West Building of the National Gallery of Art

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The West Building of the National Gallery of Art is a neoclassical museum structure on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., housing the institution’s collection of European and older American art.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum building
museum wing
neoclassical building
admissionFee free admission
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
category Museum buildings in Washington, D.C.
National Mall buildings
Neoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C.
city Washington, D.C.
collectionFocus American art before the 20th century
European painting
European sculpture
decorative arts
continent North America
country United States
dedicatedTo display of European and older American art
function art museum
governingBody Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art
hasAmenity café
museum shop
hasCollectionType decorative arts objects
paintings
prints and drawings
sculptures
hasNeighbor East Building of the National Gallery of Art
National Mall
hasType permanent collection galleries
temporary exhibition galleries
heritageType cultural institution building
housesCollection European art collection of the National Gallery of Art
older American art collection of the National Gallery of Art
isPartOfComplex National Gallery of Art museum complex
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
location National Mall
Washington, D.C.
operatedBy National Gallery of Art
ownedBy National Gallery of Art
partOf National Gallery of Art
publicAccess open to the public
use public museum

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
East Building
connectedTo
John Russell Pope
designed
East Building
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