<P> The National Gallery of Art , and its attached Sculpture Garden , is a national art museum in Washington , D.C. , located on the National Mall , between 3rd and 9th Streets , at Constitution Avenue NW . Open to the public and free of charge , the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress . Andrew W. Mellon donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction . The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon , Ailsa Mellon Bruce , Lessing J. Rosenwald , Samuel Henry Kress , Rush Harrison Kress , Peter Arrell Browne Widener , Joseph E. Widener , and Chester Dale . The Gallery 's collection of paintings , drawings , prints , photographs , sculpture , medals , and decorative arts traces the development of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present , including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder . </P>
<P> The National Gallery of Art , and its attached Sculpture Garden , is a national art museum in Washington , D.C. , located on the National Mall , between 3rd and 9th Streets , at Constitution Avenue NW . Open to the public and free of charge , the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress . Andrew W. Mellon donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction . The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon , Ailsa Mellon Bruce , Lessing J. Rosenwald , Samuel Henry Kress , Rush Harrison Kress , Peter Arrell Browne Widener , Joseph E. Widener , and Chester Dale . The Gallery 's collection of paintings , drawings , prints , photographs , sculpture , medals , and decorative arts traces the development of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present , including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder . </P>
where is the national gallery of art located
where is the national gallery of art located
in Washington , D.C. , located on the National Mall , between 3rd and 9th Streets , at Constitution Avenue NW
in Washington , D.C. , located on the National Mall , between 3rd and 9th Streets , at Constitution Avenue NW