Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery  Recently took a ride into DC to visit the newly renovated Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery. The renovation was extensive, and the layout has changed quite a bit. I was lost a few times and had to rely on the location map. Previously the Portrait Gallery was located in the south part of the building and now the two collections are intermingled. It forces one to visit both.

Given the amount of time and effort that went into the physical renovation, it's surprising that the website is so lame. It's as if the forgot to update the site. An example is the Collections & Exhibitions page, which contains almost no links to other information and very few images.

I was more interested in the Portrait Gallery exhibits, which contained many drawings and prints. The highlight for me was the Portrait Competition. It contained 51 works selected from 4,000 entries. Nearly all of the portraits were excellent. They can be viewed at the People's Choice page.
posted by Bruce Wright at 12:12 PM #