What is National Gallery of Art?
{{infobox Museum |name= National Gallery of Art |image= National Gallery of Art DC 2007 047.jpg |established= [[1937]] |location= [[National Mall]], [[Washington D.C.]] |visitors= |director= Earl A. Powell III |website= [http://www.nga.gov/ www.nga.gov] }} [[File:Gallery15Urlan.ogv|thumb|right|National Gallery of Art]] The '''National Gallery of Art''' is an [[art museum]] on the [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] The museum was built in [[1938]] by the [[United States Congress]]. [[Andrew W. Mellon]] gave money and art to help the museum. Many lovers of art have given the National Gallery their art collections, like [[Lessing J. Rosenwald]], [[Samuel H. Kress]], and [[Joseph E. Widener]]. This has made the National Gallery one of the best art museums for [[Western world|Western]] art [[painting]] and [[sculpture]] in the world. c == Other websites == {{coord|38.89147|-77.02001|display=title}} {{Commonscat|National Gallery of Art}} {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1937 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Museums in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Buildings on the National Mall]] [[Category:Art museums in the United States]] [[Category:National museums]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Washington, D.C.]]