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National Portrait Gallery

art museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
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National Portrait Gallery

Summary

National Portrait Gallery is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Portrait Gallery's field of work was portrait[3].
  • National Portrait Gallery's field of work was portrait painting[4].
  • National Portrait Gallery's field of work was visual arts[5].
  • National Portrait Gallery is located in Washington, D.C.[6].
  • National Portrait Gallery is in the country of United States[7].
  • National Portrait Gallery's instance of is recorded as art museum[8].
  • National Portrait Gallery's instance of is recorded as art museum[9].
  • National Portrait Gallery's architect is recorded as Robert Mills[10].
  • National Portrait Gallery's architect is recorded as Norman Foster[11].
  • National Portrait Gallery's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[12].
  • The location of National Portrait Gallery was Old Patent Office Building[13].
  • National Portrait Gallery is part of Smithsonian Institution[14].
  • National Portrait Gallery's Commons category is recorded as National Portrait Gallery (United States)[15].
  • January 1, 1962 marks the founding of National Portrait Gallery[16].
  • National Portrait Gallery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.897777777777776, 'lon': -77.02305555555556}[17].
  • National Portrait Gallery's parent organization or unit is recorded as Smithsonian Institution[18].
  • National Portrait Gallery's official website is recorded as https://npg.si.edu/[19].
  • National Portrait Gallery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Portrait Gallery (United States)[20].
  • National Portrait Gallery's Commons gallery is recorded as National Portrait Gallery (United States)[21].
  • National Portrait Gallery's director / manager is recorded as Kim Sajet[22].
  • National Portrait Gallery's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+329683'}[23].
  • National Portrait Gallery's phone number is recorded as +1 202-633-8300[24].
  • National Portrait Gallery's described by source is recorded as Open GLAM Survey[25].
  • National Portrait Gallery's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'National Portrait Gallery'}[26].
  • National Portrait Gallery's Commons Institution page is recorded as National Portrait Gallery, Washington[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1962 marks the founding of National Portrait Gallery[16].

Identity

National Portrait Gallery's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[26]. It is part of Smithsonian Institution[14].

Leadership

National Portrait Gallery's director / manager is recorded as Kim Sajet[22].

Operations

National Portrait Gallery's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Smithsonian Institution[18].

Industry

Fields of work include portrait[3], an art genre[28]; portrait painting[4], a genre of painting[29]; and visual arts[5], a type of arts[30].

Why It Matters

National Portrait Gallery ranks in the top 2% of art_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . archives.gov. archives.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . SAH Archipedia. Retrieved . sah-archipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q12013. Retrieved . npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SAH Archipedia. Retrieved . sah-archipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . si.edu. si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Art's most popular : Exhibition and museum visitor figures 2021. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 30 April 2020. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → national-portrait-gallery-washington-d-c
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  2. 16d ago · Nashona · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Artic artist id → 79565
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  3. 4w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Inception → +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Described by source → Open GLAM Survey
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