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National Portrait Gallery |
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(Attractions & Activities - Art Museums)
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8th St and F St NW, Washington 20013-7012 • 202-633-8300
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Distance:
~1.64 mi from The Fairmont Washington, D.C. |
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Description:
The National Portrait Gallery is housed in a beautiful historic Greek Revival building, constructed in 1836 as the U.S. Patent Office. The museum's contents include a complete collection of presidential portraits, and the American Origins:1600-1900 exhibit features 17 galleries of portraits of other historic figures such as Pocahontas, Henry Clay and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Additional exhibits are devoted to American athletes and entertainers.
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