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Downtown
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's 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.
Anacostia
Welcome to the Anacostia Community Museum
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
National Mall
Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Virginia
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps: Enter and experience what it means to be a Marine.
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Now open! Navigate your way to a new experience.
The Go-Go Museum & Café’s 16 interactive exhibits, recording studio and concert stages celebrate the past, present and future of go-go
Woodley Park
Enjoy thousands of exotic animals
Former home of Robert E. Lee. Open daily 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Home to the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, the National Archives holds more than 15 billion records.
Airbus IMAX Theater
Watch stunning IMAX films on six-story screens and planetarium shows on a 77 ft. digital dome theater.