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Visitors’ Guide and Map
Photo by Ken Rahaim
Photo by Ken RahaimLincoln Gallery
Great Hall
About the MuseumsSmithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum tells the stories of America through the visual arts, and its collection spans more than three centuries of artistic achievement that parallels the nation’s cultural development. The Museum captures the extraordinary creativity of our artists, whose works are windows on the American experience. Everyone can discover his or her own story on its walls.
National Portrait Gallery The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the multi-faceted story of America through the 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.
About the Building Praised by Walt Whitman as the “noblest of Washington buildings,” this National Historic Landmark is considered one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the United States.
Begun in 1836 and completed in 1868, it is one of the first public buildings constructed in early Washington. It was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural ball in March 1865. The two museums have displayed their collections here since 1968.
Lunder Conservation Center
The Lunder Conservation Center is the first art conservation facility which allows the public behind-the-scenes views of the conservation work to examine, treat, and preserve artworks.
Photo by Ken Rahaim
Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard
The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, with its elegant glass canopy, provides a distinctive, contemporary accent to the building.
Photo by Tim Hursley
Luce Foundation Center for American Art
The first public study and art storage center in Washington, the Luce Foundation Center displays more than3,000 objects from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection in secure glass cases. Ongoing public programs and special interactive kiosks provide the public with detailed information about works on view in the Luce Foundation Center.
First Floor
Smithsonian American Art Museum
■ Experience America
■ Folk and Visionary Art
■ Special Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery
■ Special Exhibitions
■ American Origins, 1600–1900
■ One Life
■ Recent Acquisitions
SpecialExhibitions
AmericanOrigins
NPGEducationCenter
G Street
Kogod Courtyard
F Street
Lobby
Lobby
MacMillanEducation
Center
Folk andVisionary Art One Life
Archives ofAmerican Art
Gallery
Recent AcquisitionsMuseum Store
Museum StoreTo McEvoyAuditorium
ExperienceAmerica
Special Exhibitions
Courtyard Café
■ Experience America
■ Folk and Visionary Art
■ American Origins■ American Origins
Second Floor
National Portrait Gallery
■ America’s Presidents
■ The Struggle for Justice
■ Portrait Connection
■ Special Exhibitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum
■ Graphic Arts
■ American Art through 1940
■ America’s Presidents
■ The Struggle for Justice
■ Modernism ■ Impressionism
Civil War
The EarlyRepublic
Impressionism
Gilded Age
Landscapes
Western Art
America’sPresidents
SpecialExhibitions
SpecialExhibitions
The Strugglefor Justice
Southwestern Art
Graphic Arts
Early America
Modernism
Gilded Age
Shaker FurnitureFolk Art
SpecialExhibitions
Jo DavidsonSculpture
Third Floor
Smithsonian American Art Museum
■ Luce Foundation Center (Public Study/Art Storage Center)
■ Special Exhibitions
■ Art Since 1945
■ Contemporary Art
National Portrait Gallery
■ Twentieth-Century Americans
■ Great Hall
Contemporary Art
Luce Foundation CenterGreat Hall
Art Since 1945Watch This!Special Exhibitions
Twentieth-CenturyAmericans
Twentieth-CenturyAmericans
Lincoln Gallery
■ Art Since 1945
■ Contemporary Art
■ Twentieth-Century Americans
■ Twentieth-Century Americans
LuceFoundation
Center
LunderConservation
Center
LuceFoundation
Center
LunderConservation
Center
Champions BRAVO!
■ BRAVO!■ Luce Center
Third-Floor Mezzanines
National Portrait Gallery
■ BRAVO!*
■ Champions*
* Entrance only from the Great Hall
Fourth Floor
Smithsonian American Art Museum
■ Luce Foundation Center (Public Study/Art Storage Center)
Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
■ Lunder Conservation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum
■ Luce Foundation Center (Public Study/Art Storage Center)
Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
■ Lunder Conservation Center
collection galleries and in the Luce Foundation Center, but not in special exhibitions or the Lunder Conservation Center. No tripods are allowed. Photography for commercial use must be prearranged with the museums’ public affairs offices.
Gallery GuidelinesPlease help protect our artworks by not touching them. Eating and drinking are not permitted in the galleries. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building or courtyard. Please limit the use of cellular phones in the galleries. Do not run in the courtyard water scrims.
Lost and Found/First AidPlease inquire at the information desk or ask a security guard for assistance.
Special Events/Corporate EntertainingFor information about co-hosting a special event at the Reynolds Center, please call 202-633-6333 or e-mail [email protected].
Visitor Information
8th and F Streets, NWWashington, DC
Smithsonian Information:202-633-1000TTY: 202-633-5285AmericanArt.si.eduNPG.si.edu
Metrorail Station:Gallery Place–Chinatown(red, yellow, and green lines)
AdmissionFree
Museum Hours11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. daily except Dec. 25
CaféThe Courtyard Café (1st floor) is open year round, 11:30–6:30.
Museum StoresMuseum stores are located in the G Street Lobby.
AccessibilityBarrier-free access is available at the G Street entrance. All areas of the building are served by elevators. Wheelchairs are available. Please ask a security guard.
© 2016 Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum image credits: Ryder’s House, Edward Hopper, 1933, bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design; Miss Liberty Celebration, Malcah Zeldis, 1987, gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., © 1987 Malcah Zeldis; Neapolitan Song, Joseph Stella, 1929, oil, gift of Françoise and Harvey Rambach; The South Ledges, Appledore, Childe Hassam, 1913, gift of John Gellatly; Reservoir, Robert Rauschenberg, 1961, gift of S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; Maesta, Sean Scully, 1983, museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, © 1983 Sean Scully
National Portrait Gallery image credits: Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1785, gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Edith Wharton, Edward Harrison May, 1870; Thomas Jefferson by Mather Brown, 1786. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Charles Francis Adams; Frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women’s Commit-tee; Andrew Young, Ross R. Rossin, 2009, gift of Jack Watson © 2009 Ross R. Rossin; General George S. Patton, Jr., Boleslaw Jan Cze-dekowski, 1945, gift of Major General George S. Patton, U.S.A., Retired, and the Patton Family; Katharine Hepburn, Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1982, gift of Everett Raymond Kinstler; Elvis Presley, Ralph Wolfe Cowan, 1976–1988, gift of R. W. Cowan
Cover photo by Tim Hursley
Two great museums, one incredible place.
Café
Information Desk
Coatroom
Guide to the Symbols
Museum Store
Restroom
Family Restroom
Elevator
Walk-in ToursTour schedule is available at the information desk.
Group ToursTo schedule a group tour for the National Portrait Gallery, please e-mail [email protected]; for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, please e-mail American [email protected]. Four weeks’ notice required.
CoatroomSelf-check coatroom is located in the F Street lobby. Lockers are available in the F and G Street lobbies. Backpacks and suitcases are not allowed in the galleries; please use the lockers provided.
Wireless Internet AccessFree public wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi) is available in the Kogod Courtyard and Luce Foundation Center.
SecurityBags, boxes, packages, and laptops may be inspected for security reasons.
PhotographyHandheld photography and video for personal use are permitted in the permanent