The+National+Portrait+Gallery

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery tells the stories of America through the individuals who have shaped U.S. culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists who speak American history.

** Currently on View: **

**Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924** Second Floor
 * September 25, 2009 through January 24, 2010

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**One Life: Thomas Paine, The Radical Founding Father August 7 through November 29, 2009 First Floor

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**Presidents in Waiting** Second Floor
 * January 20, 2009 through January 3, 2010

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Permanent Exhibitions: ** **America's Presidents** Second Floor
 * Permanent exhibition opened July 1, 2006

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**American Origins, 1600-1900 Permanent exhibition opened July 1, 2006 First Floor

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**Twentieth-Century Americans** Third Floor
 * Permanent exhibition opened July 1, 2006

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**Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze Permanent exhibition opened July 1, 2006 Second Floor

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**Champions** Mezzanine Level
 * Permanent exhibition opened July 1, 2006

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**Bravo Permanent exhibition opened July 1, 2006 Mezzanine Level

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