Washington - Phillips Collection

This Phillips Collection museum features some of the approximately 2000 pieces of 19th and 20th century artworks collected by its founder, Duncan Phillips.

The museum has a permanent collection of internationally known paintings and holds special temporary exhibitions. Some examples of the artists found here include Cezanne, Rothko, El Greco, and Matisse.

The collection is housed in the 1897 former residence of the Phillips family. The first two floors of the building contain the permanent collection while special exhibitions take place on the third floor.

Phillips was an unusual collector and aficionado of modern art because he emphasized the link between modernity and the past. He would hang paintings from two different time periods together to show how the past influences the present.