Local world class museums and galleries form a vibrant backdrop for study at American University.

Museums include:

National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Renwick Gallery 
Textile Museum
Freer/Sackler Gallery
Dumbarton Oaks
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Phillips Collection
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Archives of American Art
National Museum of African Art
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD  
C Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Flashpoint Gallery