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Downtown
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's Museum!
Virginia
The iconic riverside estate of George Washington. Open daily, 365 days a year.
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration is Now Open!
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps: Enter and experience what it means to be a Marine.
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
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.
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
The National Building Museum is America's leading cultural institution devoted to the history and impact of the built environment.
Smithsonian Associates—the largest museum-based education program in the world—produces vibrant educational and cultural programming that brings the Smithsonian to life
Foggy Bottom
The first museum dedicated to telling the story of American diplomacy.
Now open! Navigate your way to a new experience.
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
Fly High at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Upper Northwest
Zenith Gallery, the premiere source of art in WDC, 45 years, hundreds of artists in a wide range of styles & mediums from monumental to small.
Plan your Smithsonian visit