DC museums have an ever-rotating assortment of temporary exhibits on view. Many are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to observe art, documents, and artifacts you would otherwise have to travel the world to see.
Here are three can't-miss exhibits to see before they close soon.
1) Paris 1874: The Impressionist Movement
View the works of impressionists and Salon…
The over-the-shoulder view into the distance pulls you into the carefree feeling of beauty at the beach.
The painting is one of the Salon works from 1874, but it isn't a mythological or classical work. Instead, it's a simple view of a working girl enjoying a quiet moment on a cliff.
Jules Breton was one…
See Monet's “Impression, Sunrise” in this once-in-a-lifetime Impressionist exhibition.
This exhibition, opening Sunday, shows the moment of birth of the Impressionist movement. Highlighting it is Claude Monet's painting, which has never visited the United States before.
“Paris 1874: The Impressionist Movement” reunites paintings from the first Société Anonyme show 150 years ago. The Société, created…