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Anacostia
Welcome to the Anacostia Community Museum
Downtown
First major museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the arts.
A playful learning adventure awaits at National Children's Museum!
Capitol Hill
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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.
Brookland
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
National Museum of the American Latino
The museum takes visitors through 6,000 sq. ft. of artifacts, exhibits and images covering nearly 400 years of National Guard history in vivid detail.
Penn Quarter & Chinatown
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Due to construction, the National Geographic Museum of Exploration will be temporarily closed as we reimagine our Base Camp experience.
The National Portrait Gallery gives visitors a chance to meet fascinating Americans from more than 225 years of history in its halls
Plan your Smithsonian visit
Upper Northwest
One of the premier art collector's museums in the United States
Standing at one of the city's highest points, this soaring Gothic cathedral extends almost the length of two football fields and pierces the city's skyline.