Entire Building at National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum. (Washington, DC)

A robust exhibition program in Washington, DC, the museum maintains a highly regarded traveling exhibition program, and has circulated hundreds of exhibitions since the program was established in 1951.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation’s first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience. The collection captures the aspirations, character, and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries. The museum is the home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world. Its artworks reveal key aspects of America’s rich artistic and cultural history from the colonial period to today.