- The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
- The location of the National Gallery of Art is situated on the spot where a former railroad station once stood called the “Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station.”
- In 1936 Mellon offered to both fund the National Gallery of Art and donate his personal collection to get it started. Mellon is the real MVP!
- Along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the National Gallery of Art...
- The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C is a great place for art lovers. It is located on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue.
- Outside is a sunken sculpture garden that parallels the National Gallery of Art sculpture garden, which is on the opposite side of the National Mall.
- Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art was established in 1937 after then secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon, gave his sizable art...
- Located on the National Mall, the National Gallery of Art DC and Sculpture Garden span Constitution Avenue, NW from Third to Ninth Streets.
- Opened in 1941 as an art gallery “for the nation”, Washington D.C.’s National Gallery of Art boasts one of the country’s largest collections of Western art and...
- The East Building remained open throughout the project. In March 2013, the National Gallery of Art announced a $68.4 million renovation to the East Building.