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The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper from the Middle Ages to the present. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., was conceived, founded, and endowed in 1937 by the collector Andrew W. Mellon.
The original neoclassical marble building was designed by the architect John Russell Pope and opened to the public in 1941. The collection, which focuses on the major schools of European and American painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and decorative arts from the 12th through the 20th century, includes the Andrew W. Mellon Collection, the Widener Collection, the Samuel H. Kress Collection, the Chester Dale Collection, and the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of prints.
Sculpture Garden
Designed to offer year-round enjoyment to the public in one of the preeminent locations on the National Mall, the National Gallery Sculpture Garden includes seventeen works from the Gallery‘s growing collection as well as loans for special exhibitions.
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