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Hours: 10 AM - 5 PM, Monday, Wednesday - Sunday; 10 AM - 9 PM, Thursday; closed Tuesday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Admission: $3 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, $5 for family groups, free for members and children under 12

Tours: Forty-minute tours of the permanent collection are offered at 12 PM every day, on weekends at 10:30 AM, 12 PM, and 2:30 PM, and on Thursday evenings at 7:30 PM.

Location: The Corcoran Gallery of Art is located at 17th Street and New York Avenue, NW, one block west and south of the White House.

Only a block from the White House and just a short walk from the nation’s historic Mall, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran School of Art stand as a major center of American art. Today the Corcoran’s collection illuminates American history and the nation’s artistic development from colonial times through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. In addition, the Corcoran is proud to display masterpieces from Europe, including Greek antiquities and Northern European works of art. With its classrooms, galleries, cafe, shop and an array of informative and entertaining programs for visitors and members, the Corcoran is a living monument to American creativity and art in general.

The largest non-federal art museum in the nation’s capital, the Corcoran was founded in 1869 as an institution to be “dedicated to art, and used solely for the purpose of encouraging the American genius.” It was Washington’s first art museum and ranks with Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as one of the three oldest museums in the United States.

The Corcoran’s collection brings visitors face-to-face with the people, the landscape and the lifestyles of a dramatically different time. The five strengths of the Museum’s holdings are as follows: European art, American art, Contemporary art, Photography, Prints and Drawings; and Sculpture.

European Art
The Corcoran’s Clark Collection is famous for its Dutch 17th century and French mid 19th century paintings, as well as notable tapestries, rugs, textiles and one of the finest French 18th century gilded rooms, the Salon Dore. The Walker Collection holds distinguished English and late 19th century French paintings. The Olga Hirshhorn Collection includes contemporary European painting and sculpture.

American Art
Founded as a museum dedicated to American art, the Corcoran now has more than 4,000 paintings and sculptures dating from our colonial beginnings well into the 20th century, a collection that ranks among the best in the world. Masterpieces of 19th century art predominate, portraying the complex destiny, peoples and spirit of our developing nation.

Contemporary Art
The Corcoran is Washington’s largest and most active museum in the interpretation and display of American contemporary art. From mature modern masters to younger emerging artists, the museum’s collection includes more than 600 paintings representing virtually every major style and attitude of post-war painting.

Photography, Prints, and Drawings
Its strong program of photography exhibitions and acquisitions has defined the Corcoran’s special position in the nation’s capital. More than 2,000 photographs and 6,500 prints and drawings form an eminent study center for these graphic images and their related media arts.

Sculpture
Unique to Washington is the Corcoran’s collection of Greek antiquities dating from the 8th to 1st centuries B.C., important 16th century Italian Maiolica ceramics and a large group of Barye bronzes. Major American neoclassical marbles, figurative bronzes, and contemporary objects further expand the range of our American collection.

Art Commissions

In addition to the collections, the Corcoran offers commissioned artworks, available for purchase, by seminal contemporary artists including Frank Gehry, Donald Sultan, Sam Gilliam, Gordan Parks, Dale Chihuly, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Larry Rivers and Inge Morath.

For tickets/information, call: 202-639-1700
Hours to call: Monday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PM

Visit their Web site at: http://www.corcoran.org