For nearly 100 years, The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, has presented one of the world’s most distinguished Impressionist and American Modern art collections. Including paintings by Pierre Bonnard, Honore Daumier, Richard Diebenkorn, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mark Rothko, and Vincent van Gogh, among others, the museum continues to acquire new works, many by contemporary artists such as John Akomfrah, Benny Andrews, Wolfgang Laib, Simone Leigh, Zilia Sánchez, and Leo Villareal. Its distinctive building combines extensive new galleries with the former home of its founder, Duncan Phillips.

The Phillips’s impact spreads nationally and internationally through its highly distinguished special exhibitions, programs, and events that catalyze dialogue surrounding the continuity between art of the past and the present. Among the Phillips’s esteemed programs are its award-winning education programs for educators, students, and adults; well-established Phillips Music series; and sell-out Phillips after 5 events. The museum contributes to dialogue about art on a global scale with events like Conversations with Artists and the International Forum. The Phillips Collection values its community partnerships with the University of Maryland—the museum’s nexus for academic work, scholarly exchange, and interdisciplinary collaborations—and THEARC—the museum’s new campus serving the Southeast DC community.