The below works are on display at the Ansel Adams Collection at The Wilderness Society headquarters in Washington, D.C. The collection is open to the public on weekdays and closed on weekends and federal holidays.
To plan your visit, see visitor information.
Works on Display
Antelope House Ruin, Morning
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
1942
Aspens
Northern New Mexico, New Mexico
1958
Aspens, Dawn, Autumn
Dolores River Canyon, Colorado
1937
Autumn Storm, Las Trampas
Near Peňasco, New Mexico
1958
Bridal Veil Fall
Yosemite National Park, California
1927
Canyon De Chelly
Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona
1942
Cedar Tree, Autumn
Yosemite National Park, California
1965
Clearing Storm
Sonoma County Hills, California
1951
Clearing Winter Storm
Yosemite National Park, California
1937
Cypress and Fog
Pebble Beach, California
1967
Dawn, Autumn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
1948
Detail, Juniper Wood
Sequoia National Park, California
1927
Dogwood
Yosemite National Park, California
1938
Dune
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
1941
Dunes
Oceano, California
1963
Eagle Peak and Middle Brother, Winter
Yosemite National Park, California
1968
El Capitan and the Merced River, Clouds
Yosemite National Park , California
1948
El Capitan, Fall
Yosemite National Park, California
1940
Evening Clouds and Pool, East Side of the Sierra Nevada
Owens Valley, California
1962
Fern Spring, Dusk
Yosemite National Park, California
1961
Frozen Lake and Cliffs, Sierra Nevada
Sequoia National Park, California
1932
Ghost Ranch Hills
Chama Valley, New Mexico
1937
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
1942
Grass and Pool, Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite National Park, California
1935
Half Dome, Merced River, Winter
Yosemite National Park, California
1938
High Country Crags and Moon, Sunrise
Kings Canyon National Park, California
1935
Juniper and Cliffs, Upper Merced River Canyon
Yosemite National Park, California
1936
Lake Near Muir Pass
Kings Canyon National Park, California
1933
Leaf
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
1948
Leaves
Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington
1942
Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of the Merced River
Yosemite National Park, California
1921
Manly Beacon, from Zabriskie Point
Death Valley National Park, California
1952
Merced River, Cliffs of Cathedral Rocks, Autumn
Yosemite National Park, California
1939
Metamorphic Rock and Summer Grass, Foothills
Sierra Nevada, California
1945
Mono Lake, Cloud Reflections
California
1947
Monolith, The Face of Half Dome
Yosemite National Park, California
1927
Monument Valley
Monument Valley, Arizona
1958
Moon and Half Dome
Yosemite National Park, California
1960
Moonrise, Hernandez
New Mexico
1941
Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake
Denali National Park, Alaska
1947
Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada
Manzanar, California
1944
Oak Tree, Rain
Sonoma County, California
1951
Oak Tree, Snowstorm
Yosemite National Park, California
1948
Old Faithful Geyser
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
1942
Orchard, Early Spring
Portola Valley, California
1953
Rain, Beartrack Cove
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
1949
Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat
Northern California
1960
Rock and Grass, Moraine
Lake Sequoia National Park, California
1936
Sand Bar, Rio Grande
Big Bend National Park, Texas
1947
Sand Dunes
Oceano, California
1950
Sand Dunes, Sunrise
Death Valley National Park, California
1948
Self Portrait
Monument Valley, Utah
1958
Sequoia Gigantea Roots, Mariposa Grove
Yosemite National Park, California
1950
Siesta Lake
Yosemite National Park, California
1958
Stream, Sea and Clouds Rodeo Lagoon
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
1962
Sunset, Pacific Ocean, California
California
1960
Surf and Rock
Monterey County Coast, California
1951
Surf Series #1
San Mateo County Coast, California
1940
Surf Series #2
San Mateo County Coast, California
1940
Surf Series #3
San Mateo County Coast, California
1940
Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain
Yosemite National Park California, 1948
Tenaya Lake, Mt. Conness
Yosemite National Park, California
1946
The Golden Gate Before the Bridge
San Francisco, California
1932
The Minarets and Iceberg Lake, from Volcanic Ridge
Sierra Nevada, California
1935
The Tetons and the Snake River
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
1942
Thunderstorm over the Great Plains
Near Cimarron, New Mexico
1961
Trailside, near Juneau
Alaska
1947
Tree, Stump and Mist
North Cascades National Park, Washington
1958
Trees, Slide Lake
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
1956
Vernal Fall
Yosemite National Park, California
1948
Vine and Rock
Hawaii
1948
Water and Foam
Yosemite National Park, California
1959
White Branches
Mono Lake, California
1947
White House Ruin
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
1942
White Mountain Range, Thunderclouds, from Buttermilk County
Near Bishop, California
1959
Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada
Lone Pine, California
1943
Yellow Pine Bark and Pine Needle
Yosemite National Park, California
1972
Yosemite Valley, Winter
Yosemite National Park, California
1940
Zabriskie Point
Death Valley National Park, California
1942
Ansel Adams at his Studio
Photo by Arnold Newman
Carmel, California
1976

