this richly tonal medium in capturing the American landscape.

Free with admission. Registration encouraged. Meet outside the Museum Shop.

Knodles Band. Half plate daguerreotype. Greg French Collection