The Diplomatic Reception Rooms

The Diplomatic Reception Rooms are among the most beautiful rooms in the world.  
For more than fifty years, the art of diplomacy has thrived here against a backdrop of American art and architecture from the time of our country’s founding and of its formative years.  It is amidst these masterpieces that the leaders of the United States sign treaties, conduct summit negotiations, hold swearing-in ceremonies, host official State visits, facilitate trade agreements, and promote peace.  There is no other place in the world like this, and no other collection that shares the American story so richly and plays such a vital role in American diplomacy.