A Tour De Force: Guided Tours of Washington, DC
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Fourth-generation Washingtonian author/lecturer, history professor, certified-master DC licensed tour guide, provides unique, in-depth "Beyond the Monuments" custom tours and lectures.
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African American Civil War Memorial
Monument/Memorial
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Air Force Memorial
Monument/Memorial
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This memorial honors the service and sacrifices of the men and women of the United States Air Force and its predecessor organizations. More than 54,000 airmen have died in combat while serving in the Air Force and these historical service arms of the military, the second highest of any of America's four armed services.
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All About Town Inc.
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Maryland
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Full-service sightseeing and transportation company. DOT/WMATC certified for local and long-distance charters, convention shuttles, group tours and sightseeing in and around Washington, DC. Free pick-up at most hotels. All drivers and guides have at least 15 years of experience. Family operated since 1937. Brochures available in any quantity on request. Charter and shuttle services also available.
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America Limousine & Bus Service Inc.
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American Limousine & Bus Services Inc., offers professional and dependable sedans, limousines, vans, SUV's, mini buses, and bus transportation services to the Washington, DC metro area and our surrounding communities. The best price and a large fleet to serve you. info@americatransportation.com.
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Anacostia Community Museum
Museum
FREE
Anacostia
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Anderson House - The Society of the Cincinnati
Historic Sites
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Dupont Circle - Kalorama
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Experience the history and splendor of Gilded Age Washington at Anderson House, a 1905 Beaux Arts mansion built as the winter home of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat, and his wife, Isabel. Designed by the Boston firm of Arthur Little & Herbert Browne, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
The Andersons built their Washington home primarily for entertaining. From 1905 to 1937, they hosted diplomatic and inaugural receptions, formal dinners and luncheons, and concerts. The Andersons' guest lists included the most prominent statesmen and intellectuals from the United States and abroad, including William H. Taft, Calvin Coolidge, and Winston Churchill. Anderson House is furnished with art and artifacts gathered by Larz and Isabel during numerous trips around the world, including English paintings, French furniture, Flemish tapestries, and a collection of Asian ivories, lacquerware, screens, and sculptures.
When Larz Anderson died in 1937 with no children, his widow oversaw the gift of Anderson House and much of its original furnishings to The Society of the Cincinnati, a patriotic organization of which Larz had been a devoted member. Founded in 1783 by George Washington and other officers of the Continental Army, the Society is now a non-profit historical organization devoted to preserving the memory of the American Revolution. Anderson House offers guided tours, a changing exhibition gallery, a research library, and public programs.
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Anecdotal History Tours
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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"You'll find yourself dreamily following him, mesmerized by his tales." - Washington Post. Featured on national & international TV. Custom tours by award-winning author. Combination motorized and walking tours to monuments/memorials, front of White House, exterior of Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, Georgetown & more.
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Arlington House
Historic Sites
FREE
Virginia
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Arlington National Cemetery
Monument/Memorial
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Virginia
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Beltway Transportation Service
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A complete ground transportation company. Utilizing 14-, 25-, 29-, 37-passenger minis, 55-passenger coaches, sedans, limousines. Handicapped equipped. Uniformed drivers. We specialize in convention services, airport transfers, private charters and guided city tours.
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Bike and Roll
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Downtown
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Black History National Recreation Trail
Historic Sites
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Directs visitors to sites in historic neighborhoods that illustrate aspects of African-American history. For a free brochure, write Washington, DC Black History Recreation Trail, National Park Service, National Capital Region, Office of Public Affairs, 1100 Ohio Dr. SW, Washington, DC 20242.
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Bureau of Engraving & Printing
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FREE
Downtown
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Busch Gardens Williamsburg/ Water Country USA
Theme Park
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Voted the world's "Most Beautiful Theme Park" for 16 consecutive years, Busch Gardens Williamsburg creates the ultimate family experience. We offer more than 50 thrilling rides and attractions and so much more. In 2007 Griffon was introduced, the world's tallest and first floorless dive coaster. Daytrips available from Union Station. (800) 343-7946
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C & O Canal Boat Rides
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Georgetown
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C & O Canal National Historical Park
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Georgetown
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Capital City Tours, Inc.
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Full-service receptive operator offering complete tour itineraries for Washington, DC to include accommodations, guides, meals, entertainment and much more. We will also provide customized itineraries to specifically meet your group's needs.
