This site is designed to give visitors an overview of the collections on display in the Museum's galleries. Also available are a Floor Plan, which includes information on services for visitors, and the Calendar, which offers a detailed current listing of special exhibitions, concerts, lectures, films, and other Museum activities, and the Gift and Book Shop, with over 100 of our best-selling items available. Its holdings include more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC - The NGA and its collections belong to the people of the United States of America. European and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and selected works on paper are displayed in the permanent collection galleries, and temporary exhibitions of art from countries and cultures throughout the world are presented on a regular basis.
Admission is always free.
These Sites present over 275 Museums, Exhibits, Points of Special Interest and Real-Time journeys which offer online multimedia guided tours on the Web. Most of the following offer text and pictures, others in addition transmit sound and an occasional movie. Through technology and innovative materials, these young artists explore the limits of what is possible in today's world, and what will be possible in the future. They are exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries and museums. Voice of the Shuttle - Artists are listed by chronology and country.