Collecting at a time when interest in folk art was limited to a small circle of enthusiasts, the couple was able to obtain extraordinary works. Beginning in 1953 and ending with the bequest of 1980, the Garbisches donated more than 300 paintings and about 100 works on paper to the National Gallery of Art. Twenty-two other institutions have benefited from the Garbisches' generosity, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden, located on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW, are open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Sculpture Garden is open until 7 p.m. daily from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Admission is free.