The U.S. capital isn’t just the White House, the Washington Monument, or the Lincoln Memorial—it’s also a museum of immense prestige: the National Gallery of Art. During your next language study trip to the United States, LEC invites you to step inside…
A premier cultural venue in the heart of Washington
As we mentioned in our introduction, it is in Washington that the National Gallery of Art is located, a legendary city that you may have the privilege of exploring during an upcoming language study trip to the United States. To enter the museum, you’ll head down Constitution Avenue, the long boulevard running alongside the three famous sites mentioned at the beginning of this page.
A museum founded in 1937
The National Gallery of Art opened its doors on the eve of World War II, in 1937. It was established at the urging of the U.S. Congress and expanded rapidly in its early years. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself inaugurated the building’s new west wing.
Which artists can you see at the National Gallery of Art?
While the National Gallery of Art must compete with the many museums that dot the U.S. capital—such as the National Museum of Natural History and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden—it is undeniably one of the city’s most famous. Built in the Neoclassical style, the museum houses prestigious masterpieces and offers tourists and locals alike a roster of internationally renowned artists. Among them are:
- Albrecht Dürer
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Andy Warhol
- Auguste Rodin
- Diego Velázquez
- Edgar Degas
- Eugène Delacroix
- Francisco de Goya
- Gustave Courbet
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Henri Matisse
- Jackson Pollock
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Joan Miró
- Johannes Vermeer
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Nicolas Poussin
- Pablo Picasso
- Raphael
- Rembrandt
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Sandro Botticelli
- Titian
- Vincent van Gogh
- William Turner
One last, but by no means insignificant, detail: admission to the museum is free!