Private Tour of Washington DC's National Gallery of Art Activity - Washington DC Travel Guide

Overview

Discover the awe-inspiring grandeur and vast collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C with an expert private guide. With over 4000 paintings, 31,000 drawings and 3000 sculptures dating from the Medieval and Renaissance era to the legendary artists of the twentieth century, the National Gallery of Art has something for all art lovers.

On your private tour, you will explore the West and East Buildings. The neoclassical West Building houses the older collections from the Renaissance to the Impressionists. See the only painting by Da Vinci on display in the Americas, and works by luminaries such as Raphael and Titian. You’ll be able to stop at Monet’s Japanese Bridge, works by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cassatt and many others.

Linked by a subterranean starry concourse, the East Building was designed by architect I. M. Pei, who also designed the Louvre in Paris, is home to the more contemporary collections, from Kandinsky to Pollock. End in the beautiful sculpture garden.