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National Portrait Gallery vs Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
The National Portrait Gallery is...
- The Best for people looking forMuseums for Everyone
- The Best forBest Museums
- The Best out of the 554Museums With Senior Admission Less Than $9
- The Best out of the 543Museums With Student Admission Under $9
- The Best out of the 513Museums With Adult Admission Less Than $10
- The Best out of the 492Museums With Youth Admission Under $9
- The Best out of the 314Art Museums
- The Best out of the 314Museums for Art
- The Best out of the 223Museums With Interactive Exhibits
- The Best out of the 202Museums for History
#1 in Best Museums
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is...
- Top Three forBest Museums
- Top Two out of the 394Museums With Student Admission Under $5
- Top Two out of the 367Museums With Senior Admission Less Than $4
- Top Two out of the 337Museums With Youth Admission Under $4
- Top Four for people looking forMuseums for Everyone
- Top Two out of the 314Art Museums
- Top Four out of the 513Museums With Adult Admission Less Than $10
- Top Three out of the 314Museums for Art
- Top Four out of the 223Museums With Interactive Exhibits
- Top Four out of the 198Museums With Group Tours
#3 in Best Museums
The National Portrait Gallery is ranked highest among the best museums out of those selected. Based on input from our users, the most important dimensions of evaluation to consider if you're looking for the best museums are, in order of importance: (1) activities available, (2) tours available, (3) museum type, (4) popularity and (5) cost of admission. (It should be mentioned that museum details is also important in choosing the best museums, but it isn't the kind of factor on which museums can be directly compared.) In addition to being the overall winner, the National Portrait Gallery is also the best in this group for activities available, museum type and popularity. However, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art scores best in tours available. These two museums score equally well for cost of admission.Users have also found to be important in evaluating the best museums. Unfortunately, we can't compare these two museums on this dimension because the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is missing data for. (more)
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National Portrait Gallery
- Popularity: 1,819,440 visitors
- Exhibit Quality Rating: 5 stars
Louisiana Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History
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Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer higher values for popularity, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 34% performance in this category. 1,819,440 visitors per year (wrong info?) |
We currently have no data on the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for popularity. (wrong info?) |
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We currently have no data on the National Portrait Gallery for activities available. Interactive exhibits (wrong info?) |
We currently have no data on the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for activities available. Kids' activities, interactive exhibits, lectures, restaurant (wrong info?) |
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We currently have no data on the National Portrait Gallery for tours available. Guided tours, group tours (wrong info?) |
We currently have no data on the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for tours available. Guided tours, group tours, self-tours (wrong info?) |
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Comparing the National Portrait Gallery to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: Which is the best museum?
Activities Available
The National Portrait Gallery scores best for activities available between these two museums. Here's how it does on some key aspects of activities available:
- It doesn't have kids' activities. Compare the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, which has kids' activities.
- Both of these museums have interactive exhibits.
- It receives exceptional marks for exhibit quality from Pikimal users (exhibit quality rating: 5 stars).
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We currently have no data on the National Portrait Gallery for activities available. Interactive exhibits (wrong info?) |
We currently have no data on the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for activities available. Kids' activities, interactive exhibits, lectures, restaurant (wrong info?) |
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Tours Available
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art scores best for tours available between these two museums. Here's how it does on some key aspects of tours available:
- It has self-tours. Compare the National Portrait Gallery, which doesn't have self-tours.
- Both of these museums have group tours.
- Both of these museums have guided tours.
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We currently have no data on the National Portrait Gallery for tours available. Guided tours, group tours (wrong info?) |
We currently have no data on the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for tours available. Guided tours, group tours, self-tours (wrong info?) |
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Museum Type
The National Portrait Gallery scores best for museum type between these two museums. Here's how it does on some key aspects of museum type:
- Both of these museums are a nature center.
- It is a history museum. Compare the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, which is not a history museum.
- Both of these museums are an art museum.
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Given that users looking for the best overall museums have a preference for planetarium, art and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 64% performance in this category. Art, history, nature center (wrong info?) |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums have a preference for planetarium, art and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art achieves 37% performance in this category. Art, nature center (wrong info?) |
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Popularity
The average popularity for museums is 567,549 visitors per year.
| Mark Better Values | National Portrait Gallery | Madison Museum of Contempor... | |
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Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer higher values for popularity, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 34% performance in this category. 1,819,440 visitors per year (wrong info?) |
We currently have no data on the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for popularity. (wrong info?) |
Cost Of Admission
The National Portrait Gallery and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art both score equally well for cost of admission. Here's how they compare on the most important aspects of cost of admission:
- Each of these museums costs $0 for child admission.
- Each of these museums costs $0 for youth admission.
- Each of these museums costs $0 for senior admission.
- Each of these museums costs $0 for student admission.
- Each of these museums costs $0 for adult admission.
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| Adult Admission |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for adult admission, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for adult admission, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
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| Senior Admission |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for senior admission, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for senior admission, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
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| Student Admission |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for student admission, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for student admission, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
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| Youth Admission |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for youth admission, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for youth admission, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
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| Child Admission |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for child admission, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
Given that users looking for the best overall museums prefer lower values for child admission, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art achieves 100% performance in this category. $0 (wrong info?) |
Year Founded
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Museum Details
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F St NW & 8th St NW (wrong info?) |
227 State Street (wrong info?) |
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United States (wrong info?) |
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District of Columbia (wrong info?) |
Wisconsin (wrong info?) |
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Washington (wrong info?) |
Madison (wrong info?) |
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20001 (wrong info?) |
53703 (wrong info?) |
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(202) 633-8300 (wrong info?) |
(608) 257-0158 (wrong info?) |
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(608) 257-0158 (wrong info?) |
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Non-Profit (wrong info?) |
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