Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

1703 32nd Street, NW, Georgetown, Washington, DC 20007

202-339-6400

Museum Website

The Dumbarton estate, museum, and garden is "an institute of Harvard University dedicated to supporting scholarship internationally in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies."

The Museum galleries feature specialized collections of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art, European masterpieces on view in the historic Music Room, and a rotating program of Special Exhibitions.  ​

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection supports research and learning internationally in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies through fellowships and internships, meetings, and exhibitions. 

Located in residential Georgetown, Dumbarton Oaks welcomes researchers at all career stages who come to study its books, objects, images, and documents. It opens its doors to the public to visit its historic garden, designed by Beatrix Farrand; its museum, with world-class collections of art; and its Music Room, for lectures and concerts.

Read our blog article about the Pre-Columbian Art Collection here.  

Read our blog article about the Byzantine Art Collection, here.

Read our blog article about the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, here.