The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. - The Gallery's East Building, located on land set aside in the original Congressional resolution, was opened in 1978. It accommodates the Gallery's growing collections and expanded exhibition schedule
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The two architecturally opposed buildings that make up this museum jointly contain one of the world"s most extraordinary art collections. The domed Neoclassical West Building, completed in 1941 by John Russell Pope (who also designed the Jefferson Memorial), houses an array of classical masterworks by Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt, and van Gogh-as well as the only da Vinci in America (a late 15th-century
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Three-acre garden on the Mall celebrates American horticulture.
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Visit the unique works of art found at the National Gallery on the Mall.
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The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. During the 1920s, Mr. Mellon began collecting with the intention of forming a gallery of art for the nation in Washington. In 1937, the year of his death, he promised his collection to the United States
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The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
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The National Garden features four gardens: a seven-bed regional garden featuring plants native to the mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plains; a First Ladies’ Water Garden; a formal rose garden; and a butterfly garden. The plantings are only a year old, and they are still filling-out the space with their growth. Right now the garden resembles a desert garden - small plants surrounded
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Separate play space for 2-5 year olds (tot lot). Monday through Thursday 10am-11pm; Friday and Saturday 10am-Midnight; Sunday 11am-9pm. $5.50 for a two hour session for adults and $4.50 for seniors, children (under 12 years old), and students with a school ID. The skate rental fee if $2.50 and the locker fee is $0.50 ($5.00 deposit). Discounts are available for groups of ten or more. Call 202-289-
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Near this site The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized on December 4, 1867 in the office of the Superintendent of the Propagating Gardens Department of Agriculture The founders of the Grange were: Oliver H. Kelley, John Trimble, Francis McDowell William Saunders, John H. Thomson, William M. Ireland, Aaron B. Grosh - assisted by Caroline A. Hall. This tablet erected by the National
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