Renwick Gallery

See American craft and decorative art in a National Historic Landmark building steps from the White House.

1661 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC

About Renwick Gallery

The Renwick Gallery is the Smithsonian American Art Museum's branch for American craft and decorative art, at Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street, steps from the White House. The building, a National Historic Landmark designed by James Renwick Jr., was built as Washington's first art museum to hold William Wilson Corcoran's collection. Inside you walk through craft galleries and the Grand Salon, renamed for donor David Rubenstein.

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