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Dec 8, 2023 · December 8, 2023 - November 26, 2026. The moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of 19th-century activist, writer, orator and philosopher Frederick Douglass.
Current Exhibitions. Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939 April 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025 Portrait Gallery. Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell March 1, 2024 – January 5, 2025 Portrait Gallery. Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey December 13, 2023 – October 20, 2024 Portrait Gallery.
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.
Check the Gallery’s website for current and upcoming exhibits. Your guide to a visit with the greatest icons in American history as they come to life through portraiture. See presidential portraits, historic images and more.
The National Portrait Gallery is conveniently located at Eighth and F Streets, NW, in Washington D.C., above the Gallery Place–Chinatown Metrorail station (red, yellow, and green lines). Museum Hours: 11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. daily. Closed December 25. Admission: FREE
National Portrait Gallery 750 9th Street NW Suite 4100 Washington, DC. Mailing Address (Catalog of American Portraits) Catalog of American Portraits National Portrait Gallery P.O. Box 37012 Victor Building, Suite 410 MRC 973 Washington, DC 20013-7012. 202.633.8260 202.633.8254 fax. NPGResearch@si.edu. npg.si.edu/portraits/research/search
Check the Gallery’s website for current and upcoming exhibits. Your guide to a visit with the greatest icons in American history as they come to life through portraiture. See presidential portraits, historic images and more.
