Smithsonian Portrait Gallery & American Art Museum Private Tour

Name: Smithsonian Portrait Gallery & American Art Museum Private Tour
Start: 2024-01-09T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-18T13:30:00-05:00
Location: National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution

Schedule

Tue Jan 09 2024 at 01:30 pm to Wed Sep 18 2024 at 01:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC

Tickets
🎫 Smithsonian Portrait Gallery & American Art Museum Private Tour General Info
📅 Date: various dates available (select when you purchase)
🕒 Time: various times (select when you purchase)
📌 Venue: Captain Cook Cruises
👤 Age requirement: 18+ with valid ID
❓ For this event, all sales are final and tickets can’t be refunded, changed or modified. For more information, please refer to our T&Cs Description Once a Civil War Era hospital, this building has featured art exhibits as early as 1829. Poet Walt Whitman tended to wounded soldiers here, commemorated by a portrait hanging here today in the National Portrait Gallery. Other portraits recall the great women and men who shaped the United States. Presidential portraits, as well as those of the first ladies, trace a long lineage of famous leaders. Within the American Art Museum, appreciate scenes by American artists like Mary Cassatt, who took part in the Impressionist movement. Fast-forward to Georgia O'Keeffe and her provocative flowers. Learn about the photographs commissioned by the government during the Great Depression as well as the curious portrait of former president Obama. Discover famous artists like Edward Hopper and David Hockney before moving on to more experimental and contemporary art that will need a bit of explaining to understand how this all fits into America’s very unique story.