Visit the Gallery
The Archives of American Art’s primary exhibition space is located two blocks away from our D.C. Research Center.
The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, 1st floor
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
Open daily 11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
The gallery can be found on the first floor of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in D.C.’s Penn Quarter neighborhood—also home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery—through the doorway off the Courtyard Café.
In the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, the Archives presents informative exhibitions highlighting some of its more than 20 million items documenting the history of visual arts in America.
The gallery was named in honor of Lawrence A. Fleischman, who with E.P. Richardson founded the Archives of American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1954.
The Archives’ exhibition program is made possible through a generous endowment from Barbara G. Fleischman.
Visit the exhibitions section to learn more about what materials are on view in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in D.C. or at a venue near you.
Original material can be consulted by appointment in our Washington, D.C. Headquarters.
Copies of unrestricted microfilm materials can be obtained through one of our affiliated research centers.
Internship, fellowship, and volunteer opportunities provide students and lifelong learners with the ability to contribute to the study and preservation of visual arts records in America.
