A place on Gitch
National Portrait Gallery
Washington, DCUpcoming sessions- Museums
- Event space
8th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC
Find company
Continue after registration
About this place
🖼️ A Smithsonian museum of portraiture in the historic Patent Office Building. Explore the people who have shaped the United States through visual art, performance and public programmes. Its Great Hall and glass-roofed Kogod Courtyard host conversations, creative gatherings and community events.
The atmosphere
Events at National Portrait Gallery
On now · Until Jan 10, 2027
Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell (A Sequel)
Twenty vintage portraits by George Hurrell show how studio lighting and posing shaped Hollywood glamour in the 1930s…
- Exhibition
On now · Until Jun 6, 2027
The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees
Artworks from the museum’s collection trace the history of the former U.S. Patent Office, the building that now houses…
- Exhibition
On now · Until Jul 18, 2027
On Stage: Portraying the Performing Arts
Paintings and sculptures portray performers including Dizzy Gillespie, Maria Callas and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn’s 4…
- Exhibition
Past events
Fri, November 6
Unmasked: A Happy Hour for Autistic Adults
🖼️ A relaxed, low-sensory evening social for autistic and neurodivergent adults ages 18+ in the Portrait Gallery’s…
- Learning
- Party
Events · Art
Events · Washington, DC
On now · Until Jan 18, 2027
Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe
This retrospective brings together nearly 50 works by Hoocąk artist Truman Lowe. Sculptures made from willow, feathers…
- Art
On now · Until May 1, 2027
Stretching the Canvas: Ten Decades of Native Painting · Art
More than 50 paintings show how Native artists expanded the possibilities of American Indian art from the period after…
- Art
On now · Until Feb 28, 2027
Marlo Pascual: Making Something Out of Something
Seventeen works show how Marlo Pascual transformed found photographs through scale, fragmentation and unexpected…
- Art
Places · Art
Places · Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Renwick Gallery
🎨 The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s home for contemporary craft and decorative art, near the White House. The…
- Art
Washington, DC
National Air and Space Museum — National Mall · Washington, DC
🚀 The Smithsonian’s flagship aviation and space museum on the National Mall. Discover aircraft, spacecraft and the…
- Art
Washington, DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts
🎨 A downtown museum dedicated to women artists, with works from the Renaissance to today. Explore collection…
- Art