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The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House.
Second Foor | West Galleries

Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees
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Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees

On view: December 12, 2025 - October 17, 2027
First floor | North Corridor

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Museum Location

National Portrait Gallery
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001

Hours

Open 7 days a week
11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Closed Dec. 25

Highlights

  • early photograph of a neoclassical building with text below that reads: "1312 Patent Office, Washington DC"

    The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees

    Timed with the U.S. semiquincentennial, the National Portrait Gallery will commemorate the founding of its historic home with “The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees.”  This exhibition will sketch the early history of the Patent Office—the third oldest building in Washington—through works in the museum’s collection.

  • black and white photo of a woman in a dress holding flowers

    Meserve Collection Highlights: Modern Prints from Mathew Brady’s Portrait Negatives

    The Portrait Gallery’s vast collection of Civil War-era, portrait negatives is represented in this exhibition through nine modern prints from Mathew Brady’s (c. 1823–1896) original photographic negatives. Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ulysses Grant, and Emma, Queen of Hawai’i are featured, along with an original, glass-plate negative and one of Brady’s wooden storage boxes.

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