Sightseeing
History BuffOffice of Historic Alexandria
FreeThe City of Alexandria agency that runs the city's historic museums and sites, headquartered at the Lloyd House.
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Torpedo Factory Art Center
Torpedo Factory Art Center is a museum in Alexandria, VA, part of the Washington DC guide. Cost: free.
105 N Union St · Alexandria, VA
Why you should go…
The Torpedo Factory Art Center fills a former U.S. Naval Torpedo Station on the Potomac waterfront in Old Town Alexandria. You can wander three floors of open studios where artists in painting, ceramics, photography and jewelry work and sell their pieces, plus galleries and the Alexandria Archaeology Museum. A green Mark XIV torpedo built here in 1945 still sits in the main hall.
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