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Oct 20, 2023 · These Americans—artists, politicians, scientists, inventors, activists, and performers—form our national identity. They help us understand who we are and remind us of what we can aspire to be. Get to know us at the National Portrait Gallery.
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  · The Struggle for Justice
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- Kinship
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- Bache Album
  Cheap and quick to make, silhouettes captured the likenesses...
  
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  · Conservation History
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- Part II
  Brian Lanker’s I Dream a World series was a partial gift of...
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The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans.
- Director: Kim Sajet (2013–present)
- Visitors: 1,069,932
- Established: 1962
- Location: Eighth and F Streets, NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.
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The National Portrait Gallery was authorized and founded by Congress in 1962 with the mission to acquire and display portraits of individuals who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the people of the United States.
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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the history of America through individuals who have shaped its culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait...
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Learn about the history, collection and exhibitions of the National Portrait Gallery, a bilingual museum that tells the story of the United States through portraits. See prominent works of U.S. presidents, artists, activists and more.
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How does the National Portrait Gallery tell the history of America?
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the history of America through individuals who have shaped its culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the American story.

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These Americans—artists, politicians, scientists, inventors, activists, and performers—form our national identity. They help us understand who we are and remind us of what we can aspire to be. Get to know us at the National Portrait Gallery. We look forward to sharing the faces and stories of inspiring Americans with you.

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The National Portrait Gallery tells the story of America by portraying the people who shape the nation’s history, development, and culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the Portrait Gallery presents poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives form our national identity.

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Through the visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the Portrait Gallery presents poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives form our national identity. The Portrait Gallery’s collection holds more than 23,000 works, including the only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House.

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