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SMITHSONIAN AND OTHER MUSEUMS: AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM L'Enfont Plaza Metro. Independence Ave. between 4th and 7th Sts. The nation's history of flight from the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer and Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis to the Apollo 11 command modules and rockets. Open daily 10 -5:30.< www.nasm.edu/galleries> ANACOSTIA MUSEUM 1907 Fort P1. St. Exhibits showcasing black history and the African-American culture. Open daily 10-5. <www.si.edu> Tel. 202 357 2700 ARTHUR U. SACKLER GALLERY Smithsonian Metro. 1050 Independence Ave. SW between 10th and 11th SSTs. SW. 6,000 years of Asian and Near Eastern art. Open daily 10 - 5:30. <www.si.edu/asia> Tel. 202 357 2700 B'NAI B'RITH KLUTZNICK NATIONAL JEWISH MUSEUM. Dupont Circle or Farragut West metro. 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW at 17th St. < www.bnaibrith.org> Tel. 202 857 6583 Sun - Fri 10-5 CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART Farragut West Metro. 17th St. and New York Av. NW American art, Dutch and Flemish masterpieces, impressionists and post-impressionists. Open Mon.,Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. to 9 p.m. <www.corcoran.org> Tel. 202 639 1700 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Farragut West or Farragut North metro. 1776 D St., NW Mon.-Fri 830-4, Sun 1-5. Tours. 202 879 3241 <www.dar.org> FREER GALLERY Smithsonian Metro. Jefferson Dr and 12th St. SW Oriental art and works by American expatriate James McNeill Whistler Open daily 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN L'Enfant Plaza (Smithsonian Museums exit) or Smithsonian Metro. 7th St. and Independence Ave. SW The modern art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. Open daily 10 -5:30. <www.si.edu/hirschorn>Tel. 202 357 1618 MARINE CORPS MUSEUM Eastern Market Metro. Navy Yard Visitors Center 9th and M St. SE Bldg 58 Open Mon., Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat 10-4, closed Tues, Sun noon-5. Tel.202 433 3534 MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART Smithsonian Metro. 950 Independence Av. SW Dedicated to the collection, study and exhibition of the art of sub-Saharan Africa. Open daily 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Gallery Place Metro 8th and G St. NW American art from the 18th century to the present. Open daily 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. <Americanart.si.edu> MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY Federal Triangle Metro. 14th St. and Constitution Av. NW Exhibits of the nation's cultural, technological and political development. Open daily 10 - 5:30. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Federal Triangle metro Constitution Ave. at 10th St. NW Exhibits of the natural world from pre-historic times to the present. Open daily 10 - 5:30. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART/EAST BUILDING Archives Metro. Pennsylvania Ave. between 3rd and 4th Sts. NW Modern European and American paintings, sculpture and graphic arts. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. 11 -6 < www.nga.gov> Tel. 202 737 4215 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES Smithsonian Metro. Independence Ave. at 9th St. SW Exhibits highlighting the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition and the Victorian era. Open daily 10 - 5:30 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Gallery Place Metro. 8th and F Sts. NW Closed for renovation until 2003. <www.npg.si.edu> NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM Union Station Metro. 2 Massachusetts Av. NE The world's largest and most comprehensive stamp collection and related artifacts. Open daily 10 - 5:30. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Archives Metro. Constitution Ave. and 8th St. NW The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the 1297 Magna Carta and changing exhibits. Open daily 10 - 5:30. NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM Judiciary Square Metro. F St. NW between 4th and 5th Sts. Open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Farragut North Metro. 17th and M Sts. NW Open Mon.-Sat. 9 - 5 Sun. 10 -5 < www.nationalgeographic.com> NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE Takoma Park Metro. Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6825 16th St. NW Bldg. 54. Open daily 10 - 5:30. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS Metro Center Metro. 