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Downtown
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's Museum!
Virginia
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps: Enter and experience what it means to be a Marine.
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
The iconic riverside estate of George Washington. Open daily, 365 days a year.
Upper Northwest
One of the premier art collector's museums in the United States
Find Inspiration at the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
National Museum of American History
Plan your Smithsonian visit
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
The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
