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Read about Environmental Film Fest (@DCEnviroFilm) in DCist. “Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries" screens at NPG this Sat: http://ow.ly/1nXSZ about 6 hours ago via web
This Sun (3/21) 2pm: Martin Irvine of Irvine Contemporary Gallery, leads tour of NPG's Outwin Boochever Portrait Comp http://ow.ly/1nVkZ about 8 hours ago via web
RT @smithsonian: Live streaming now: @americanart @npg & @hirshhorn host all-day seminar on conserving film, video & digital art http:// ... about 10 hours ago via web
RT @smithsonian: Hope you aren't St. Patrick's Day-ed out yet: Famous Irish Americans @NPG http://bit.ly/b99rQt (via @SmithsonianMag ) 12:54 PM Mar 17th via web
Free film, Sat (Mar 20), 2pm: “Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries." Part of Environmental Film Festival (@DCEnviroFilm): http://ow.ly/1n4b8 12:31 PM Mar 16th via web
This Thursday (Mar 18), 6pm: Face-to-Face portrait talk on Julia Child by @amhistorymuseum curator Rayna Green http://ow.ly/1n3ko 12:08 PM Mar 16th via web
New on the NPG blog: Katharine Hepburn: Count ’em—Four Oscars: Screen legend Katharine Hepburn fashioned hersel... http://bit.ly/bs4Lk5 8:53 AM Mar 15th via twitterfeed
New on the NPG blog: Jack Kerouac's Birthday: Jack Kerouac (1922 – 1969) was born eighty-eight years ago today. “... http://bit.ly/a1YpE8 9:28 AM Mar 12th via twitterfeed
New on our YouTube channel: A behind the scenes look at the conservation of a pencil drawing of Daniel Webster: http://snipr.com/uijch 7:17 AM Mar 12th via web
New exhibit “Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves” examines history of Penn Quarter. Read about in @RollCall: http://snipr.com/urxso 11:42 AM Mar 11th via web
Tonight, 6:30pm: 1922 vampire film "Nosferatu" w/ live music from Thad Wilson Group. Event by NPG & @americanart http://snipr.com/uraqm 7:24 AM Mar 11th via web
RT @smithsonian: Oh Edward! Vampires are supposed to be scary, not dreamy: "Nosferatu" screening @americanart / @NPG 3-11 http://bit.ly/ ... 12:29 PM Mar 10th via web
New on the NPG blog: Portrait of Clement Greenberg by René Bouché: Art critic and public intellectual Clement ... http://bit.ly/andZDs 10:50 AM Mar 10th via twitterfeed
See our “Faces of The Frontier” exhibit @SanDiegoHistory. Opens this Friday http://snipr.com/uqh63 Exhibit website http://snipr.com/s4eox 1:20 PM Mar 9th via web
Oscar fever -- Katharine Hepburn won 4 in her day! Hear her story & see her Oscars this Thurs, 6pm, Face-to-Face talk http://snipr.com/uqgin 12:51 PM Mar 9th via web
Tomorrow (Weds), 3:30-5:30pm: Author Marissa Moss & illus Carl Angel sign “Sky High:The True Story of Maggie Gee" http://snipr.com/uqc1g 9:48 AM Mar 9th via web
New exhibit “Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves” explores neighborhood surrounding NPG in historical photos http://snipr.com/upm7j 10:17 AM Mar 8th via web
Event tomorrow (Sat): Women’s History Month Family Day - music, dance performances, art activities, & more: http://snipr.com/ull03 8:33 AM Mar 5th via web
Read about our recently opened exhibition "The Struggle for Justice” in @SmithsonianMag blog: http://snipr.com/umx5n 12:13 PM Mar 4th via web
RT @amhistorymuseum Make plans! Join NMAH curator Rayna Green @npg when she talks about Julia Child Mar. 18 http://snipr.com/umuzm 9:41 AM Mar 4th via web

Name Portrait Gallery
Location Washington, DC
Web http://npg.si.edu
Bio The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery tells the story of America through the individuals who have shaped U.S. culture, one portrait at a time.