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