ART MUSEUM
Phillips Collection
/ 5 · 2,320 Google reviews
1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009 · Dupont Circle
- Hours today
- 10 AM – 5 PM
- Visit time
- 1.5 hours
- Best for
- Modernism, intimate setting
- Founded
- 1921
About this museum
Founded in 1921 as the country's first museum of modern art. Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party is the headline; Rothko, Klee, and a Bonnard collection round out the holdings. Housed in Duncan Phillips's former Dupont Circle home. Read the full review →
Don't miss
- MAIN GALLERY Luncheon of the Boating Party, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- ROTHKO ROOM Four Rothko canvases in a single small room
The full review
The country's oldest museum of modern art, opened 1921 — older than MoMA. Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party hangs in its own room. The Rothko Room, four large canvases in a 12-by-12-foot space, is the only permanent Rothko-only installation in any museum.
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