National Portraits Gallery: America’s Presidents
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The White House holds a complete set of presidential portraits, but so does the National Portrait Gallery, housed in the old Patent Office building right in the middle of DC. Walking through generations of presidents rendered in paint felt oddly different from the constant stream of political faces we’re used to seeing on screens today. The gallery turned out to be much bigger than we expected, with plenty of other exhibitions beyond the presidents to get lost in.
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