Floor Plan National Gallery Of Art East Building

Explore thousands of the most significant works of art from the renaissance to the present day with a self guided or docent led tour.

Floor plan national gallery of art east building.

A just completed renovation adds 12 250 square feet of new exhibition space within the existing footprint of the building including two soaring tower galleries and a rooftop terrace for outdoor sculpture that overlooks pennsylvania avenue. However pei was able to exploit this feature giving his wedge shaped building a marvelous sense of presence and sculptural purpose. Explore modern artworks in this stunningly beautiful free museum on the national mall. National gallery of art.

The national gallery of art and its attached sculpture garden is a national art museum in washington d c located on the national mall between 3rd and 9th streets at constitution avenue nw. The national gallery of art s east building reopens after a three year renovation with new gallery spaces and a sculpture terrace. Ground floor on the ground floor are galleries of prints drawings paintings sculpture decorative arts and temporary exhibitions. Open to the public and free of charge the museum was privately established in 1937 for the american people by a joint resolution of the united states congress.

We are delighted to welcome you back to the national gallery of art. In addition the concourse has an underground walkway connecting the east building to the cascade café concourse bookstore children s shop and west building. 3 by max puryear is on the lower level of the. The well being of our visitors and staff is our top priority and we have adjusted our visitor experience to meet new health and safety guidelines.

Interactive floor maps locate your favorite work of art with interactive floor plans of the east building west building and explore art in the sculpture garden. Capitol and features. Use our interactive map to find works of art currently on view. Concourse the concourse contains a large auditorium for lectures films and other educational programs a smaller auditorium and expansive gallery space.

East wing national gallery commentary the new east wing extension to the national gallery washington d c sits on a difficult triangular site. The garden café the west building sales shop. Maps of 7 floorplans of the 2 museum buildings. Some col on verso.

Text area map and ill. Includes text color key to museum collections and building cross section. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. West building ground floor only hours.

Current hours and locations. The east building is the museum wing closest to the u s.