The Guitar Gallery is located at:
3400 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008
Take the Metro: Red Line: Cleveland Park Station
You will come out on Connecticut Avenue about 100 yards north of our shop.
Walk south towards the National Zoo.
We will be on your right just after Ireland's Four Provinces.
Just before Newark Street and the Cleveland Park Public Library.
Drive: Free Parking at our Door
This is the heart of Washington's Cleveland Park commercial district, at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Newark Street.
We are just a few blocks north of the National Zoo,
in the same block and on the same side of Connecticut Avenue as the Uptown Theater.
The nearest cross streets are Newark and Macomb to the south,
Ordway and Porter to the north.
Store Hours
Tue-Fri: 11-7
Sat: 11-5
Sun-Mon: Closed
Other Contact Info:
Tel: 202-244-4200
Fax: 202-244-4880
web site: www.the-guitar-gallery.com
e-mail: sales@www.the-guitar-gallery.com
A brief history of The Guitar Gallery...
The Guitar Gallery was established in 1987 by Francisco Escalante (a.k.a. Paco de Malaga), a Flamenco journeyman best known as accompanist to his dancer/wife Ana Martinez in local DC area restaurants.
Paco de Malaga’s Guitar Gallery was originally located a few doors north of its present location, on the second floor of a building that overlooks the Cleveland Park Metro.
With the arrival of Argentine guitar master Julio “Koko” Sosa in 1994, The Guitar Gallery came into its own as a teaching studio, attracting other notable instructors (Berta Rojas, Stuart Paine, Rafael Padron, Richard Miller, Roberto Alcaraz, Peter Richardson, Hector Corradas...), and developing a loyal and talented group of students.
In 2001, the shop moved to its present location at 3400 Connecticut Avenue.
In 2007 Escalante retired, selling out to Guillermo-Juan Christie, probably best known as creator of Flamenco Connection.
Since then, the shop has been dramatically remodeled into an attractive musical boutique that celebrates the heritage of the Spanish guitar and its many musical cousins.