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Downtown
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
Georgetown
Tudor Place offers unique and intimate settings perfect for special occasions.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal 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.
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
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
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
National Gallery of Art: Of the nation and for all the people.
Fly High at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Devoted to the collection, exhibition, conservation and study of the arts of Africa
The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex
Foggy Bottom
The first museum dedicated to telling the story of American diplomacy.
Woodley Park
Enjoy thousands of exotic animals
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Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
