Museums
IconicNational Archives Museum
FreeStand before the originals: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights in the marble Rotunda.
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National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art is a museum in Washington, DC, part of the Washington DC guide. Cost: free.
6th St & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington, DC
Why you should go…
One of the world's great art museums, home to the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas, rooms of French Impressionists, and I.M. Pei's angular East Building, costs exactly nothing to enter. The sculpture garden's fountain is a summertime hangout and turns into an ice rink come winter.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to National Gallery of Art, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
FreeTouch a moon rock and stand under the Spirit of St. Louis at the world's most-visited aviation museum, always free.
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National Mall
FreeWalk the long green lawn from the U.S. Capitol toward the Lincoln Memorial, past monuments, memorials and Smithsonian museums.
0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
FreeSee modern and contemporary art in a drum-shaped Smithsonian museum on the National Mall, with a sunken sculpture garden beside it.
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United States Botanic Garden
FreeWander a glass conservatory of tropical, desert and orchid rooms beside the U.S. Capitol, then the outdoor gardens.
0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor
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Capital One Arena
$50+Catch Capitals hockey, Wizards basketball, Georgetown games and big concert tours at this downtown arena in Chinatown.
0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions
