Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design

Address: 500 17th Street, N.W.
Phone: 202- 639- 1700
Hours:

Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Gift shop open during gallery hours. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, Thanksgiving, December 25 and January 1; Free jazz at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays; free highlights tours at noon every day except Tuesdays; Café des Artistes: Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 11:30a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Thursday, 11:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Sunday Brunch, 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Guided Tours: Two weeks notice requested for group tours; Walk-in tours offered weekdays at noon
Admission: General Admission is $6.00 per person. General Admission gains the visitor access to the Permanent Collection galleries only. Please check our website for any Special Exhibition pricing that may be in effect at the time of your visit.
Tour Entrance: 17th Street between New York Avenue and E Street; Handicap accessible at 1701 E Street
Metro: Farragut West (blue and orange lines), Farragut North (red line)
Website: http://www.corcoran.org
http://www.corcoran.edu
Corcoran

Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design Founded in 1869, the Corcoran is a place where the past, present and future of the visual arts come to life. From its extensive collection of American and European masterworks, to its ongoing contemporary art exhibitions, to the classrooms and studios of one of the country’s most distinguished colleges of art and design, the Corcoran fulfills its mission as an institution “dedicated to art, and used solely for the purpose of encouraging the American genius.”

Begun as the legacy of financier and patron William Wilson Corcoran, the museum’s holdings of nineteenth and twentieth century American art illuminate the nation‘s history and the development of its artists from colonial times to the present. Outstanding works from the collections of Senator William Clark and Edward and Mary Walker, treasures of African-American art from the Evans-Tibbs collection, and the Gordon Parks Collection Archives are among its resources.