Find the best things to do in Washington, DC
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Downtown
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
NoMa & Union Market
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Georgetown
“We left feeling like game show legends.”
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Capitol Hill
See DC In A Different Light! The Monuments by Moonlight Tour knows just the right way to show off the capital city when the sun goes down
DC Metro Area
Embark DC Private Boat Tours — See DC Differently!
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Foggy Bottom
The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
Virginia
Park open dawn to dusk. Visitor center open 10 am - 5 pm. Mon
Anacostia
Engaging in environmental revitalization and community uplift
The National Museum of the United States Army
The iconic riverside estate of George Washington. Open daily, 365 days a year.
Dupont Circle
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
The museum takes visitors through 6,000 sq. ft. of artifacts, exhibits and images covering nearly 400 years of National Guard history in vivid detail.