National Portrait Gallery (United States) | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 18/12/2018

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
National Portrait Gallery (United States)


00:00:36 1 History
00:00:45 1.1 Founding of the museum
00:05:29 1.2 Building the collection
00:07:46 1.3 The Stuarts controversy
00:10:44 1.4 Expanding the collection
00:15:50 1.5 Purchasing the Lansdowne portrait
00:18:21 1.6 Post-renovation activities
00:19:41 1.7 Hide/Seek controversy
00:23:59 1.8 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
00:25:42 1.9 Post-2010 exhibits of note
00:26:12 2 Collection
00:26:46 2.1 Portrait addition procedure
00:28:41 2.2 Key exhibits and programs of the museum
00:32:22 3 Building
00:35:17 3.1 2000 to 2007 renovation
00:40:02 4 Governance and directors



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The National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum located between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.  Founded in 1962 and opened to the public in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. The museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building, as is the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The two museums are the eponym for the Gallery Place Washington Metro station, located at the corner of F and 7th Streets NW.