Udall Department of the Interior: Beal Murals - Washington DC The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.
Gifford Beal painted "Tropical Country" and "North Country" in 1941 with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. They hang on the 5th floor, south of the elevator lobby.
The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.
For more information on the Interior building, its art and the artists, see Look and Perrault 1986 (below – available online). Artworks begin on p. 110.