The National Gallery of Art Archives maintains and preserves the record copies of the museum's press releases with supplementary materials. The press releases contain rich documentary information about National Gallery collections, special exhibitions, buildings, programs, events, and activities.

A complete set of National Gallery press releases from 1939–2020 is available online to browse, search, and download. To navigate, expand the decade ranges on the left of this page and then select a year.

Recent press releases are available from the National Gallery of Art Department of Communications.

Search Tips

To search across all press releases from 1939-2020:

Open the Press Releases Finding Aid for a complete listing of all press release titles from 1939–2020. Press CTRL+F (for PCs) or COMMAND+F (for Macs), type a search term in the text box that appears at the top right of the page and press ENTER/RETURN. Access digital scans of press release titles from your search by navigating to the correct year in the decade ranges on the left of this page.

To search press release titles within a year:

Expand a decade range on the left of this page and then select a year.  To locate a press release by title within the selected year, press CTRL+F (for PCs) or COMMAND+F (for Macs). Type a search term in the text box that appears at the bottom left of the page and press ENTER/RETURN.

To search text within an individual press release:

Open the press release PDF and press CTRL+F (for PCs) or COMMAND+F (for Macs). Type a search term in the text box that appears at the bottom left of the page and press ENTER/RETURN.