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Capitol Entertainment Services
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Brookland
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Capitol River Cruises
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Georgetown
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City Segway Tours of Washington, DC
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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CITY SEGWAY TOURS is happy to welcome you to Washington, DC and to everything the nation's capital has to offer. Imagine cruising effortlessly through the beautiful parks and around historic buildings while receiving a great orientation, informative historical and current-day information, heaps of unique and fascinating stories, fantastic photo ops and superb personal service from your guide. The Segway is the first of its kind-a self-balancing, personal transportation device that's designed to operate in any pedestrian environment. It's new, it's cool and a ton of fun! City Segway Tours uses the new i2 machines!
Our 3 hour tours are limited in size so you can count on a great, intimate experience with a licensed DC tour guide. Discover what it's like to be a Washington, DC celebrity as everyone, and we mean everyone, turns to watch us glide by!
City Segway Tours is proud to be the first guided tour using Segways in the world. Be sure you glide with the original!
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
Art Museum/Gallery
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Downtown
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Dandy Restaurant Cruise Ships
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Virginia
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DC by Foot
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Downtown
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DC Cruises
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Georgetown
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There is no better way to experience Washington and its spectacular waterfront landmarks than from the decks of our cruise boats. Sit back and relax while an experienced captain narrates a great sight seeing cruise! Our sister company, Capital Yacht Charters, can host a fabulous catered party for up to 140.
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DC Ghost Tours
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Guides dressed in historic costumes will lead you to uncover the true haunting of Washington, DC including St. John's Church, the Hay-Adams Hotel, & Lincoln's ghost within the White House. Hear tales of conspiracies, duels & crimes of passion on this lantern-lit walking tour. Discover why the capital is regarded as the nation's most haunted city.
Tours Run Nightly at 8:00 PM
Admission:
$15 (Ages 12 &up), $8.00 (Ages 7-11), and 6 & under Free
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DC Metro Food Tours
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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DC Metro Food Tours offers cultural walking Food Tours and Culinary Events that bring you to the area's most historic and diverse neighborhoods.
Learn about the architecture and history of each neighborhood from our highly trained guides, including famous residents, historic sites, and events.
Enjoy an array of specially created dishes from locally owned and operated restaurants during stops throughout the tour. As you taste each dish, your guide will explain the chef's inspirations, origin of ingredients, cooking techniques, and connections to the area's history.
Tours include Capitol Hill, Eastern Market, U Street, Little Ethiopia, & Old Town Alexandria.
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DC Trails
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Providing full charter services, narrated daily tours of Washington, DC & Mt. Vernon in total luxury. With the largest fleet in the Metro area, our daily tours are comprehensive, our customer service impeccable and no vehicle over 3 years old! Quality service since 1989. Local & interstate charter services.
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Decatur House on Lafayette Square
Museum
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Downtown
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Deskubra Washington, D.C.
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Deskubra Washington, D.C. is a receptive tour operator catering to the Ibero-American Markets (Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and other Latin American Countries). Please call us to arrange custom tours to Washington, DC and surrounding East-Coast destinations. We know the US Capital!
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Discovery Theater
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Double Key Treasure Hunts
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Go on an adventure you will never forget!
Double Key Treasure Hunts creates all-inclusive treasure hunt packages that use antique items from the mid-1800's to the early 1900's.
Your adventure begins when your treasure hunters open an old burlap bag that contains your Double Key Treasure Hunt kit.
Inside they'll discover some very old pieces of American history such as:
a photograph of your Double Key Treasure Hunt Society member
- a real newspaper from the mid-eighteen hundreds
- a canceled bond certificate that is over a hundred years old
- an envelope sealed with red wax
- and much more.
Inside the envelope will be an old letter from your Double Key Treasure Hunt society member, inviting you to go on an honest-to-goodness, real treasure hunt.
This letter will have a series of fun clues your hunters must solve. Some clues will be solved using the contents of the kit. Other clues will be solved by visiting locations in Washington DC. All of a sudden, a trip to a Smithsonian Museum takes on a new level of fun as your treasure hunters search for the answers to your clues.
After you solve the clues, you'll use those answers to decode a hidden message that explains where a real treasure is hidden just for you.
Whether you're five or eighty-five, treasure hunters of all ages love our hunts. Take a step back in time and enjoy an adventure you'll never forget.
Please visit our website to view a video that will give you complete details.
