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Welcome Back to the West Building

The West Building, Ground Floor galleries are open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free, timed passes are required and released every Monday at 10:00 a.m. for the following week. The Sculpture Garden remains open, with limitations.

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Picnic in the Garden

Take in the natural beauty of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden with freshly made food and a variety of drinks from the Pavilion Café, available onsite or to go.

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Welcome Back!

Reserve your Free, Timed Pass

To facilitate a safe experience for those returning to our campus, the Gallery will require free, timed passes for entry into the West Building. Passes will be released each Monday at 10:00 a.m.

Collection

Explore What's on View

Explore the works currently on view in the West Building Ground Floor galleries, a showcase 19th- and 20th-century sculpture; medieval, Renaissance, and baroque sculpture and decorative arts; a selection of impressionist still life paintings.

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Film Programs

Film

Selections from the 2020 Film Festival

Thomas Edison Media Arts Consortium

Featured are 12 titles from this year’s festival, an annual international celebration of the short film founded in West Orange, New Jersey, in 1981.

Watch online through September 1

Virtual Exhibitions

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Custom Prints of Your Favorite Works of Art

Design your own reproduction from a wide range of images from the Gallery’s permanent collection and from special exhibitions. Prints can be customized with different formats, sizes, and frames. 

Perspectives

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Family Interactives

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