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Renwick Gallery. The artists in Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women mastered and subverted the everyday materials of cotton, felt, and wool to create deeply personal artworks. Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery. April 19, 2023–June 8, 2025.
The Renwick Gallery is located steps from the White House in the heart of historic federal Washington. This National Historic Landmark was designed by architect James Renwick Jr. in 1858 and was the first building in the United States built specifically to be an art museum.
Welcome to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. Explore the sweep of the American imagination across four centuries at the nation's flagship museum for American art and craft. Dive into inspiring artworks, the reimagined collection, and an array of special exhibitions including Glenn Kaino: Bridge.
The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum located in Washington, D.C. that displays American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was opened in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and originally housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art .
In November 2015, the Renwick Gallery — the first building in the United States designed expressly as an art museum — opened its doors after a major, two-year renovation. To celebrate, we transformed the entire museum into an immersive artwork with our debut exhibition, WONDER.
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Permanent collection and exhibitions of American crafts. This gem of a museum, located in a historic building near the White House, is dedicated to exhibiting the finest American crafts from the 19th century to the present.
The Renwick Gallery is one of the most elegant examples of Second Empire architecture in the U.S. James Renwick Jr., the architect who also designed the Smithsonian’s Castle and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, designed the D.C. building in 1859.