"The National Gallery of Art (NGA), which had been closed since 4 October, reopened its West Building and sculpture garden on Friday (14 November), with the rest of the campus due to reopen on Saturday (15 November). "We are still determining the impacts of the temporary closure on the museum," a spokesperson for the NGA tells The Art Newspaper. "At this stage, we remain focused on resuming normal operations and welcoming our visitors back to the museum.""
"The NGA's special exhibition The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art, which was organised with the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne and originally scheduled to open on 18 October, will now open 15 November; its closing date will remain 1 March 2026, as it is due to travel next to the Denver Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon and the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts through spring 2027."
Federal museums and related institutions in Washington, DC began reopening after the government shutdown ended on 12 November. The National Gallery of Art, closed since 4 October, reopened its West Building and sculpture garden on 14 November, with the rest of the campus due to reopen on 15 November. The museum is determining impacts of the temporary closure and is focused on resuming normal operations and welcoming visitors. The NGA exhibition The Stars We Do Not See will open 15 November and will close on 1 March 2026 before traveling to several U.S. venues. Multiple Smithsonian museums reopened in phases, with remaining venues returning on 17 November. A few exhibition openings have been postponed.
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