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National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery is an art museum in , United States. Founded in 1962 and opened in 1968, it is part of the .
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday and public holidays 11:30 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Also known as: “National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution”, “National Portrait Gallery (Washington)”, “NPG”, and “Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery”
  • Address: Washington, DC 20001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Capital One Arena.

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

Stadium
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is an indoor arena in Located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. is situated 420 feet east of National Portrait Gallery.

Museum
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The is a museum in , part of the . Together with its branch museum, the , SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art made in the from the colonial period to the present. is situated 350 feet west of National Portrait Gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Neighborhood
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is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of , located in Northwest D.C. The majority of is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.

National Portrait Gallery

Latitude
38.89787° or 38° 53′ 52″ north
Longitude
-77.02237° or 77° 1′ 21″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Operator
Smithsonian Institution
Open location code
87C4VXXH+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 611558744
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4139761
Wiki­data ID
Q1967614
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“National Portrait Gallery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المعرض الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Ազգային դիմանկարների պատկերասրահ (Վաշինգտոն)”
  • Catalan: “Galeria Nacional de Retrats”
  • Chinese: “史密森尼國家肖像畫廊”
  • Chinese: “美國國家肖像畫廊”
  • Czech: “Národní portrétní galerie”
  • Czech: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Dutch: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معرض الصور الوطنى فى واشنطون”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Portreta Galerio”
  • Esperanto: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • French: “National Portrait Gallery (Washington)”
  • French: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Georgian: “პორტრეტების ეროვნული გალერეა (აშშ)”
  • Georgian: “პორტრეტების ეროვნული გალერეა”
  • German: “National Portrait Gallery (Washington)”
  • German: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Hebrew: “גלריית הדיוקנאות הלאומית (וושינגטון)”
  • Hebrew: “גלריית הדיוקנאות הלאומית”
  • Indonesian: “Galeri Potret Nasional”
  • Italian: “National Portrait Gallery (Washington)”
  • Italian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Japanese: “ナショナル・ポートレート・ギャラリー”
  • Japanese: “ナショナル・ポートレイト・ギャラリー (アメリカ合衆国)”
  • Japanese: “国立肖像画美術館”
  • Korean: “국립 초상화 미술관”
  • Mazanderani: “آمریکا پرتره ملی موزه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Portrait Gallery (USA)”
  • Persian: “نگارخانه ملی پرتره”
  • Polish: “National Portrait Gallery w Waszyngtonie”
  • Polish: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Portuguese: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Russian: “Национальная портретная галерея”
  • Slovenian: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Slovenian: “NPG”
  • Spanish: “Galeria Nacional de Retratos (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “Galería Nacional de Retratos (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “Galería Nacional de Retratos”
  • Spanish: “National Portrait Gallery (Washington D C )”
  • Spanish: “National Portrait Gallery (Washington D C.)”
  • Spanish: “National Portrait Gallery (Washington D.C.)”
  • Turkish: “National Portrait Gallery”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна портретна галерея США”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل پورٹریٹ گیلری (ریاستہائے متحدہ)”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل پورٹریٹ گیلری”
  • Vietnamese: “Phòng trưng bày chân dung quốc gia”
  • Welsh: “Oriel Bortreadau Genedlaethol yr Unol Daleithiau”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیشنل پورٹریٹ گیلری”

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