Art and Artifice

National Gallery of Art

The United States' Art Collection

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
(202) 737-4215

Hours: 10AM – 5PM Daily

The official web site for the museum

This mammoth marble and stone building was opened to the public in 1937 and contains tens of thousands of pieces of artwork on display, and hundreds of thousands more in storage or in the network of curating rooms in the lower floors. It is estimated more than 141,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, decorative arts, and other media pieces are in the total collection. (Items can go in and out of public display, making for some frustration: hey, NGA, put your Arnold Bocklin painting back out!)

Also, there are over 75,000 prints and rare illustrated books in the collection.

Map to National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

How to view info on past exhibits: Go to the NGA Past Exhibits page and choose a year

Lobby of West Building - Building architect John Russell Pope

Just outside the National Gallery of Art Washington DC

Art easel at the National Gallery of Art Washington DC

This photo hangs in the halls of the lower level of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

East Building Washington DC April 2019 - National Gallery of Art

Marble everywhere

Inside the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

East Building - National Gallery

Expansion still under construction, Washington DC – March 2014