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National Gallery of Art (DC)

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The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. During the 1920s, Mr. Mellon began collecting with the intention of forming a gallery of art for the nation in Washington. In 1937, the year of his death, he promised his collection to the United States. Funds for the construction of the West Building were provided by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust. On March 17, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the completed building and the collections on behalf of the people of the United States of America.

The paintings and works of sculpture given by Andrew Mellon have formed a nucleus of high quality around which the collections have grown. Mr. Mellon’s hope that the newly created National Gallery would attract gifts from other collectors was soon realized in the form of major donations of art from Samuel H. Kress, Rush H. Kress, Joseph Widener, Chester Dale, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch as well as individual gifts from hundreds of other donors.

The Gallery’s East Building, located on land set aside in the original Congressional resolution, was opened in 1978. It accommodates the Gallery’s growing collections and expanded exhibition schedule and houses an advanced research center, administrative offices, a great library, and a burgeoning collection of drawings and prints. The building was accepted for the nation on June 1, 1978, by President Jimmy Carter. Funds for construction were given by Paul Mellon and the late Ailsa Mellon Bruce, the son and daughter of the founder, and by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

On May 23, 1999 the Gallery opened an outdoor sculpture garden designed to offer year-round enjoyment to the public. Located in the 6.1-acre block adjacent to the West Building at 7th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., the garden provides an informal, yet elegant setting for works of modern and contemporary sculpture.

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4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20565
Category: Museum
Prices: Free
Phone: (202) 737-4215
Website: Official Website
Hours: Mon-Sat from 10am to 5pm and Sun from 11a.m. to 6pm
Directions: via Google Maps
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Past events

	World Premiere Concert Sanctuary, Roger Reynolds Events \| Performance	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888√¢‚Ç¨‚Äú1... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Paul Mellon and the National Gallery of Art Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Crosscurrents: American and European Masterpiec... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Homer, Eakins, and Bellows: American Paintings,... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	J.M.W Turner Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Edward Hopper Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	British Picturesque Landscapes Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	The Baroque Woodcut Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Let the World In: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Bronze and Boxwood: Masterpieces from the Rober... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Pa... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Ph... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Draw... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Jan Lieves: A Dutch Master Rediscovered Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans" Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Cross Currents: American and European Masterpie... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Oceans, Rivers, and Skies Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Documenting Discovery: The Excavation of Pompei... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Ar... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Heaven on Earth Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from ... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Jaromír Funke and the Amateur Avant-Garde Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Stanley William Hayter: From Surrealism to Abst... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Edouard Manet's Ragpicker From The Norton Simon... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	In the Tower: Philip Guston Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	An Antiquity of Imagination: Tullio Lombardo an... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits fro... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Recent Acquisitions: The Grega and Leo A. Daly ... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Judith Leyster, 1609–1660 Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Robert Bergman Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Designing the Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester ... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasp... Events \| Museum, Solo Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
	The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selec... Events \| Museum, Group Show	National Gal... Washington, District of Columbia	closed
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