Renwick Gallery

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The Renwick Gallery is a Smithsonian art museum in Washington, D.C., renowned for its exhibitions of American craft and decorative arts.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Smithsonian museum
art museum
museum building
affiliation Smithsonian American Art Museum
architect James Renwick Jr.
architecturalStyle French Second Empire
Second Empire
category Art museums and galleries in Washington, D.C.
Decorative arts museums in the United States
National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution museums
city Washington, D.C.
collectionFocus American decorative arts
contemporary craft
collectionType American craft
decorative arts
constructionStart 1859
country United States
hasCollection American studio craft
ceramics
fiber art
furniture
glass art
metalwork
sculpture
wood art
hasWebsite https://americanart.si.edu/visit/renwick
heritageDesignation District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
National Historic Landmark
inception 1859
locatedIn District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
locatedNear White House
name Renwick Gallery
namedAfter James Renwick Jr.
notableFor contemporary art installations
exhibitions of American craft and decorative arts
openingDate 1874
operatedBy Smithsonian Institution
originallyBuiltFor Corcoran Gallery of Art
ownedBy Smithsonian Institution
partOf Smithsonian American Art Museum
postalCode 20006
reopeningDate 2015
streetAddress 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
use art exhibitions
public museum


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