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Museums, historic houses and related facilities open to the public in the District of Columbia.

Washington DC Museums
Name	Address	Webpage
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture	1901 Fort Place, SE	webpage
The Society of the Cincinnati Headquarters, Library and Museum - Anderson House	2118 Massachusetts Ave NW	webpage
The Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States	201 18th Street, NW	webpage
Arts Club of Washington	2017 “I” Street, NW	webpage
The Arts and Industries Building	900 Jefferson Drive, SW	webpage
Bead Museum	400 7th St NW	webpage
City Museum and Historical Society of Washington, D.C	801 K Street, NW	webpage
Corcoran Gallery of Art	500 17th St NW	webpage
Federal Reserve	Eccles Building is on 20th Street NW, between C Street and Constitution Avenue.	webpage
Freer Gallery of Art and Sackler Gallery	The Sackler Gallery is located at 1050 Independence Avenue, SW. The Freer Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW	webpage
International Monetary Fund	720 19th Street, N.W	webpage
Hillwood Museum & Gardens	4155 Linnean Avenue, NW	webpage
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden	On the National Mall in downtown Washington, DC, at the corner of Seventh Street SW and Independence Avenue	webpage
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center	1300 New York Ave NW	webpage
Kreeger Museum	2401 Foxhall Road, NW	webpage
Meridian International Center	1630 Crescent Place, NW	webpage
Museum of Contemporary Art, DC	1054 31st St NW	webpage
National Academy of Sciences, Marian Koshland Science Museum	500 Fifth Street, NW	webpage
National Building Museum	401 F Street NW	webpage
National Gallery of Art	on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW	webpage
National Museum of African Art	950 Independence Avenue, SW	webpage
National Museum of Women in the Arts	1250 New York Avenue, N.W.	webpage
National Portrait Gallery	An extensive renovation of the Patent Office Building, which houses the National Portrait Gallery, began on January 10, 2000. The building will be closed to the public until this major renovation is completed in 2006.	webpage
The Octagon	1799 New York Ave NW	webpage
Phillips Collection	1600 21st Street, NW	webpage
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center	3900 Harewood Road, NE	webpage
Smithsonian American Art Museum	Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street, N.W. F Smithsonian American Art Museum, located at 8th and G Streets, N.W., is undergoing renovation. The AA/PG Library remains open to researchers at 750 9th Street, N.W.,	webpage
Textile Museum	2320 S Street, NW	webpage
Washington Dolls' House & Toy Museum	5236 44th Street, N.W.	webpage
Capital Children's Museum	800 3rd Street NE	webpage
Black Fashion Museum	2007 Vermont Avenue, NW	webpage
Folger Library	201 East Capitol Street, SE	webpage webpage
Ford's Theatre and Petersen House	10th St NW	webpage webpage
Frederick Douglass NHS	1411 W Street, S.E	webpage webpage
International Spy Museum	800 F St NW	webpage
Library of Congress	James Madison Building Independence Ave SE, between 1st & 2nd Streets Thomas Jefferson Building 1st St SE, between Independence Ave & East Capitol Sts John Adams Building 2nd St SE, between Independence Ave & East Capitol Sts	webpage
Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington: Archives and Library	701 Third Street NW	webpage
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House	1318 Vermont Avenue NW	webpage
National Archives	700 Pennsylvania Ave NW	webpage
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution	On the National Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.	webpage
National Postal Museum	2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.	webpage
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Museum	1776 D St NW	webpage
Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle	1000 Jefferson Drive, SW	webpage
Smithsonian International Gallery, Ripley Center	1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W.	webpage
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW	webpage
Woodrow Wilson House	2340 S Street, N.W.	webpage
United States Marine Corps Museum	9th and M Streets, S.E., use 11th and O St. Gate	webpage webpage
National Museum of American Jewish Military History	1811 R St NW	webpage
National Academies	500 5th St NW and 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW,	webpage webpage
National Air and Space Museum	7th and Independence Ave, SW	webpage
National Aquarium	Department of Commerce Building,Room B-077 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW	webpage
National Geographic Explorer's Hall	17th & M Streets N.W	webpage
National Museum of Health and Medicine	6900 Georgia Ave., NW	webpage
National Museum of Natural History	10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW	webpage
National Zoological Park	3001 Connecticut Avenue NW	webpage
American Red Cross Museum	1730 E Street, NW	webpage
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception	400 Michigan Avenue NE	webpage
City Museum and Historical Society of Washington, D.C	801 K Street, NW	webpage
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Museum	1849 C Street NW	webpage
Old Post Office Tower	southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, N.W.	webpage
Sumner School Museum and Archives	1201 17th St, NW	webpage webpage
Supreme Court of the United States	East Capitol and First Sts NE	webpage
Union Station	50 Massachusetts Ave, NE	webpage
United States Capitol		webpage
Washington National Cathedral	Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, N.W.	webpage
Renwick Gallery	Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW	webpage
Newseum (coming to Pennsylvania Avenue, scheduled to open in late 2006. )	Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, N.W.	webpage
Navy Museum	Washington Navy Yard, Building 76, 805 Kidder Breese SE	webpage
Library and Museum of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite 33o, S.J. USA	1733 16th Street, NW	webpage
Georgetown Park / Georgetown Park History Museum	3222 M Street, N.W.	webpage
Cold War Museum (virtual but looking...)		webpage
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage	750 9th Street, NW	webpage
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture	1901 Fort Place, SE	webpage
Navy Art Gallery	Washington Navy Yard, Navy Art Gallery, Building 67	webpage
Virtual Smithsonian		webpage
African American Civil War Memorial	1200 U Street NW	webpage
U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center	701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.	webpage
USS Barry (DD933) (Navy Yard)	Washington Navy Yard	webpage
Diplomatic Reception Rooms	2201 C Street NW	Virtual tour webpage Onsite tour information
Office of the Curator, Department of the Treasury	1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW	webpage
US Naval Observatory	Massachusetts Avenue at 34th Street, NW, Washington, DC. The Observatory entrance is located at the end of Observatory Circle, which intersects Massachusetts Avenue south of 34th Street	webpage
Georgetown Visitor Center C&O Canal National Historical Park	1057 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW	webpage
National Museum of the American Indian	NMAI on the National Mall 4th St & Independence Ave., S.W. This facility is currently under construction, and is scheduled to open on September 21, 2004.	webpage
National Arboretum	3501 New York Avenue, NE	webpage
Peirce Mill	located at the corner of Tilden Street (same as Park Road), NW and Beach Drive,	webpage webpage
Bureau of Engraving and Printing	south of the National Mall on 14th & C Sts., SW	webpage
US Botanic Garden	100 Maryland Avenue, SW	webpage

--not elsewhere listed:

H-DC / Washington DC Historic Houses
Name	Address	Webpage
Decatur House	748 Jackson Place, NW	webpage
Dumbarton House	2715 Que Street, N.W	webpage
Dumbarton Oaks	1703 32nd Street, NW	webpage
Sewall-Belmont House	144 Constitution Avenue, NE	webpage webpage
Tudor Place	1644 31st Street NW	webpage

Matthew Gilmore, August 2003

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