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Portrait Stories
(elementary school level, kindergarten through sixth grade)
One of our most popular programs, Portrait Stories incorporates a portrait from the NPG collection with a children's biography about the portrait subject and a related hands-on art project. NPG storytellers visit schools, community organizations, recreation centers, and family day events to present these lively and engaging history lessons to children ages five to twelve.
The following Portrait Stories are available to introduce children to significant Americans in our collection:
Muhammad Ali
Marian Anderson
Maya Angelou
Benjamin Banneker
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Romare Bearden
Amelia Bloomer
John Brown
George Washington Carver
Mary Cassatt
Cesar Chavez
Chief Joseph
Bessie Coleman
John Coltrane
Frederick Douglass
Amelia Earhart
Gertrude Ederle
Albert Einstein
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Benjamin Franklin
Lou Gehrig
Benny Goodman
Langston Hughes
Frida Kahlo
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Princess Ka'iulani
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jacob Lawrence
Abraham Lincoln
Nelson Mandela
Georgia O'Keeffe
Charlie Parker
Rosa Parks
Pocahontas
Jackson Pollock
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pee Wee Reese
Babe Ruth
Sacajawea
Seqouyah
Sitting Bull
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Mark Twain
George Washington
Orville and Wilbur Wright
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CONTACT US
 Phone: (202) 275-1824
FAX: (202) 275-1904
 E-mail: NPGEducation@si.edu
Mailing Address:
Office of Education
National Portrait Gallery
P.O. Box
37012
Washington, D.C. 20013-0712
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