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National Portrait Gallery. 8th and G Streets NW. Washington, DC 20001. Hours. Open 7 days a week. 11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Closed Dec. 25. Highlights. Teen Graphic Novel Reading Group. Saturday, May 11 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm. FREE | Reserve a spot. VIRTUAL Teacher Program | Celebrating Identity: Portraits of LGBTQ+ Americans.
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.
National Portrait Gallery. 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 ...
Featuring scientists, statesmen, and film stars, glimpsed through rare nineteenth-century daguerreotypes or year-old digital video, the National Portrait Gallery collections bring you face to face with America.
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.
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...
Collection. The National Portrait Gallery’s collection includes a wide range of paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings and media art. A catalog of the collection is available online. Prominent works include: “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, oil on canvas (1796)
