Museums
Date NightThe Phillips Collection
Under $25See Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party and the Rothko Room in a Dupont Circle house museum.
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SightseeingLocal GemFree
Dupont Circle
Dupont Circle is a sightseeing stop in Washington, DC, part of the Washington DC guide. Cost: free.
Intersection of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire Aves NW · Washington, DC
Why you should go…
Dupont Circle is a park at the meeting point of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire Avenues with P and 19th Streets NW. At its center is a white marble memorial fountain to Rear Admiral Samuel F. Dupont, designed by Henry Bacon and sculpted by Daniel Chester French, with a bowl held up by figures of The Sea, The Wind and The Stars. You will find permanent stone chessboards for public play, and a weekly farmers market sets up on nearby 20th Street NW.
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