National Gallery of Art

May 15, 1997
Picasso Electronic Fieldtrip a First for National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery Presents Captivating Work of Dutch Draftsman "M.C. Escher: A Centennial Tribute," October 26, 1997 - April 26, 1998

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National Gallery of Art Presents First U.S. Exhibition of Italian Renaissance Master Lorenzo Lotto

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National Gallery Acquires Missing Rembrandt Copperplate Found on Back of Painting

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One of America's Greatest Sculptures, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment," on View in Washington, 21 September 1997

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National Gallery of Art Showcases Treasured Works on Paper in "Six Centuries / Six Artists," February 2 - May 4, 1997

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First Retrospective of Landscapes by Thomas Moran at the National Gallery of Art, September 28, 1997; includes Yellowstone Images that Inspired U.S. Congress to Establish First National Park

December 6, 1996
"Picasso: The Early Years, 1892-1906" Opens at National Gallery of Art, Washington March 30 - July 27, 1997 Travels to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fall 1997

General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. For information call (202) 737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov.

Visitors will be asked to present all carried items for inspection upon entering the East and West Buildings. Checkrooms are free of charge and located at each entrance. Luggage and other oversized bags must be presented at the 4th Street entrances to the East or West Building to permit x-ray screening and must be deposited in the checkrooms at those entrances. For the safety of visitors and the works of art, nothing may be carried into the Gallery on a visitor's back. Any bag or other items that cannot be carried reasonably and safely in some other manner must be left in the checkrooms. Items larger than 17 x 26 inches cannot be accepted by the Gallery or its checkrooms.

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Press Office
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, MD 20785
phone: (202) 842-6353 e-mail: pressinfo@nga.gov

Deborah Ziska
Chief of Press and Public Information
(202) 842-6353
ds-ziska@nga.gov

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