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Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts

Enjoy a selection of cat-themed art from across the Smithsonian. Not a cat person? Check out Dog: Museum’s Best Friend.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Painting/Drawing/Print 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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Culture

Japanese 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California Indians 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Payómkawichum (Luiseño) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Central California 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Miwok Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Portrait Gallery Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Payómkawichum (Luiseño) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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Topic

Animals 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Cats 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese Art 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Robert O. Muller collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Meiji era (1868 - 1912) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Artists 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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Cat with lantern

Cat & I

Child and Cat

Cat and butterfly

Two Cats

Beware of the Cat

Poster Calendar 1897

The Rat, the Black Stone of Mutsu Province, and the Cat of Jōkyō-ji Temple (Nezumi, Rikushū kuroishi, Jōkyō-ji no neko), from the series Gekkō's Miscellany (Gekkō zuihitsu) 鼠　陸州黒石　常教寺の猫

Cats

Cats

Cats

Print

Three Cats

Print

Rolling Cat

White Cat

Cat with mouse

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