The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden, located on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW.

Тhе museum was created  in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W. Mellon. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the new home of the new art gallery, located at the National Mall. In 1978, an East Building was added to the complex.

The National Gallery of Art displays one of the largest collections of masterpieces in the world includes an extensive survey of works of American, British, Italian, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch, French and German art.

Including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile ever created by Alexander Calder. The largest part of the collection consists of paintings, but there’s also a remarkable exhibit of sculptures. . The east building is home to a number of modern works of art from artists such as Henry Moore and Joan Miró.

The two buildings of the National Gallery of Art – the East and West Buildings – sit adjacent to each other and are joined by a large tunnel that goes under 4th Street. The two structures are very diverse in style. The West Building was designed in 1937 by architect John Russell Pope in a neoclassical style to look like the Pantheon, with a large dome and columned portico.

The East Building, on the other hand, is unambiguously modern. Designed by the famous I.M. Pei, the building is quite geometrical and resembles a collection of prisms molded together to form one building.

How to get there:
Subway: Archives/Navy Memorial

Hours:
Monday through Saturday – from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1.