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Dumbarton House
Historic Sites
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Georgetown
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Circa 1800, The Dumbarton House is a premiere example of Federal period architecture that features 18th- and 19th-century furniture and decorative arts (paintings, textiles, silver, and ceramics) made and used during the Republic's formative years. The Federal government and its many civil servants moved to Washington in 1800, and it was the family of Joseph Nourse, America's First Civil Servant (as the first Register of the U.S. Treasury), that lived in the home 1804-1814. The next resident, Charles Carroll, harbored the "President's Lady," Dolley Madison, in August 1814 fleeing from the burning White House and invading British troops. Since 1932, Dumbarton House has been the headquarters of The National Society of Colonial Dames of America, a patriotic non-profit organization founded in 1891 to collect and preserve objects of significant historical interest and to educate citizens about them.
Dumbarton House is accredited by the American Association of Museums, and hosts a regular schedule of programs including special exhibitions and tours, free concerts, lectures, tastings, school and scout programs, cotillion classes, and summer camps. Public tours are Tuesdays through Saturdays, with 45-minute tours hourly 10am-1pm (extended hours may be offered so call, or check the website, for most current tour options).
Admission: Adults/Seniors $5.00; children, youth, and students-with-ID are always free.
Parking behind garden at Q & 27th Sts; ADA access.
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Emancipation Statue
Historic Sites
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Capitol Hill
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Entertainment Cruises
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Southwest - Waterfront
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ET-Educational Tours, Inc./Thrifty Tours
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For over 36 years, ET- Educational Tours, Inc./Thrifty Tours have been providing customized tours for student and adult groups to Washington, DC and surrounding areas. In addition to our home office, we maintain a fully staff office in Washington, DC. ET-Educational Tours, Inc. has the distinction of being an Accredited Travel Planner by the Student and Youth Travel Association.
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Extravaganza Limousine Service
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Our clients call it a sensational would-do-it-again experience! Allow us to make your visit an unforgettable event. Enjoy DC and its monuments by moonlight. A luxury limousine will pick you up for an incredible tour of the most powerful city in the world. See the White House, the Capitol building, the Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, WWII and Iwo Jima memorials, The Palace of Washington, DC, The Chinese Arch of Friendship, the Washington Monument and more!! We'll pick you up for a 2 1/2 hour private tour, minimum 4 passengers. Simply get comfortable and we'll do the driving. Allow us to create a memorable experience for you and your family. Daytime tours can also be arranged. Call to reserve your your today!
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Family Tree of Life Statue
Historic Sites
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Anacostia
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FDR Memorial
Monument/Memorial
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Southwest - Waterfront
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Folger Shakespeare Library
Museum
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Capitol Hill
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Ford's Theatre
Museum
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Penn Quarter
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Franciscan Monastery - Commissariat of the Holy Land in America
Religious Places
FREE
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Historic Sites
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Southeast
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Art Museum/Gallery
FREE
Downtown
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George Washington Carver Nature Trail
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Anacostia
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Gray Line DC / Martz Group
Regularly Scheduled Tours
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Downtown
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Great Falls Park
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Virginia
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Guide Service of Washington
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Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, DC
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A professional association of more than 350 licensed tour guides who work independently or through various tour companies. Membership also includes 40 tour companies and 70 friends who support Guild activities.
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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Museum
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Upper Northwest
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Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Art Museum/Gallery
FREE
Downtown
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Historical Society of Washington, DC
Museum
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Chinatown
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International Spy Museum
Museum
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Penn Quarter
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Japan Travelers Service
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Downtown
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Jefferson Memorial
Monument/Memorial
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Downtown
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KathleenBashian.com: Professional Tour Guide
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Specialist in VIP tours with enriched commentary. University educator, Smithsonian study leader, DC licensed tour guide customizes your itinerary with careful detail for celebrity, corporate executive, embassy staff, international traveler, family or school group.
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Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
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Korean War Veterans Memorial
Monument/Memorial
FREE
Downtown
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Lafayette Square
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Landmark Tour & Travel
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Landmark's Roadscholar program has been providing educational student travel for groups of thirty or more since 1980. Attention to detail, quality tour itineraries, and enriching student-focused environment are trademarks of every Roadscholar tour.
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Library of Congress
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FREE
Capitol Hill
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Lincoln Memorial
Monument/Memorial
FREE
Southwest - Waterfront
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Lincoln Park
Historic Sites
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Capitol Hill
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Linder & Associates Inc.
