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Today is officially National #WildlandFirefighterDay, but these two 1938 murals by Ernest Fiene in our Stewart Lee Udall Department of the @Interior Building remind us *every* day of their importance in protecting life, property, and natural and cultural resources.

🎨#BigPictureMorans update: #OTD in 1872, artist Thomas Moran writes once again to Ferdinand Hayden with the latest developments on his "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" painting: "I have the picture in the frame & it looks stunning." (1 of 2)

#Museum30 - Day 20 - #Pets

We have more than 120 works by American Modernist artist Charley Harper in our collection. Most feature wildlife, but the "model" here could well be someone's family #pet! Who flinches first in this faceoff: the bulldog 🐶 or the crab 🦀? (OSAC 00039)

@YellowstoneNPS Hmmm...looks like it could be this!

🎨: "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran, oil on canvas, 1872, @InteriorMuseum
(INTR 03001)

In terms of artwork, our famous 1872 Thomas Moran painting, “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” (INTR 03001) is among our largest, measuring 7 feet tall by 12 feet wide. (/end)

#AskACurator #BigPictureMorans

#OTD 1871, however, Moran finds Tower Fall to be even more bizarre in person, later describing it as “certainly the most weird & impressive scene.” What makes it so unusual? Eroded volcanic pinnacles frame the 132'-drop of Tower Creek. (2/4) #BigPicturesMorans

📷YELL 8528, 1871

#BigPictureMorans: Hayden Survey gears up at Ft Ellis #OTD 1871. This US Army installation was active 1867-1886. Located near Bozeman, MT, the fort was a logical base of operations for those headed into the Yellowstone region.
📷 1871 Moran sketch near Ft Ellis (@YellowstoneNPS)

One of our most iconic artifacts is Thomas Moran’s 1872 painting done after accompanying the 1871 Hayden expedition to the Yellowstone region. Its title is simply, “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,” but if YOU could #GiveACaptionMW, what'd it be?

📷 INTR 03001 #MuseumWeek

When Thomas Moran debuted “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” in 1872, he captured in full color the natural beauty of a region relatively few people had ever seen. Here’s some of the backstory... #BigPictureMorans

A common question to #AskACurator is "what's your most famous object?"

Definitely one of ours is this 1872 painting, "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran. It has traveled the US & will soon be back @InteriorMuseum for the 1st time in >20 yrs! #BigPictureMorans