National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION

East Building Virtual Tour

This tour allows you to navigate through panoramas of the interior and exterior of the East Building.

Start East Building Virtual Tour
(Apple QuickTime VR required)

See below for technical requirements.

Virtual Tour Technical Requirements

Macintosh | Windows | Navigation Note | Virtual Tour FAQs

Power Macintosh
If you are a Macintosh user, our virtual tours can be viewed with version 3.x of QuickTime or higher on any browser version 3.x or higher. Follow the directions on the Apple site for installation or visit our VR Tour FAQ for more information.

Download QuickTime for Power PC Macintosh.

Download QuickTime for 68020, 68030, or 68040 processor-based Macs.

Also required: frames-enabled browser; 16" monitor (800 x 600 resolution) or larger; resized browser window to maximum width at 800 x 600 resolution; bandwidth considerations: file sizes vary from approximately 2k to 150k; allocate as much memory to your browser as possible.

Windows 95/98/NT
If you are a Windows user, our virtual tours can be viewed with version 3.x of QuickTime or higher on any browser version 3.x or higher. Follow the directions on the Apple site for installation or visit our VR Tour FAQ for more information.

Download QuickTime for Windows 95/98/NT.

Also required: frames-enabled browser; 16" monitor (800 x 600 resolution) or larger; resized window to maximum width at 800 x 600 resolution; bandwidth considerations: file sizes vary from approximately 2k to 150k; allocate as much memory to your browser as possible.

Navigation Note
Photographic panoramas of the East Building can be navigated by clicking and dragging. Below is a basic guide to keyboard and cursor navigation options. For a more detailed description, see our FAQs about Navigation.

Keyboard Options Cursor Indications
Zoom in Click for object view and information or to move to next panorama
Zoom out Click and drag to navigate

Start East Building Virtual Tour
(Apple QuickTime VR required)