Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. Among the artists represented in the collection are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Courbet, El Greco, Georges Braque, Paul Klee, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler... more

Also known as:

  • Phillips Memorial Gallery

Museum

Address

Phillips Collection Address

1600 21st Street, NW
Washington 20009

Type of museum:

Established:

  • 1921
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Location

Geolocation:

Latitude Longitude Elevation
  • 38.9115
  • -77.04775
  • 24 m (79 ft )
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Facts from the Community

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Exhibitions at this venue:

Exhibition Opened on Closed on Admission fee?
  • May 3, 2008
  • Oct 26, 2008
  • Feb 10, 2001
  • Apr 29, 2001
  • Apr 17, 1999
  • Jul 18, 1999
  • Yes
  • Oct 11, 2008
  • Jan 25, 2009
  • Oct 20, 2007
  • Jan 13, 2008
  • Jun 17, 2006
  • Sep 10, 2006
  • Apr 12, 2007
  • Jul 29, 2007
  • Feb 17, 2007
  • May 20, 2007
  • Oct 14, 2006
  • Jan 21, 2007
  • Oct 14, 2006
  • Jan 21, 2007
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