| LC control no. | n 79054426 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
| Variant(s) | Kokuritsu Bijutsukan (U.S.) Mellon Gallery of Art National Art Gallery (U.S.) Nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ kartinnai︠a︡ galerei︠a︡ (U.S.) Smithsonian Institution. National Gallery of Art United States. National Gallery of Art Washington (D.C.). National Gallery of Art |
| See also | National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Hierarchical superior: Smithsonian Institution |
| Other standard no. | Q214867 157699250 0000000123753994 |
| Biography/History note | The National Gallery of Art was established in 1937 through the gift of Andrew W. Mellon, to the United States, of a collection of paintings and of a fund for housing and maintenance thereof. |
| Beginning date | 1937 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Art |
| Found in | Kokuritsu Bijutsukan, mappu to gairyaku annai, 1996? Its Karta i putevoditelʹ, Nat︠s︡ionalʹnai︠a︡ kartinnai︠a︡ galerei︠a︡, Vashington, 2009. Smithsonian year, 1969: page 623 (The National Gallery of Art, although technically established as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, is an autonomous and separately administered organization and is governed by its own Board of Trustees) Wikipedia, April 19, 2023 (The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art> |
| Associated language | eng |
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