DC
Washington
American Arts Alliance
1156 15th St, NW
Suite 820
Washington DC 20005
Phone 202 387-8300
Web Site http://www.americanartsalliance.org/
Description NEA advocacy group
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus Arts
New or Updated: 5/13/2004
DC
Washington
Americans for the
Arts
1000 Vermont Ave NW
6th Floor
Washington
DC
20005
Phone
202 371-2830
Web Site
http://www.artsusa.org/
Description
organization to promote the arts, predominant
membership is local arts councils
Type of Resource
History Related Organization
Primary Focus
Arts
Nature of Group or
Site
Association
New or Updated:
10/5/2005
Art In Embassies Program
US Department of State
Room B-258
Washington DC 20520
Phone 202 647-5723
Fax 202 647-4080
Web Site http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/e-art/
Description provides works by US artists to embassies around the world
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus: Arts
DC
Washington
Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
201 18th Street NW
Mail:1889 F St NW
Washington DC 20006
Phone 202 458-6016
Fax 202 458-6021
Web Site http://www.oas.org/
E-mail
mailto:gsvitil@oas.org
Description permanent collection of art from 1900-present, temporary exhibits of art from all the Americas
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Arts
DC
Washington
Arthur M Sackler
Gallery
1050 Independence Avenue SW
MAIL PO Box 37012,
MRC707
Washington DC
20013
Phone
202 633-4880
Alt Phone
202 357-2700
Web Site
http://www.si.edu/activity/planvis/museums/i-sga.htm
Alt Web
http://www.asia.si.edu/
Description
Asian & Near East arts, underground connection
to Freer Gallery
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Arts
Group Identity Asian
Research
Library
Owner/Operator:
Smithsonian
New or Updated:
2/28/2006
DC
Washington
Corcoran Gallery of Art
17th St & New
York Avenue NW
Washington DC 20006
Phone 202-639-1700
Web Site www.corcoran.org/
Description extensive collections of American art from the beginning to now
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus:
Arts
DC
Washington
Commission of Arts and Humanities
410 8th Street NW, 5th floor
Washington DC 20004
Phone 202 724-5613
Web Site http://dcarts.dc.gov/main.shtm
Description
official arts organization, art in public places & arts in education, other arts programs, grants
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus Arts
New or Updated: 05/06/2003
Dimock Gallery
730 21st Street NW
George Washington U
Washington DC
Phone
Web Site http://www.gwu.edu/~dimock/
Description rotating exhibits in lower lobby of Lisner Auditorium, university related shows
Type of Resource Gallery
Primary Focus: Arts
DC
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library &
Collection
1703 32nd Street NW
Washington DC 20007
Phone 202 339-6401
Web Site
www.doaks.org/
Description research collections on Byzantine art, landscape architecture and Pre-Columbian art, with museum collections of the same
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Arts
Research or Reading Library
Federal Reserve Board Art Gallery
2001 C Street
Washington DC 20551
Phone 202 452-3886
Web Site
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Description American &
European art, 19th & 20th century
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Arts
Nature of Group or Site Government
DC
Washington
Fondo del Sol Visual Arts & Media Center
2112 R Street NW
Washington DC 20008
Phone 202 265-9235
Alt Phone 202 483-2777
Web Site http://www.dkmuseums.com/fondo.html
Description art of the Americas, bilingual, contemporary artists and
craftspeople, permanent collection of pre-Columbian art, Santos wooden saints
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus:
Arts
Group Identity Latin American
Freer Gallery of Art
Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW
Washington DC 20560
Phone 202 357-2700
Alt Phone 202 357-1300
Web Site www.si.edu/asia
Description Asian art and James McNeill Whistler collection
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Arts
Group Identity Asian
DC
Washington
Georgetown University Art Collection
Joseph Lauinger Memorial Library Special Collections
3700 O Street NW
Washington DC 20507
Phone 202 687-1469
Web Site http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/
E-mail mailto:llw@georgetown.edu
Description library special collection section displays some of its collection in a gallery
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Arts
Research or Reading Library |
