The National Portrait Gallery gives visitors a chance to meet fascinating Americans from more than 225 years of history in its halls. Through portraits and performances the Portrait Gallery tells the stories of poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists who speak American history.

Nearby landmarks

Smithsonian Institution

Nearby metrorail station

Gallery PI-Chinatown

Rate information

Free Admission

8th & F Sts. NW, Washington, DC 20001-7012

202-633-1000 / 202-633-8290 fax

11:30 am - 7 pm every day except Dec. 25