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Hillwood Museum and Gardens

Address: 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Northwest, Washington, DC | Map It
Phone: 202/686-5807; 202/686-8500
www.hillwoodmuseum.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Northwest

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Fodor's Review:

Hillwood House, cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post's 40-room Georgian mansion, contains a large collection of 18th- and 19th-century French and Russian decorative art that includes gold and silver work, icons, tapestries, porcelain, and Fabergé eggs. Also on the estate are a dacha (summer cottage) filled with Russian objects and an Adirondacks-style cabin that houses Native American artifacts. The 12-acre estate grounds are composed of lawns, formal French and Japanese gardens, greenhouses, and paths that wind through plantings of azaleas, laurels, and rhododendrons. Make reservations for the house tour well in advance, as well as for lunch in the café, where Eastern European specialties are on the menu. Children under six are restricted to the gardens only.

Cost: House and grounds $12
Open: House tours, reservations required, Feb.-Dec., Tues.-Sat. 10-5
Metro: Van Ness/UDC

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