National Gallery of Art: Guided Museum Tour

Embark on a 2.5-hour guided museum tour at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Explore iconic artworks by renowned artists and discover the captivating stories behind them.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • National Gallery of Art - Enter the National Gallery of Art and follow your guide through one of America’s best collections of artwork produced by Renaissance artists, French Impressionists, and great American painters. See works from Claude Monet, Raphael, Gilbert Stuart, and Edgar Degas, as well as more modern artists like Picasso, Pollock,…
What's Included
  • Semi-Private Museum Tour
  • Duration 2.5 Hours
  • Professional Tour Guide
  • ‘Semi-Private’ Means Group Size Is Never More Than 8 Guests Maximum
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
  • Tour is NOT available for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
Additional Information

Embark on an enlightening 2.5-hour guided tour that accommodates up to eight guests in two remarkable structures. The National Gallery of Art, located in Washington DC, is a premier museum showcasing a stunning array of Western Art from the Renaissance masters to the chief figures of the 20th Century. The gallery is home to works of prominent artists…

Location
National Gallery of Art
Constitution Avenue Northwest
Meet by the Constitution Ave Entrance of the National Gallery of Art
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mikeww2092br
Aug 14, 2024
Learning about art - Rebecca is very knowledgeable of the history of the artists and the work on display. She does a great job navigating the museum and highlighting the best work.
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Tracy
Jul 18, 2024
Excellent introduction to the National Art Gallery. - Stephen was an interesting, enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable tour guide. He brought a lot of appreciation and deep Familiarity to the tour.
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Chriswcle
Jul 15, 2024
Amazing guided tour of the National Gallery of Art with Annemarie - Our tour of the National Gallery of Art was excellent. Annemarie is an expert in art and art history and really paints a vivid picture for an inexperienced art consumer like me. Her stories and history about the various pieces really helped us understand and appreciate what we we were looking at. Having been on several excellent guided art museum tours, Annemarie is a top-tier tour guide. I would request her again for any guided tour I am looking for in DC.
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Chriswcle
Jul 15, 2024
Top-notch tour guide for art in DC - Our tour of the National Gallery of Art was impressively fun and informative. Annemarie took excellent care of us and in comparison to other art museum tour guides she was very knowledgeable, an excellent storyteller, and really made our experience memorable. I would request her again if I wanted a tour anywhere in DC.
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Californiakid1000
Jun 3, 2024
Awesome Tour - The tour was very interesting and insightful. The IM Pei designed building, by itself, is amazing. Stephen, the tour guide, was awesome. Extremely knowledgeable.
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586rubiak
May 29, 2024
Semi Private Tour of National Art Gallery DC - Such an interesting tour with lots of details about the artists and the paintings. Anne Marie was able to bring the gallery alive and in 2.5hrs we saw the main highlights of the museum. Ideal tour if time is short! She allowed us plenty of time to look at the paintings and answered all our questions. Highly recommended.
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Departure249415
May 21, 2024
Bucket list was checked and so wonderful! - This was a bucket list trip for my husband and I . It is a magnificent museum! Our guide Bess was a superb tour guide. She lead us through the huge museum with expertise. The knowledge that she shared was so good . Our outlooks were broadened by her information on each piece. We will never do a museum with a guide like Bess. 🙏🏻 Highly recommend Bess and this tour! 👏🏻
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Blainerstacy
May 8, 2024
Our guide was delightful and very knowledgeable! very flexible in showing us what we were interested in. We loved her! - We loved our guide. She was very knowledgeable and interesting. She showed us what we were interested in. She went at a good pace and made sure we saw the key works of art.
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Quest12688187957
Apr 27, 2024
Stephen tour guide to the Natuonal gallery of art - Stephen was interesting, knowledgeable, and funny. He taught us alot. I would recommend him for this tour - or any tour. He was Great!
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Marbesu
Mar 28, 2024
An amazing experience for any art lover - My wife and I truly enjoyed our tour of the National Gallery. At the beginning of the tour, we were concerned that our guide appeared to be skipping several pieces that seemed interesting to us. But in the end, you come to realize that the gallery is enormous. The only way for a guide to show off the entire gallery is to stop at a few highlights in the different sections. Afterward, there was plenty of time to go back to rooms after the tour that we wanted to explore further. I wanted to highly recommend our guide, Stephen Mead. You could tell he had a passion for the pieces in the gallery and was more than happy to show them off for us. Also, I think he was able to adapt to showing us the pieces that we would be interested in seeing. Prior to my visit, I was wondering whether or not it was worth it to pay for a guide to a free museum. Having completed the tour, I am positive that without a guide I would not have seen more than half of the exhibits and would have missed the insight of the artists that a guide could provide. I don't think I would have appreciated the gallery as much as I do now and look forward to returning. If you love art, be ready to be amazed at not only the quantity and quality of the pieces but also the unbelievable access you can get to them. The National Gallery and the Walking tour is something my wife and I will remember fondly for years to come.
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