What's on in Washington, DC
Glass cases of densely displayed artworks in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Smithsonian American Art MuseumPenn Quarter

Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

Washington's first visible art storage: over 3,000 paintings, sculptures and craft objects packed into glass cases across 24,000 square feet of the Patent Office Building's west wing.

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More in Washington, DC

On nowAll of October 2026

Also at Smithsonian American Art Museum

On now nearby

Black-and-white George Hurrell portrait of Joan Crawford, chin lifted, in dramatic studio lighting

Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood's Golden Age by George Hurrell (A Sequel)

National Portrait Gallery

Early photograph of the neoclassical Patent Office Building used as the exhibition's key image

The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees

National Portrait Gallery

Gold Portrait of a Nation award trophies shaped as a face in profile

Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees

National Portrait Gallery

All exhibitions in Washington, DC this month Coming up in November

Nearby

The Greek Revival south (F Street) portico of the Old Patent Office Building, home of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC

National Portrait Gallery

ArtFree1 min walk
Exterior of the National Building Museum, the 1887 Pension Building, in Washington, DC

National Building Museum

Architecture5 min walk
The neoclassical National Archives Building with its Corinthian colonnade, seen from Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC

National Archives Museum

ArchitectureFree7 min walk
Exterior of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, a Renaissance Revival former Masonic Temple on the corner of New York Avenue and 13th Street NW in Washington, DC

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Design7 min walk

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