National Gallery of Art
- National Gallery of Art in Washington.
- Mercury Statue in the lobby of the
Gallery.
- One of the exhibition rooms (2006).
- Paul Cezanne Exhibition (2006).
- The main entrance to the Gallery is bout 300 meters from the Capitol building in Washington. This Gallery was constructed by
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Andrew Mellon, and donated to his country, the United States
of America.
- Paul Mellon's East Wing seen from the ground of
- the Capitol building. Andrew Mellon had a son named Paul. Undoubtedly he inherited some fortune from his father, but he multiplied his fortune to add a new building to the Gallery his father built.
- Map of the National Mall taken from http://www.asia.si.edu/visitor/siMapPopUp.htm. You will see that the Capitol and the NGA buildings are grey-marked.
- Here is the NGA website. From these buildings and their vicinity to the Capitol of the United States, you can see how important the National Gallery is to Americans.
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