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Downtown
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Virginia
The iconic riverside estate of George Washington. Open daily, 365 days a year.
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps: Enter and experience what it means to be a Marine.
Anacostia
Welcome to the Anacostia Community Museum
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Discovery Theater
National Museum of Natural History
Former home of Robert E. Lee. Open daily 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Devoted to the collection, exhibition, conservation and study of the arts of Africa
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
A People’s Journey, A Nation’s Story
The oldest museum of modern and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean art in the United States
