Corcoran Gallery of Art

The Corcoran Gallery of Art was an art museum in Washington, D.C., at the location where the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a part of the George Washington University, is now.

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Type: Building
Description: former museum in D.C., part of whose collection moved to the National Gallery of Art in 2014
Also known as: “Corcoran Art Gallery”, “Corcoran collection”, “Corcoran Genaldegalerie”, and “Musee Corcoran”

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and The Oval Office.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

The Oval Office

Government office

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The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the White House in Washington, D.C. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing. The Oval Office is situated 960 feet northeast of Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Washington Monument

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The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Downtown.

Golden Triangle

Neighborhood

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The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C., United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

Downtown

Suburb

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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Foggy Bottom

Suburb

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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Categories: art museum and exhibition
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89567° or 38° 53′ 44″ north

Longitude

-77.03998° or 77° 2′ 24″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXW6+72

GeoNames ID

4138140

Wikidata ID

Q768446

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Corcoran Gallery of Art” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Կորկորան արվեստի պատկերասրահ”
Bashkir: “Коркоран галереяһы”
Catalan: “Galeria d’Art Corcoran”
Chinese: “科科倫藝術館”
Dutch: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Egyptian Arabic: “معرض كوركوران للفنون”
Esperanto: “Arta Galerio Corcoran”
French: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
French: “Galerie Corcoran”
French: “Galerie d’Art Corcoran”
German: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Greek: “Πινακοθήκη Τέχνης Κόρκοραν”
Hebrew: “גלריית קורקורן לאמנות”
Hebrew: “מוזיאון קורקורן”
Indonesian: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Italian: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Japanese: “コーコラン・ギャラリー”
Japanese: “コーコラン美術館”
Korean: “코코런 미술관”
Polish: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Portuguese: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Russian: “Галерея искусства Коркоран”
Russian: “Галерея Коркоран”
Russian: “Художественная галерея Коркоран”
Slovenian: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Slovenian: “Corcoranova umetnostna galerija”
Spanish: “Galeria de Arte Corcoran”
Spanish: “Galería de Arte Corcoran”
Swedish: “Corcoran Gallery of Art”
Ukrainian: “Галерея мистецтв Коркоран”
“Corcoran Gallery of Art”

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