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	The National  Gallery  of Art Dixie Goodwin
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt		The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew
Madonna and Child		The Presentation of the Virgin

Word Problems

1. The National Gallery of Art was created by Congress in 1937, and just finally opened in 1941. How many weeks is that?

2. The East Building of the NGA opened in 1978. The NGA also opened an adjacent sculpture garden in 1999. How many years is that in between—adding the years between the two years in problem 1?

3. The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is 6.1 acres. How many meters is that if you were to figure it out?

4. (Use the picture below) You start at the capitol. Head down Pennsylvania Avenue just a little, then go southwards to head down the lane where the East building is located—what is the third attraction you come to?
   
   

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Scavenger  Hunt

Use the following site to answer the questions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art

1. The art museum building, now known as the West Building, opened on  what date?

2. The NGA’s adjacent sculptured opened in what year?

3. How many acres of the garden are centered on a large circular fountain (ice rink in the winter) surrounded by stone seating?

4. Which of the museum building opened first?

5. The East Building also contains the main offices of the NGA and a ________.

6. The East building, from above, appears as if made of what?

Answers to Scavenger  Hunt

Which do you think it is?

1.                  The West Building focuses on modern and contemporary art.

2.                  The National Gallery of Art has yet to be supported through a private-public partnership, but is waiting to.

3.                  The original museum building, now known as the West Building, opened in the year of 1941.  

4.                  The museum was established in 1941 by the Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W. Mellon.

5.        East Building contains the main offices of the NGA and a very large research facility.

Answers to Fact or Fiction

       Going past the metros of the Archives, Judiciary Square, and Smithsonian, you will come across one of the attractive museums of Washington D.C.! The National Gallery of Art(NGA)! Admission to visit this museum at any time you want is free. In fact, there’s enough for you to view in two buildings. An East and a West building! I guess the original ran out of room for the magnificent art.

       The West building was the original and first NGA building put up. This one contains the ancients of the thirteenth through nineteenth centuries. You can either take yourself around or get a guided tour. If you’re interested in Dutch masters like Vermeer and Jacques-Louis David, this is your art building. There are even new computers for you to search up an art title and learn all you want about it! And there are over 2,500 pieces to choose from! There are even introductory tours given daily and last a little near an hour. For their times, you can look up the number and ask, referring to it as the “West Wing” of the National Gallery of Art.

       Then, the East Building was built. It contains art of the twentieth century and very special exhibitions on this self-guided tour. Outside of the 1978 building fro are viewable vertical planes. But inside, it’s incredibly bright and airy with tons of space. This is where you can find your modern art from the famous Picasso, Matisse, Mondrian, Miro’, Magritte, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Rauchenberg. Wow, tongue-twisting names! These famous artists’ exhibits are always changing, and you can never tell which is really on display!

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Answer to Math Word Problem.

1. 208
2. 25
3. 25000 m(2)
4. Sculpture Garden

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. March 17, 1941
2. 1999
3. 6.1
4. West
5. Large Research Facility
6. Interlocking Diamonds

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1.    False, East Building.

2.     False, it is already supported by a private-public partnership.

3.     True.

4.     False, it was established in 1937.

5.  True.

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Citation

Government, Washington D.C. "The Collection." National Gallery of Art. 2006. National Gallery of Art. 07 Feb. 2006 <http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm>.