Art and Art Museums
Washington, DC, houses dozens of museums; many of them are free. You can view well-known paintings from European and American masters; learn about ancient Egyptian and Asian art. Most are closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but check each website to determine closures. By taking some time to review the website of each museum, you can better determine which art museum would house objects of interest to you.
American Art Museum (Smithsonian)
(202) 633-7970
Hours and Admission
Open Daily: 11:30AM-7PM Closed on Christmas Day
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(202) 639-1700
Hours and Admission
Monday - Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: 10AM - 9PM Thursday: 10AM - 5PM Friday: 10AM - 5PM Saturday: 10AM - 5PM Sunday: 10AM - 5PM Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day
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Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian)
(202) 357-4880
Hours and Admission
Open Daily: 10AM-5:30PM Closed on Christmas Day
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(202) 686-8500
Hours and Admission
Monday: Closed Tuesday - Saturday: 10AM - 5PM Sunday: July 27th, August 17th & 31st, September 14th & 28th, October 12th & 26th, November 9th & 30th, December 14th & 28th Closed for several weeks at the end of January and most national holidays
Donations suggested: Adult - $15 Senior - $12 College Students - $10 Child (6-18) - $5
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Smithsonian)
(202) 633-4674
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(202) 338-3552
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(202) 737-4215
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National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian)
(202) 633-4600
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National Museum of Women in the Arts
(202) 783-5000
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
(202) 633-1000
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(202) 387-2151
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Renwick Gallery (Smithsonian)
(202) 633-2850
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America's first federal art collection is dedicated to American art. It includes sculpture, photographs, folk art, contemporary craft, paintings and decorative arts. You will find works by Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and many others. For families, the museum has scavenger hunt activities for children as well as monthly SAAM I AM family days, artist demonstrations and musical performances.
One of the nation's oldest art museums with collections of American art, European art, contemporary art, photography, media arts and decorative arts.
These two Smithsonian Museums are connected by an underground exhibition space. They feature wide-ranging collections of American, Egyptian and Asian art works. Objects include paintings, manuscripts, ceramics and lacquerwork, precious metals, calligraphy, glass and earthenware.
Hillwood is the former 25-acre estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, heir to the Post cereal fortune. It features French and Russian art collections as well as beautiful gardens, which are maintained in the same manner as when Mrs. Post lived at Hillwood. Self-guided and docent tours available.
This Smithsonian museum, which bears the name of renowned collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1889-1981) who donated more than 6,000 paintings and sculptures, features international modern and contemporary art. Daily tours conducted by docents. The Sculpture Garden is located on the National Mall and contains more than 60 large-scale works of art from Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore and others.
Highlights 19th and 20th century paintings and sculptures including works of Van Gogh, Picasso, Renoir, Cezanne, Chagall, Rodin, Monet and many others.
One of the nation's premier art galleries with two halls--one devoted to classic painters, and the other with more modern works. The collection began in 1937 with a gift collection from financier Andrew W. Mellon. That collection formed the nucleus of one of the world’s most outstanding galleries. In the West Building, you can find works from European masters like van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet and Rembrandt along with the only da Vinci on public display in the U.S. The East Building focuses more on modern and contemporary works.
The collection at this museum features artistic expressions from ancient to contemporary Africa, including ceramics, textiles, furniture, tools, masks, figures and musical instruments as well as traditional art forms of painting and sculpture. Among the amazing items on exhibit are a 15th century hunting horn from Sierra Leone and a 16th-century Yoruba armlet from Nigeria that is carved from a single piece of ivory.
This museum is dedicated to the exhibition, preservation and acquisition of works by women artists. Its permanent collection of more than 3,000 works ranges from the 16th century to the present.
Specializes in American art, history and biography , including works by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper. It contains visual arts, performing arts and new media to portray individuals who have shaped our country's culture. Collections include American presidents, George Washington, Colonial America and the American Revolution. The America's Presidents exhibit is the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House. There are interactive tours available.
America's first modern art museum opened in 1921 and features nearly 2,500 works by American and European impressionist and modern artists. The museum's best-known work is Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. Featured European artists include Cezanne, Degas, Matisse, Monet, Picasso and Renoir along with Americans Winslow Homer, James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Albert Ryder.
This National Historic Landmark is part of the Smithsonian Museum collection. It features American crafts and decorative arts from the 19th to the 21st century.
