MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS 

Anacostia Community Museum
Join authors Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida on Sat., Jan. 17, at 11 AM for a reading, book sale and signing of "OBAMA: The Historic Campaign in Pictures."

Arena Stage
Inauguration visitors enjoy a 20% discount on tickets to the hit musical, "Next to Normal."  

Cultural Tourism DC
Check out a list of exhibitions, programs and special offers for inauguration visitors at culturaltourismdc.org.

International Spy Museum
Obama. Barack Obama. The agent of Change will soon be taking office and the International Spy Museum has new exclusive items to celebrate. Check out their Agent 009 Obama presidential t-shirt specially designed for the Museum, as well as special pricing offers. Their $10 Hospitality Package includes hot cocoa, a cookie, and a spy logo travel mug. The $20.09 Combined Admission Ticket gives you admission to both the museum's permanent exhibition and the interactive spy adventure 'Operation Spy.' Or take the family out for a day of fun at the museum with the $44 Family 4 Pack.

Marian Koshland Science Museum
Guests enjoy free admission on Inauguration Day from 10 AM-6 PM and can check out an exhibition on global warming.

Mount Vernon
Historic Mount Vernon welcomes inauguration visitors in January with 20% off adult admission. Visitors must print the coupon from Mount Vernon's website, visit.mountvernon.org. Take the oath of office in the new interactive Inaugural Gallery, one of 25 new galleries and theaters, see the nation's very first Inaugural buttons worn by supporters of George Washington, and tour an exhibition of the finest collection of presidential china outside of the White House. "Setting the President's Table: American Presidential China" from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is open through January 21. January is also the 250th wedding anniversary of George and Martha Washington, and on display this month only are Mrs. Washington's wedding slippers, which have not been exhibited at Mount Vernon in over 30 years and due to their fragile condition will not be on display for many years to come.

National Archives
News coverage (likely to include the swearing-in and the parade) will be shown live in the William G. McGowan Theater on Jan. 20 from 11:30 AM-5 PM. Seating is first-come, first-serve, and visitors should enter through the 9th St. and Constitution Ave. entrance. The Archives is also presenting a special inauguration exhibition, Taking the Oath, in the East Rotunda from Jan. 12-25.

National Museum of the American Indian
The museum will celebrate the inauguration with a three-day multicultural festival, "Out of Many: A Multicultural Festival of Music, Dance, and Story," Jan. 17-19, featuring performances from more than 40 groups.  

National Museum of Crime & Punishment
Guests can view the inauguration on Jan. 20 in the museum's America's Most Wanted studio. The museum will also launch a crime-solving adventure with cipher decoding, high-speed chases and shoot-outs. Hours will be extend Sat.-Tues. (Jan 17-20), opening at 9 AM and closing at 8 PM. Print out this webpage and bring it the museum to receive $1.50 off your admission on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. Offer valid for up to 10 guests.

The Phillips Collection
For the entire month of January, visitors who say the word “inauguration” at the admissions desk when purchasing their tickets will receive two-for-one admission for both the permanent collection and the special exhibition, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River, a Work in Progress until it closes on Jan. 25. Guests can also view a special installation of Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series  and a special exhibition, The Eight: Rebels for American Art.

President Lincoln's Cottage
Lincoln's historic retreat will offer special private tours on the eve of the Inauguration.

Tudor Place
Though usually closed in January, Tudor Place will be open Jan. 17-21 with a special presidential exhibition. 

US National Arboretum
Visitors can see the original columns from the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, in front of which Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office.

Washington Wizards
Inauguration Tip Off offer to see the Wizards take on the Knicks on Jan. 16.  Click for more information.

Woodrow Wilson House Museum
DC's only presidential house museum extends its exhibiton, The Presidential Dish: Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and the White House China Room, through Jan. 25. Visitors can also view memorabilia from Wilson's two inaugurals.

RESTAURANTS

Benihana
"Hail to the Chef" (dinner for 2 for only $44 to honor our 44th President, available 1/16-1/23 at the Bethesda, Dulles and Georgetown locations only).

Cafe Mozart
Show inauguration tickets for 10% discount

Ruth's Chris Steak House
Special lunch hours 11:30-2pm on 1/19 and 1/20

Tutto Bene Italian Restaurant Bar & Grill
Inauguration will be shown in dining room on a large-screen TV; free appetizer up to $10 for patrons who show inauguration tickets (1 per person)

SHOPPING