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Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture The richness of African-American culture is on display in this... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Anacostia View on a map

Art Museum of the Americas Changing exhibits highlight 20th-century Latin American artists... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	White House area View on a map

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery When Charles Freer endowed the gallery that bears his name, he... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

Christian Heurich House Museum This opulent Romanesque revival mansion, once known as the Brewmaster's... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Dupont Circle View on a map

Corcoran Gallery of Art The Corcoran is Washington's largest non-Federal art museum... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	White House area View on a map

DAR Museum The headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	White House area View on a map

Ford's Theatre In 1859 Baltimore theater impresario John T. Ford leased the... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Cedar Hill, the Anacostia home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Anacostia View on a map

Freer Gallery of Art Home to one of the world's finest collections of Asian art, the... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

Hillwood Museum and Gardens Hillwood House, cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post's 40-room... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Northwest View on a map

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Sculpture on the National Mall is mostly marble columns and dead... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

International Spy Museum Cryptologists, masters of disguise, and former CIA, FBI, and... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

Kreeger Museum You need to take a car or taxi to reach the Kreeger Museum. Its... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Foxhall View on a map

Marian Koshland Science Museum Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, this small but... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

National Air and Space Museum This is the world's most visited museum, attracting 9 million... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Archives The National Archives are at once monument, museum, and the nation's... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Building Museum The open interior of this mammoth redbrick edifice is one of... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

National Gallery of Art, East Building The East Building opened in 1978 in response to the changing... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Gallery of Art, West Building The two buildings of the National Gallery hold one of the world's... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Geographic Society Founded in 1888, the society is best known for its magazine... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Dupont Circle View on a map

National Museum of African Art Opened in 1987, this unique underground building houses galleries... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Museum of American History The 3 million artifacts in the country's largest history museum... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Museum of Health and Medicine Open since the 1860s, this medical museum illustrates medicine's... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Upper Northwest View on a map

National Museum of Natural History This is one of the great natural history museums in the world... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Museum of the American Indian The Smithsonian's newest museum opened in 2004 and is the first... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

National Museum of Women in the Arts Works by female artists from the Renaissance to the present are... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

National Portrait Gallery Devoted to the intersection of art, biography, and history, this... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

National Postal Museum The Smithsonian's stamp collection, housed here, consists of... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Capitol Hill View on a map

Newseum Set to open in late 2007, the vast, 600,000-square-foot new Newseum... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

Octagon Museum Why this six-sided building is named the Octagon remains a subject... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	White House area View on a map

Phillips Collection The first permanent museum of modern art in the country, the... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Dupont Circle View on a map

Renwick Gallery The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum has... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	White House area View on a map

Smithsonian American Art Museum Home to the United States' first federal art collection, the... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	East End View on a map

Smithsonian Institution Building The first Smithsonian museum constructed, this red sandstone... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

Textile Museum In the 1890s, George Hewitt Myers, an heir to the Bristol-Myers... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Kalorama View on a map

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Museums usually celebrate the best that humanity can achieve... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	The Mall View on a map

Woodrow Wilson House President Wilson and his second wife, Edith Bolling Wilson, retired... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Kalorama View on a map
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