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National Gallery of Art
  • 1. In which city is the National Gallery of Art located?
A) Philadelphia
B) Washington, D.C.
C) New York City
D) Boston
  • 2. What is the admission fee for the National Gallery of Art?
A) Ten dollars
B) It varies by season
C) It is free of charge
D) Twenty dollars
  • 3. In what year was the National Gallery of Art established?
A) 1921
B) 1945
C) 1929
D) 1937
  • 4. Who donated a substantial art collection and funds for the construction of the museum?
A) I. M. Pei
B) Charles Greeley Abbot
C) Andrew W. Mellon
D) John Russell Pope
  • 5. Which architect designed the neoclassical West Building?
A) Andrew W. Mellon
B) Alexander Calder
C) John Russell Pope
D) I. M. Pei
  • 6. Who designed the modernist East Building?
A) Charles Greeley Abbot
B) Andrew W. Mellon
C) I. M. Pei
D) John Russell Pope
  • 7. How large is the Sculpture Garden?
A) 6.1 acres
B) 10 acres
C) 15 acres
D) 2.5 acres
  • 8. What is the primary theme of the National Gallery's collection?
A) Development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present
B) Pre-historic cave paintings
C) Contemporary Asian sculpture
D) Ancient Eastern civilizations
  • 9. What work by Alexander Calder is held at the gallery?
A) A series of portraits
B) The largest mobile
C) A large-scale mural
D) A bronze bust
  • 10. How many visitors did the museum have in 2024?
A) 1 million
B) Nearly 4 million
C) 2 million
D) 8 million
  • 11. What was Andrew W. Mellon's profession before focusing on the gallery?
A) Senator
B) Pittsburgh banker and Treasury Secretary
C) Architect
D) Artist
  • 12. In what year did the Trust make its first major acquisition of paintings from the Hermitage?
A) 1937–1938
B) 1935–1936
C) 1930–1931
D) 1921–1922
  • 13. Which of these paintings was acquired from the Hermitage?
A) The Mona Lisa
B) Raphael's Alba Madonna
C) American Gothic
D) Starry Night
  • 14. What is the current name of the former 'National Collection of Fine Arts'?
A) National Portrait Gallery
B) Renwick Gallery
C) Smithsonian American Art Museum
D) Hirshhorn Museum
  • 15. What type of legal structure manages the gallery's works?
A) A private corporation
B) The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust
C) An international art collective
D) A state-run foundation
  • 16. The National Gallery of Art is a bureau of which organization?
A) Smithsonian Institution
B) United States Treasury
C) Library of Congress
D) National Park Service
  • 17. On which avenue is the National Gallery of Art located?
A) Constitution Avenue NW
B) Maryland Avenue
C) Independence Avenue
D) Pennsylvania Avenue
  • 18. Which of these individuals also contributed to the core collection?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Chester Dale
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 19. What event caused the original plan for the gallery to be modified?
A) World War II
B) A fire in the building
C) Lack of funding
D) A tax evasion trial
  • 20. In what publication did Mellon announce his intention to establish the gallery in 1935?
A) The Art Gazette
B) The New York Times
C) The Washington Post
D) The Washington Star
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