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Georgetown
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With over 40 years combined event experience we offer total solutions to corporate, government and private clients for their local, national and international event planning, production and management needs. Our offering includes tour programs and transportation services for all occasions.
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Long View Gallery
Art Museum/Gallery
FREE
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Long View Gallery features 5,000 square feet of superior interior space with two flexible halls, impeccable lighting and all the smart tech to raise your next event to an art form. Available for corporate occasions, life celebrations and all sorts of hip happenings.
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Luray Caverns
Science & Nature Attractions
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The largest and most popular caverns in Eastern America, this U.S. Natural Landmark is located 90 minutes southwest of Washington, DC, just 10 minutes from Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park. Discover cathedral-sized rooms with ceilings 10 stories high, filled with towering stone columns and crystal-clear pools.
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Madame Tussauds
Museum
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Penn Quarter
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Marian Koshland Science Museum
Science & Nature Attractions
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Penn Quarter
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Marine Corps Memorial Iwo Jima Statue
Monument/Memorial
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Virginia
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Mary McLeod Bethune Statue Lincoln Park
Monument/Memorial
FREE
Capitol Hill
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Mid-Atlantic Receptive Services
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MARS is the Mid Atlantic Regions largest Custom Receptive Tour Operator managing over 500 tours per year to and through the region. Specialties include Exclusive Embassy Dinners. Themed products include Catholic, Jewish African American and Hispanic Heritage Tours. We offer a complete Line of Educational Tours that are unique including our Celebrate Diversity Series that contains a volunteering experience and explores the diverse history and culture offered within DC.
As the Official Tour Operator for Journey Through Hallowed Ground, tm, Mars offers truly unique experiences with Civil War, Lincoln Trail and Homes and Garden Tour Themes that combine the trail with DC, Gettysburg and other areas of interest. Our Capitol Christmas and Christmas Away Tours include a performance of A Christmas Carol at historic Ford's Theatre and a performance at the Washington Temple and Festival of Lights. We are the preferred Tour Operator of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and offer Premier Seating with enhanced viewing areas of the parade celebrities and performances. Our hotel and preferred supplier contracts provide our clients with the best possible products at value pricing. Experts in DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Delaware. We customize complete tour packages of the Mid-Atlantic region to suit you and your budget. Step-on guides, transportation, hotels and tours. MARS is the preferred choice call (800) 769-5912 x116 today!
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Mount Vernon Trail
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Mount Vernon: George Washington's Estate & Gardens
Historic Sites
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National Air and Space Museum
Museum
FREE
Penn Quarter
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National Air and Space Museum Special Events Department
Museum
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The Smithsonian's museum of aviation and space history is the world's most visited museum. Private events can be held at the flagship building on the National Mall or the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Entertain next to the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer and the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia or the SR-71 Blackbird and the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Museum
FREE
Virginia
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National Aquarium
Science & Nature Attractions
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Downtown
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National Archives & Records Administration
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National Building Museum
Museum
FREE
Penn Quarter
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National Cherry Blossom Festival
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The National Cherry Blossom Festival--Washington, DC's largest annual and signature springtime celebration--is more than just a showcase for the beautiful flowering trees at the Tidal Basin. The two-week, citywide schedule of events features diverse programming incorporating the best of Washington's arts, culture and tradition. Visit the website for more information.
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National Children's Museum
Museum
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Scheduled to open in 2013, the National Children's Museum (NCM) will be a world-class cultural and educational center dedicated to engaging children and empowering them to make a difference. The mission of NCM is to inspire children to care about and improve the world. Through its interactive exhibits, online community (www.ncm.museum), and unique national programs and partnerships, NCM is transforming the concept of a traditional museum by becoming a catalyst and forum for a national movement to inspire and empower kids to speak up, take action, and get engaged in their communities. Through 2013, NCM is operating as a Museum Without Walls, participating in a variety of community events and working with other arts and cultural organizations to develop creative partnerships that benefit kids and families. In the spring of 2009, NCM opened the Launch Zone, a 2,700 square-foot space at National Harbor where kids and families can prototype and test exhibit and program concepts and provide their feedback about what should be included in the new Museum. The Launch Zone is free and open to the public 7 days a week. Visit www.ncm.museum for more information.
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National Gallery of Art
Art Museum/Gallery
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