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1. Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Georgetown | GardenCareer diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife, Mildred, bought the property in 1920 and tamed the sprawling grounds into 10 acres of splendid...Read More
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2. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Mall | Museum/GalleryConceived as the nation's museum of modern and contemporary art, the Hirshhorn is home to nearly 12,000 works by masters who include Alexander...Read More
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3. International Spy Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryFun for kids of all ages, the museum displays the world's largest collection of spy artifacts. The Secret History of History takes you behind...Read More
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4. National Geographic Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryFounded in 1888, the National Geographic Society is best known for its magazine, and entering this welcoming, 13,000-square-foot exhibition...Read More
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5. National Portrait Gallery
Downtown | Museum/GalleryThe intersection of art, biography, and history is illustrated here through images of people who have shaped U.S. history. There are prints...Read More
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6. Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Foggy Bottom | Museum/GalleryThis luscious French Second Empire–style building rises across the street from the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building...Read More
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7. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The Mall | Museum/GalleryThis is the one of the country's most visited museums. Between its two buildings, it attracts 6-8 million people annually to the world's largest...Read More
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8. Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The Mall | Museum/GalleryThe 3 million artifacts and archival materials in the country's largest American history museum explore America's cultural, political and scientific...Read More
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9. The Phillips Collection
Dupont Circle | Museum/GalleryWith its setting on a quiet residential street and its low-key elegance, the Phillips Collection offers unhurried access to its first-rate collection...Read More
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10. African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Logan Circle | Museum/GalleryThis museum highlights and commemorates the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops, who have long been ignored...Read More
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11. Art Museum of the Americas
Foggy Bottom | Museum/GalleryChanging exhibits highlight modern and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean artists in this small gallery, part of the Organization of...Read More
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12. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
The Mall | Museum/GalleryThe Smithsonian's second museum devoted to Asian art opened in 1987, having been inspired by the donation of 1,000 objects by Dr. Arthur M....Read More
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13. Corcoran School of the Arts + Design at GW
Foggy Bottom | Museum/GalleryThe Corcoran School, a prestigious art school since 1878, is now in partnership with George Washington University. As part of that collaboration...Read More
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14. D.C. Alley Museum
Shaw | Museum/GalleryIf you love street art, take a stroll along the D.C. Alley Museum, funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Public Art Building...Read More
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15. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum
Foggy Bottom | Museum/GalleryThe Beaux Arts Memorial Continental Hall, built in 1929 as the headquarters for the Daughters of the Revolution (DAR), is home to Washington...Read More
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16. Dupont Underground
Dupont Circle | Museum/GalleryThe former streetcar station, located alongside Dupont Circle, has consistently reinvented itself—from nuclear-era fallout shelter to a short...Read More
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17. Freer and Sackler galleries
The Mall | Museum/GalleryThe Smithsonian Institution has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art, which opened to the public in 1923, and the Arthur M. Sackler...Read More
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18. Freer Gallery of Art
The Mall | Museum/GalleryThe first art museum in the Smithsonian group of museums, donated by railroad tycoon Charles Lang Freer, is devoted to Asian and American art...Read More
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19. Madame Tussauds Washington DC
Downtown | Museum/GalleryThis branch of the famous London-based waxworks franchise focuses on U.S. presidential history. You can see and pose for pictures (some for...Read More
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20. Marian Koshland Science Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryPart of the National Academy of Sciences, this small but engaging museum invites older kids and adults to interact with current scientific issues...Read More
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