National Portrait Gallery | Collections on Loan

Since the National Portrait Gallery's closure for renovation in 2000, the museum has maintained its visibility through traveling exhibitions and the loan of its collections to other institutions

For further information, contact the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management at (202) 275-1777;
fax: (202) 275-1897; or e-mail: NPGExhibitions@si.edu

Previously on exhibit:

November 2003 through April 2004
Florida International Museum

Sixteen baseball personalities from the National Portrait Gallery's collection were loaned to the Florida International Museum in St. Petersburg, to compliment a traveling exhibition from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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February 2002 through February 2003
B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD

As part of a Baltimore-wide celebration of 175 years of railroading in America, NPG joined with the B&O Railroad Museum to present "Portraits of American Railroading from the National Portrait Gallery." Comprising significant individuals in the history of the railroad industry, this exhibition included portraits of Peter Cooper, William Ogden, and George Pullman, among others.

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December 2000 through December 2003
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA

Thirty-three paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs of important Virginians, including Arthur Ashe, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert E. Lee, and Martha Washington were on view.

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March 2000 through January 2003
Legends of the Game Baseball Museum and Learning Center,
Arlington, Texas

This grouping of baseball players are part of the National Portrait Gallery's "Champions of American Sports" collection.

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VIEW THE GALLERY'S TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

Portrait of the Art World

Eye Contact

Portraits of the Presidents

PORTRAIT SEARCH

The online database of the Catalog of American Portraits contains information for over 100,000 portraits recorded nationwide. The collections of the National Portrait Gallery can also be searched online.

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