Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
- Region
- North America
- Tier
- ESSENTIAL
- Collection focus
- American art, modernism & contemporary practice
About
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. is a major public collection of European and American painting, sculpture, works on paper and modern art, presented across the West and East Buildings.
Why visit
A remarkably concentrated survey of European and American art with museum-defining works by Leonardo, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, Cassatt, van Gogh and Monet.
At a glance
- Type
- Fine arts museum / gallery
- Best for
- European painting, American painting, sculpture, works on paper, modern art
- Typical visit
- 2–4 hours
- Admission
- FREE
- Founded
- 1937
- Curatorial lead
- E. Carmen Ramos
- Works catalogued
- 10