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Downtown
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
Virginia
The iconic riverside estate of George Washington. Open daily, 365 days a year.
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps: Enter and experience what it means to be a Marine.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's Museum!
Dupont Circle
Dine intimately in the presidential Dining Room, enjoy cocktails throughout the main museum rooms or relax and unwind in the tranquil period garden.
Wesley Heights
The Kreeger Museum is a DC art museum focused on Impressionism, early Modernism, and Contemporary sculpture.
National Gallery of Art: Of the nation and for all the people.
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
The National Portrait Gallery gives visitors a chance to meet fascinating Americans from more than 225 years of history in its halls
Southwest & The Wharf
Rubell Museum DC brings the Rubell Family’s extensive contemporary art collection to the nation’s capital.
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.
Former home of Robert E. Lee. Open daily 9:30 am–4:30 pm
National Museum of the American Latino
Devoted to the collection, exhibition, conservation and study of the arts of Africa
