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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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8th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC 20004 · Penn Quarter / Chinatown
Hours today
11:30 AM – 7 PM
Visit time
2 hours
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Founded
1829

About this museum

The Smithsonian's American-art-only collection, sharing the Old Patent Office Building (1836) with the National Portrait Gallery. Strong holdings in 19th-century American landscape, folk art, and Modernism. The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard (Norman Foster) connects the two museums.

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