Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection retains the 19th-century grandeur enjoyed by the Phillips family. The collection was opened to the public in 1918 while the family was still living in the home. The collection displays mostly 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings. Significant works by Degas, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Bonnard and Klee are on display. One can browse at leisure and...

The centerpiece of this charming museum is its elegant 1897 Georgian Revival mansion, the gallery's anchor since the Phillips opened in 1921, making it America's first museum of modern art. Best known for its Renoir masterpiece, Luncheon of the Boating Party, the Phillips boasts a permanent collection of nearly 3,000 works by artists whose names you'll surely know: Europeans Daumier, Bonnard,...

The nation's first contemporary-art museum, the personal collection of Duncan and Marjorie Phillips is housed in a Georgian Revival mansion near Dupont Circle, giving it more of a residential than gallery setting. The Phillipses had good taste: The paintings are major works by Cézanne, Renoir, Rothko, Matisse, van Gogh, Kandinsky, and Klee, among others. After a 2006 expansion, the museum has...

The Phillips Collection is more than just a killer collection of works by Renoir, Monet, Rothko, Klee, Picasso and Matisse; it’s also a good excuse to drag yourself away from the National Mall. Although the Mall is certainly one of the best spots in D.C. (ice skating, Victorian gardens and Seinfeld’s Puffy Shirt, all in one place), it isn’t the only spot. The Phillips Collection is located in...

America's first museum of modern art. Encounter one of the worlds finest collections of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.