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Downtown
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
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.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Anacostia
Welcome to the Anacostia Community Museum
Virginia
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps: Enter and experience what it means to be a Marine.
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's Museum!
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is coming to Washington, D.C. summer 2026.
National Mall
National Museum of Natural History
Established in 1840, St. Matthew's is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
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
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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The United States Navy Memorial
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Upper Northwest
One of the premier art collector's museums in the United States
