National Gallery of Art Reviews

Stunning art and stunning setting. Particularly liked the quiet areas for resting and reflection. Go.

We did a Museum Hack and it was really great - go Team Awesome!

A true gem in the Smithsonian! The sculpture garden, impressionists, Caulder gallery in the East wing... and much, much more!

Excellent place for historians and architecture Lovers.

Amazing. Has some of the original paintings in the world. GINEVRA BY LEONARDO DI VINCI

Check out the daily schedule of gallery walks. Excellent docents. Even the building itslef is a true work of art.

Beautiful collection. You need a lot of time to appreciate it.

Great collection, helpful staff, impressive guided tours! I went here twice in two days and will be back in the future.

Went there for a very short period. If you're a real art fan it's worth to spend the whole day

The collection is great, but beware of the cafe early closing

No matter what you like, there is something for everyone.

Loved this place ! So many floors filled with amazing works of arts !! If you enjoy art this place is a must !

A must-visit if you're in the area! I live here and still come here regularly. Exquisite collections and shows.

Lovely art museum with an abundance of things to see, but your young ones will likely get bored.

Always a great experience. Have been taking my AP world students for years. Most are visiting for the first time. They love it.

Always a pleasure coming here to visit old friends and see the new acquisitions. A very friendly and forgiving atmosphere for a national museum. Enjoyed chatting with the docents.

Superb collection of Art in two sections connected by a walkway.

The sheer quality of the NGA's collection was breathtaking.

Amazing museum with artwork from famous artist and beautiful architecture. Personally my favorite museum in DC.

Wonderful as usual and the staff were very helpful and courteous with checkins and directions.

You can take pictures and have a variety of paintings on display.

MARABILLOSO, the works of the exposed artists. Of compensation,

Including a breathtaking collection of French Impressionists, Cubists, Expressionists and more. Great!

Fabulous Art Museum. Two weeks would not be enough time to explore everything there is to see.

No words to describe. Very nice, good one. Relaxed atmosphere, amazing paintings. Abd the best: you will find here the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas!!! Extremely recommend. Do not forget: this is free if charge museum. And the best time to visit is Sunday, because no charge for unlimited parking in the city and highways are free.

Are you kidding? It's the national gallery of art! Must see

Let me start off my saying I have no formal training in art; however, I am an appreciator of it. I have been to art museums all over the world. I will say this, although, the National Gallery in London had more of the types of paintings I enjoy (deep contrast, vivid coloring), I did enjoy my time here. Speaking of time, you should devote at least two hours, and some of the pieces should not be rushed, and deserve the appropriate "admiring" time. My favorite part of this museum would have to be Van Gogh's self portrait. Although the paining is now over a 100 years old, the colors are as vivid as something that was painted yesterday. The museum has it tucked away near the back of the gallery, along with other Van Gogh paintings. I hope you to stop by here while you walk the mall, and wish you a wonderful time!

Been to art museums in many different states and countries and this one stands out. And why not check it out if it's free?

This place is amazing. If you want to learn some of American history & French history..

So much art to see and it is free to see. They also have a great place to eat down below between the two buildings. I highly recommend going here.

Priceless works of art on display. Love being so close to greatness.

Layout is terrible. Great gift shop. Good selection of art.

Art museum is great. But parking sign in front is misleading to visitors.

The employee Jillian who is making timed passes appointments is super nice. She has excellent customer service. She made the process easy and uncomplicated. Thank you!!

I think that this is my favorite museum in DC. There is just so much art here. It has the only Di Vinci's painting outside of Europe.

The building is owned by the US people but the art is privately purchased through an endowment established by early 20th Century Financier Andrew Mellon.

Wow, what a beautiful building filled with amazing art.

Lovely museum, helpful staff. I especially like a museum that has coat check, nothing more annoying than having to lug around heavy and/or wet coats.
The Gordon Parks exhibit was very well done. I was happy to see so many items of his represented. The impressionist exhibit was also wonderful. I would have liked to see more but had a plane to catch.

Love love love this place with stunning masterpieces! Can be here whole day!

Went to the Tintorello exhibit.. Wonderful! Marvelous artist. A once -in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this range of his work displayed magnificently in one location. A don't miss event! And it was FREE!!

I loved. And it has the only Davinci that is outside of Europe

We only saw a small portion of the entire collection, overwhelmed by the depth of what we saw!

Disclaimer: this review is not a comment on the artwork, it is a complaint about the gallery's management. The gallery seems to distribute racist maps and recruit rude volunteers.

I visited the museum a couple months ago and loved it. But today I saw a post on a blog that had 5 million followers, complaining that the Chinese version of the gallery's map is racist. On the English map, every floor had a Tower, and every Tower was numbered 1, 2, 3 etc. But on the Chinese map, the word "Tower" was translated to "please do not touch the artwork" whenever it occurred. So on the Chinese map, instead of annotating that this place is "Tower 2", the map reads "Please do not touch the artwork 2" (in Chinese). Please note that there were 10 towers on the map, so a Chinese individual reading this map would be reading "please do not touch the artwork" 10 times on the same piece of paper. Although most Chinese characters have multiple meanings, the phrase "Tower" has no meaning even near "do not touch the artwork", so it is clearly an intentional "mistake". The original post said that they sent an email to complain to the gallery, but received a rude reply from a volunteer ( see attached pic). The volunteer did not thank the sender for their email, nor did he acknowledge the translational "mistake". The volunteer simply stated that the "do not touch" reminder may not occur at the same place on every map but did not address the difference in the number of the reminders between maps. The sender thus requested that the volunteer forward the email to his supervisor, but never received a reply.

I am saddened by the lack of organization in one of the most influential gallery's in the country. It is true that a number of Chinese individuals tend to ignore regulations at popular tourist sites, but to print a map that disrespectfully targets every single person who reads the language? That seems to be one step too far.

It is a magnificent place that is different from New York MET and I want to see it for a long time.

Cool exhibits, especially loved the interactive biosensors one.

How can you go wrong by visiting this place? It s the National Gallery! Big fan of the Dutch masters, and this collection is superb. Nice and quiet, beautiful building. Worth your time.

Always love this place. We are lucky to have it in DC.

I'm not a huge art buff. But it was still pretty cool. The staff is nice, gave me directions when I needed help. A good place to cool off if it's hot outside.