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.

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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 ReynoldsCenterEvents@si.edu.

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 NPGAdultTours@si.edu; for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, please e-mail American ArtMuseumTours@si.edu. 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