Corcoran Gallery of Art
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This 1897 building is among the finest Beaux Arts designs in the United States. Note the atrium with its exquisite symmetrical stairway. The art collection inside includes some of the very best of American and European masterworks. In the American art collection, works by the Hudson River School and the Luminists are especially strong.
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500 17th St, NW (at New York Ave)
Open 10am–5pm Wed, Fri–Mon (10am–9pm Thu); guided tours noon Wed–Mon, 7:30pm Thu, 2:30pm Sat–Sun Dis. access Adm
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