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Horses in Art, Science, History, and Culture

Throughout history and around the world, humans have had a close relationship with horses, as helpers and workers, pets, and for sport. The National Museum of the American Indian’s online exhibition A Song For the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures tracks how the introduction of horses changed Native life forever. At the Smithsonian's National Zoo, scientists work to protect and breed the endangered Mongolian Przewalski's horse, the last of the truly wild horses. 


A Horse

Waistcoat

The Favorite Horse

Study of Two Horse Heads

Lady Godiva

The Small Horse

Big Race

Figure

Horse | Caballo

Horse

How Big Are Przewalski's Horses?

25c Carousel Horse single

Child on a Rocking Horse

Girl on a Hobby Horse

32c Carousel Horse single

The Carousel

The United States

Horse (Kutirai) offering

Horse

Horse races at Ueno

Rearing Horse

Deborah Butterfield on Horses in Art and Life

Horse

Wild Inside the National Zoo: Saving the Last Wild Horses

Horse

A bay horse

Tomb figure of a woman on horseback

A horse and groom

One of six rubbings of the Six Horses of T'ang T'ai-Tsung (r. 627-649)

Wild Horses

Sculpture

Horse Mask

Horse mask

Horse mask

Horse hoof ornaments

Horse hoof ornaments

Escaramuza team performing a Cruzada

Horses Who Dance? Meet the Moran Family's Peruvian Pasos


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