85. National Portrait Gallery

DOWNTOWN.   The National Portrait Gallery is housed in a beautiful historic Greek Revival building, constructed in 1836 as the U.S. Patent Office. The museum's contents include a complete collection of presidential portraits, and the American Origins:1600-1900 exhibit features 17 galleries of portraits of other historic figures such as Pocahontas, Henry Clay and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Additional exhibits are devoted to American athletes and entertainers.   (© 10Best)

The Smithsonian Institute recently reopened the National Portrait Gallery along with the American Art Museum, which now shares the building. The "American Presidents" section contains at least one portrait of every U.S. President. (from Southern Living)

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