Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington, DC Photos

The Dumbarton Oaks Museum (1703 32nd St. NW) in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC centers on a house dating from 1801 though several extensions including museum galleries have been added over the years. The complex is operated as a combination of House Museum, garden and art museum with significant Byzantine & pre-Columbian collections by Harvard University. Dumbarton Oaks is the location where diplomatic meetings were held in 1944 which lead to the formation of the United Nations.

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Dumbarton Oaks Museum Entrance (1703 32nd St. NW). Washington, DC.	Gates at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Dumbarton Oaks, with core started in 1801. Washington, DC.	Main house entry (1921-3) at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC. Architect: Frederick H. Brooke.

Dumbarton Oaks house. Washington, DC.	Northern side entry at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Rare Book Room (Garden Library) entrance (c1962) at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC. Architect: Frederic Rhinelander King.	Walkway designs at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.

Oak tree of Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Star Garden wall with plaque of Aquarius at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Bootes constellation Garden chair in Star Garden at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Cepheus constellation Garden chair in Star Garden at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.

Garden walls & forests at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Swinning pool at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC. Architect: Frederick Brooke.	Garden patterns at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	French garden sculptures (18thC) in Pebble Garden at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.

Pebble Garden mosaic pattern at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Pebble Garden mosaic pattern at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Pebble Garden wall at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Mosaic by Allyn Cox in bath house loggia at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.

Detail of mosaic by Allyn Cox in bath house loggia at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Mosaic by Allyn Cox in bath house loggia at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Crystal sculpture at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Mélisande's Allée Garden at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.

Engraved history of Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Engraved history of Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Wrought iron stair railing at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.	Music Room with Flemish tapestries at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Month of April Flemish tapestry (c1525-8) in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Renaissance furnishings of Music Room (1926-8) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC. Architect: Lawrence Grant White.	French Renaissance limestone mantelpiece (16thC) in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Italian Renaissance bookcase cabinet (late 15thC) in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Beamed ceiling in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Painted ceiling detail in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Death of St. Peter Martyr tempera painting (c1428) by Jacobello del Fiore in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Song Rehearsal painting (c1872-3) by Edgar Degas in Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Roman & Byzantine Gallery at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Erotes Fishing Roman floor mosaic (late 2nd or 3rd C) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Detail of Erotes Fishing Roman floor mosaic (late 2nd or 3rd C) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Birds with ribbons Roman floor mosaic Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, DC.

Apollo Roman mosaic (late 3rd or 4thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Greek dramatist Menander marble bust (Roman 1stC copy of 3rdC BCE Greek original) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Egyptian mummy portrait in Roman style on wood (2nd-3rd C) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Roman gold & glass necklace & pendant (2nd-3rd C) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Roman gold pendants with image of Constantine I (4thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Gallo-Roman gold statuette of a man (late 4th- early 5thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Early Byzantine silver plate with hunting scene (5thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Early Byzantine silver plate with paired figures of Hippolytos & Hippolyte (?) (late 5th-6thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Early Byzantine silver plate with paired figures of Hippolytos & Phaidra (?) (late 5th-6thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Early Byzantine gold pendant (6thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Early Byzantine gold medallion with Baptism of Christ (6thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Early Byzantine silver censer with peacock supports (mid 6thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Byzantine gold belt buckles (5th-7thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Early Byzantine silver Paten for Eucharist from Riha hoard (565-78) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Romanesque ivory Christ enthroned from Reliquary of St Aemilianus (1060-80) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Middle Byzantine marble roundel with Emperor John II Komnenos (c1110-8) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.

Middle Byzantine ceramic bowl with Griffin attacking a Doe (12thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Late Byzantine ceramic bowl with Harpy (13thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Late Byzantine tempera painting of St Peter (early 14thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.	Circles of pillars of Philip Johnson's Pre-Columbian Galleries at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC.