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About Renwick Gallery

The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum located in Washington, D.C. that displays American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was opened in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and originally housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art. When it was built in 1859, it was called "the American Louvre", and is now named for its architect James Renwick Jr.

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Art museum
Founded
1972
Annual visitors
765K
in 2016
Architect
James Renwick Jr.

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  2. Inside Renwick Gallery02Inside Renwick GalleryAPK · CC BY 4.0
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  6. Renwick Gallery - view across to Grand Salon06View across to Grand SalonAlbertHerring · CC BY-SA 3.0

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