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

News August 5, 2021: Entire NGA is again open. Passes no longer required and daily hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.
Original Page July 2019 | Updated June 18, 2025