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Events will be added as they are scheduled. Please check back regularly for the most up-to-date calendar of events information.

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Image: Titian, Venus with a Mirror, c. 1555, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.34Image: Vincent van Gogh, Farmhouse in Provence, 1888, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.34Image: Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664, Widener Collection, 1942.9.97Image: Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples and Peaches, c. 1905, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1959.15.1

Group reservations for audio tours (ten or more), call (202) 842-6592.

The Director's Tour

Audio tours are available for rental at the West Building Mall entrance for $5 per tour unless otherwise noted.

The Director's Tour: Masterpieces at the National Gallery of Art

Director Earl A. Powell III and Gallery curators explore more than 130 beloved masterpieces by such artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Claude Monet, and others, along with information on acquisition, history, and conservation. Handheld digital audio players allow visitors to choose the order in which they look and the length of time they spend with each work.

The Director's Tour: Highlights in Foreign Languages

Visitors can hear the director's introduction and commentary at 26 stops on the tour in Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, and Mandarin.

See also, the Foreign Language Visitor Guides, and Foreign Language Gallery Guides.

Adventures in Art
A Family Audio Tour of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings

(Ages 7–12) Travel with Pieter and Tanya as they explore life and art nearly 400 years ago in Holland and today's Belgium. $3 per tour, $2 for additional headphones.

Cell-Phone Tour, East Building
Call (202) 595-1857 or visit the Cell-Phone Tour Page.

This tour covers selected modern and contemporary works of art in the non-partitioned areas of the Gallery, where cell-phone use is permitted, and includes an introduction to the East Building itself.

Special Exhibitions

Audio tours are available for rental at the entrance to the exhibition for $5 per tour unless otherwise noted.

October 19, 2008–January 4, 2009

Narrated by Gallery director Earl A. Powell III, this tour includes commentary by guest curator Carol Mattusch, George Mason University; Mary Beard, Newnham College, University of Cambridge; and Kenneth Lapatin, The J. Paul Getty Museum.