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. The Gallery is closed on 25 December and 1 January. See also area map, public transportation, parking.
Admission is always free.
Please check the current exhibition page for pass information. The rite involved music, chanting, storytelling, and offerings to Ganesha, the Indian god who appears in the form of an elephant and who has the power to remove all obstacles at the beginning of a new endeavor.