Aerial view of Washington, D.C., with National Gallery of art in foreground

ID: 2701 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith ~ Date: [between 1980 and 2006]

This file appears in: National Gallery of Art: The grand marble West Building, the I.M. Pei-designed East Building, and the Sculpture Garden together comprise the National Gallery of Art.

This file appears in: National Gallery of Art: The grand marble West Building, the I.M. Pei-designed East Building, and the Sculpture Garden together comprise the National Gallery of Art.

National Gallery of Art: The grand marble West Building, the I.M. Pei-designed East Building, and the Sculpture Garden together comprise the National Gallery of Art.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Designed by architect John Russell Pope and built in 1941, the National Gallery of Art is the United States' national art museum. The institution has its roots in 1937, when it was privately…