1250 New York Av. NW Open Mon-Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. noon-5. <www.nmwa.org> Tel. 202 783 5000 NAVY MUSEUM Eastern Market Metro. Navy Yard Visitors Center 9th and M St. SE.Open Mon.-Fri. 9 - 4 and Sat., Sun.10-5 Tel. 202 433 4882 OLD POST OFFICE PAVILION Federal Triangle Metro. 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Free tours daily. Restaurants shops and home of Ticketplace the half price ticket outlet. RENWICK GALLERY Farragut West Metro. 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW An exhibition of American crafts. Open daily 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. TEXTILE MUSEUM Dupont Circle Metro. 2320 S St. NW Open Mon.-Sat. XXXX10 a.m.-S p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. <www.textilemuseum.org> U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 1000 Raoul Wollenberg Pt SW at 15th St. and Independence Av. SW Free tickets for same-day use at box office beginning at 9 a.m., often gone by noon. Open daily 10 - 5:30. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS OF INTEREST: BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING Smithsonian Metro. 14th and C St. SW Open Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. FBI HEADQUARTERS Archives Metro. I. Edgar Hoover Bldg., Pennsylvania Ave. NW between 9th and 10th SSTs. Open Mon-Fri. 8:45 - 4:15 SUPREME COURT Capitol South Metro. First St. and Maryland Ave. NE Open to the public Mon.-Fri. 9 - 4:30 U.S. CAPITOL Capitol South Metro. National Mall Open daily 9 - 4:30 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt Md. Open daily, 10 PENTAGON Pentagon Metro. Arlington, Va. Tours are conducted Mon.-Fri. every hours from 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. NATURE: THE U.S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM 3501 New York Ave. NE. Open Mon.-Fri. 8 -5, Sat- Sun 10 -5 . Bonsai Pavilion hours 10 - 3:30 daily. Tel. 202 245 2726 U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN Federal Center SW Metro. 1st St. and Maryland Ave. SW Open daily 9-5 NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK Woodley Park Metro. 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW Buildings open daily 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.; grounds open 8-6 MONUMENTS: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Arlington, Va. Open 8 - 5 Cemetery and Visitors Center accessible via Arlington Cemetery Metro; Iwo Jima statue is closer to Rosslyn Metro. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL Tidal Basin, south end of 15th St. SW Open daily with a park ranger in attendance 8 a.m. - midnight. KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial at Daniel French Dr and Independence Ave. SW LINCOLN MEMORIAL Foggy Bottom Metro. National Mall 23rd St. off Constitution Ave. NW NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL Judiciary Square Metro. Between 4th and 5th, E and F Sts. NW Visitors center nearby at 605 E St. NW. Open Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m. U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL Archives/Navy Memorial Metro. Pennsylvania Ave. at 7th St. NW Visitors center open Mon.-Sat. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m. Gift shop. VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL Foggy Bottom Metro. Constitution Av. NW and Henry Bacon Dr WASHINGTON MONUMENT Smithsonian Metro. National Mall at 15th St. NW Open daily 8 a.m.-midnight. HISTORIC HOMES: ARLINGTON HOUSE Arlington Cemetery Metro. Arlington, Va. Robert E. Lee's antebellum home. Open daily 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON. Farragut West metro. 2017 "I" (eye) St. NW. Historic home of President James Monroe. Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-2, Sun 1-5. Tel. 202 331 7283 CEDAR HILL 1411 W St. SE Anacostia. Former home of Frederick Douglass. Open daily 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Reservations suggested; call (202) 426-5960, 202-426-5961. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE MUSEUM~ARCHIVES McPhearson Square metro. 1318 Vermont Ave. NW Historic Home of civil rights activist, National Archives for Black Women's history. Open Mon -Fri. 10 - 4:30 <www.nps.gov/mame> Tel. 202 673 2402 SEWALL-BELMONT HOUSE. Eastern Market metro. 144 Constitution Ave., NE Tue-Fri 10-3, Sat. 12-4.. Art and artifacts to chronicle the women's movement. <www.nationalparks.org/main> Tel. 202 546 3989. WHITE HOUSE McPherson Square or Farragut West metro. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Free tours Tues.