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White house is the finest prison in the world." that's one way to look at it, but also did you know it houses some of the country's greatest art, maybe a lot of people didn't know that. we don't get this behind the scenes tour. >> we don't and in effect the first family kind of lives in a museum. here's what we mean. cnn white house correspondent suzanne malveaux is going to take us on an exclusive art tour. >> this is the red room. it's the sort of mirror image of the green room, the two rectangular parlors that flank that oval shaped blue room in between. >> reporter: what kind of art in gen...

The portrait of george washington and as famous as it is it has a mistake. here, it says the constitution laws of the united sates, it's missing a "t." this is the only original artwork before it burned down. officially, more than 500 works of art but nearly everything is considered part of a collection from the cloth walls, carpets, furniture and odd objects. >> one of the most interesting pieces is this silver-plated hot water you were. it is engrafed with the initials j.a.a. for john and abigail adams. >> can i sit in this chair? >> sure. >> who has sat here before? >> most often, the first...

The residents of 1600 pennsylvania avenue that than send politics. there are hundreds of works of art, all overseen the white house curator. he gave us a private tour. >> this is the red room. it's the sort of mirror image of the green room. the two rectangular parlors that flank that oval-shaped blue room in between. >> what kind of art in general is here at the white house? >> well, we have -- principally our collection is portraits of presidents and first ladies. >> we'll get that with white house curator bill olman in a minute. first, some surprises. >> the most famous portrait inside the ...

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