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Archives of American Art

Archives of American Art Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery

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11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
Closed Dec. 25

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8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC

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The Archives of American Art is the world’s largest and most widely used resource dedicated to collecting and preserving the papers and primary records of the visual arts in America. 

The Archives of American Art’s primary exhibition space, the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, can be found on the first floor of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in D.C.’s Penn Quarter neighborhood—also home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.

Highlights

Rotating exhibitions in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery of the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture.

MetroAccess

To provide an address for MetroAccess Paratransit, please use 800 G St., NW. Please note this address is located directly across the street from the museum’s entrance.

Metrorail

Metro station: Gallery Place/Chinatown (9th Street exit); Red, Green, or Yellow line

Nearest Accessible Metrorail Entrance:
Gallery Place/Chinatown
NE side of 7th St., NW, between F and G St.

Check MetroRail's Elevator and Escalator Service Status page for service disruptions.

Parking

There is no public parking facility for the museum. City-operated metered parking and commercial lots are available.

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    Breaking Down Walls: Art as a Portal for the Incarcerated

    This exhibition highlights the efforts of artists to create transformative experiences in carceral facilities.

    September 5, 2025 – January 18, 2026

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Gertrude Abercrombie

Fiber samples in red, orange, and blue

International Exhibition of Modern Art

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock at work

Michael Bidlo Christmas card to Leo Castelli

Abril Lamarque drawing Monguito

Minnie S. Martin Christmas card to James Mullen

Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner

Alexandra Darrow Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor

Christmas at the home of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land

8BC's Fourth of July Pig Roast

Marcel Breuer and Jacqueline Kennedy touring the construction of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Pietro Lazzari papers, 1878-1998

Lily Emmet Cushing papers, 1929-1972

Georgia O'Keeffe

Roy Lichtenstein letter to Ellen H. Johnson

Alexander Liberman's studio

Vera M. White in her studio

Jo Hanson in her studio

Sam Francis in his studio

Alexander Liberman in his studio

Hans Moller sketching in his studio

Elise Pumpelly posing for the central figure in Abbott Thayer's painting Caritas

Figure sketch

Figure sketch

Sketch for Spanish mural

Artists' book for Robert Ebendorf

Books, posters, postcards exhibit poster

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

William H. Johnson

Sarah Mary Taylor working on quilt

Map of Paris

Philip Reisman holiday card

Patti Warashina Valentine to Robert Sperry

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