RSS FeedPenn Quarter World Cup Watch Party Today At 4 pm – National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum
We’ve got World Cup fever here at Penn Quarter Living and we heard from the Smithsonian about a Penn Quarter watch party worth writing about. The National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum will be hosting a watch party in the Kogod Courtyard under the glass ceiling today at 4 pm as the US takes on Belgium in the first game of the knockout round for both teams. A 9′ by 16′ screen will display the big game! Enter the museum(s) from F or G St NW between 7th and 9th Streets and admission is free, of course! Details follow below:
Two Smithsonian Museums Will Host Official Viewing Party for the 2014 World Cup Match: USA vs. Belgium
Fans Can Watch at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Kogod Courtyard Tuesday, July 1
Soccer fans have another venue to watch the USA vs. Belgium 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match in Washington, D.C. The National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum together with the Embassy of Belgium, the Washington, D.C. mayor’s office and the Downtown DC Business Improvement District will host an official viewing party in the museums’ Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard. The match is scheduled to air Tuesday, July 1, at 4 p.m.
Fans are invited to attend the free event and dress to support their team. The event will take place in the museums’ indoor courtyard designed by Foster+Partners with its undulating glass roof.
This viewing party has been approved by FIFA and ESPN and is supported by the Smithsonian’s Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations.
Visitors can follow the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum on social media and let the museums know if they will be there and which team they support using #WorldCupDC.
The two museums are located at Eighth and F streets N.W., Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000
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