-Sat., 10 -noon, begin at the White House Visitors Center, Hall, U.S. Department of Commerce, Pennsylvania Ave. NW at 15th St. NW. <www.whitehouse.gov> You must be in line before noon for tours. Tours may also be arranged in advance with your congressman or senator's office. WOODLAWN PLANTATION 9000 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, Va. George Washington's wedding gift to his foster daughter Open daily 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. LIBRARIES: FOLGER SNAKESFEARE LIBRARY Capitol South Metro. 201 East Capitol St. SE An Elizabethan-style theater and the world's finest collection of Shakespearean texts. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 - 4. Tours available. <www.folger.edu> Tel. 202 544-7077 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Capitol South Metro. Free public tours embark Mon.-Fri. at 10:30 and 11:30 am. and 1:30 and 3:30 pm. Free tickets, available at the Information Desk, are required for tours. Open Mon.-Fri. THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING. 10 First St. SE Mon.- Sat. 10 - 5 <www.loc.gov >Tel. 202 707 8000 JAMES MADISON BUILDING: 101 lndependence Ave. SE One of only three perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible is on display Mon.-Fri.8:30am-9:30 pm, Sat. 8:30 -6. JOHN ADAMS BUILDING. 3rd St. and Independence Av. SE Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL LIBRARY 901 C St. NW A memorial to the slain civil rights leader Open Mon.-Thurs. 9 - 9, Fri.-Sat. 9 -5:30, Sun. 1-5 pm THEATRES: FORD'S THEATRE Metro Center Metro. 571 Seventh St. NW President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated here on April 14,1865. Self-guided tours 9 - 5 daily. PETERSEN HOUSE: Metro Center Metro. 576 10th St. NW Generally open daily 9 a.m.-5p.m. JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Foggy Bottom Metro. New Hampshire Ave. at Rock Creek Pkwy A memorial to the late president and home to the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Opera and the American Film Institute. Open daily 10 a.m.-midnight; guided tours 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free tours. CHURCHES: FRANCISCAN MONASTERY 1400 Quincy St. NE. Tours Mon.-Sat. at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m.; Sun. 1-4 p.m. on the hour MORMON TEMPLE 9900 Stoneybrook Dr, Kensington, Md. Visitor center and grounds open to the public 10 a.m.-9 p.m. NATIONAL CATHEDRAL Wisconsin and Massachusetts Aves. NW Open Mon.-Sat. 10 - 4:30 and Sun. 7:30 - 4:30 Guided tours Mon.-Sat. 10 -3:15 and Sun. 12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Greenhouse open Mon.-Sat. 9 -5, Sun. 10 -5 NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Brookland-CUA Metro. Michigan Av. at 4th St. NE Open daily 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Guided tours Mon.-Sat. 9-11 and 1-4 Sun. at 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 and 4 p.m. SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH McPherson Square Metro. 16th and H Sts. NW Open daily 8 - 4 By appointment. SAINT MATHEW'S CATHEDRAL 1725 Rhode Island Ave. NW Open Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-6:15 p.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Sun. 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tours Sun. between 2:3~4:30 p.m. ALEXANDRIA, VA: APOTHECARY SHOP 105 5. Fairfax St. Now a museum. Hand-blown glass containers and thermometers on display. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4p.m. ALEXANDRIA ARCHAEOLOGY Torpedo Factory Art Center 105 N. Union St. Artifacts from archaeological sites in Alexandria. Many upscale artist studios throughout the building. ALEXANDRIA BLACK HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER 638 N. Alfred St. Open Tues.-Sat. 10 - 4 Sun 1-5. African American history, artists and other changing exhibit. <ci.alexandria.va.us/oha/blackhistory> Tel. 703 838 4356 FRIENDSHIP FIREHOUSE MUSEUM 707 5. Alfred St., Alexandria, Va. A collection of 18th-and 19th-century fire fighting equipment. Open Thurs.-Sat. 10 - 5., Sun. 1-4 pm THE LYCEUM 201 5. Washington St. Used as a hospital during the Civil Wan Open daily 10 -5. CHRIST CHURCH 118 N. Washington St. Open Mon.-Sat. 9 - 4. GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL King Street Metro. King St. at Callahan Dr Open daily 9 - 5 Exceptional views, Masonic history and other interesting exhibits. Excellent free tours and free parking. WE ARE CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO UPDATE, AND EXPAND UPON THIS LIST. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY ERRORS YOU MAY FIND OR CHANGES WE HAVE MISSED. IN ADDITION TO THE WEB SITES LISTED, AN EXCELLENT INFORMATION SOURCE IS WWW.MUSEUMGOER.COM.
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