{"id":15917,"date":"2016-11-02T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=15917"},"modified":"2016-11-02T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:44:39","slug":"treasured-landscapes-national-park-service-art-collections-tell-americas-stories-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/11\/02\/treasured-landscapes-national-park-service-art-collections-tell-americas-stories-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"TREASURED LANDSCAPES: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America\u2019s Stories launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/final_cover_spine-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15919 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/final_cover_spine-1-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"NPS Landscape Art\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe National Park Service Museum Management Program is pleased announce the publication of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eparks.com\/store\/product\/134179\/Treasured-Landscapes%3A-National-Park-Service-Art-Collections-Tell-America%E2%80%99s-Stories\/\"><strong>TREASURED LANDSCAPES: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America\u2019s Stories<\/strong>\u00a0(book)<\/a> and a companion<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/museum\/exhibits\/landscape_art\/index.html\"> virtual exhibit<\/a> in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, 1916\u20132016. \u00a0Artworks from over 50 national parks are featured in the book and the exhibit.<br \/>\nLandscape art played a major role in the establishment of the National Park Service and inspired national leaders to protect and preserve these special places for all Americans. Stunning paintings, watercolors, sketches, and works on paper from National Park Service museum collections are seen together for the first time. They capture America\u2019s treasured landscapes from Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Death Valley, to works displayed in the homes of such eminent Americans as Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Laurence Rockefeller. Other works mirror American experiences, from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, to solitary Southwestern scenes, to wildlife in nature. These works of art convey a visual record of the Nation\u2019s stories and reveal the remarkable diversity and engaging history of the National Park Service.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eparks.com\/store\/product\/134179\/Treasured-Landscapes%3A-National-Park-Service-Art-Collections-Tell-America%E2%80%99s-Stories\/\">Book available through Eastern National eParks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/museum\/exhibits\/landscape_art\/index.html\">National Park Service Virtual Exhibit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016sep14-Flyer-Treasured-Landscapes_FINAL2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016sep14-Flyer-Treasured-Landscapes_FINAL2-1024x242.jpg\" alt=\"2016sep14-flyer-treasured-landscapes_final2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Park Service Museum Management Program is pleased announce the publication of TREASURED LANDSCAPES: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America\u2019s Stories\u00a0(book) and a companion virtual exhibit in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, 1916\u20132016. \u00a0Artworks from over 50 national parks are featured in the book and the exhibit. Landscape art played a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/11\/02\/treasured-landscapes-national-park-service-art-collections-tell-americas-stories-launch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TREASURED LANDSCAPES: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America\u2019s Stories launch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,25,28,33,14,39,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allied-organizations","category-collectioncare","category-electronic-media","category-outreach-and-advocacy","category-publications","category-sustainability","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}