National Portrait Gallery

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On view April 28, 2023 through February 25, 2024

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Explore the lives of ten extraordinary women who defied societal limits.

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On view February 10 through September 10, 2023

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On view October 28. 2022 through January 7, 2024

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Explore America’s founding voices in literature, politics, philosophy and culture.

Museum Location

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

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

Terrains of Visuality

Photography, Cartography and Disciplinary Architecture in the Formation of the U.S. Imperial Archipelago:
Lecture by Lanny Thompson | June 9, 5 – 6 p.m. | McEvoy Auditorium
DC/DOX Film Festival: Joan Baez I Am A Noise

Jun 15, 2023, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Tickets required

Sexuality and the Harlem Renaissance

Tuesday, June 20 | 7:30–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom | Free—Registration...
William Bache’s Silhouettes Album

The microsite features new research and digitized images for 1,800 cut-paper silhouettes.
Portraits: Real People, Real Stories

Listen to the 4th season of our PORTRAITS podcast.
The Obama Portraits are Home!

After a seven-city tour across the country, the portraits have returned to the museum.