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Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC

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Kreeger Museum

See Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh in a Philip Johnson house on Foxhall Road, then walk the wooded sculpture garden around it.

2401 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20007 · Washington, DC

About Kreeger Museum

Philip Johnson designed this travertine house for collectors Carmen and David Kreeger, who lived here from 1967 to 1990; it opened as a museum in 1994. The galleries hold nine Monet paintings and nine by Picasso, along with Van Gogh, Cézanne, Kandinsky, Miró and five works by Rodin. Sculpture terraces and a garden spread over five and a half wooded acres. Adults pay $15, visitors 18 and under get in free, and 45-minute guided tours run Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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