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National Geographic Museum

1145 17th Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The National Geographic Society is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to exploring our planet, protecting wildlife and habitats, and helping assure that students in K-12 ...
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O Street Museum

2020 O Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The O Street Museum Foundation promotes and embraces life, from every culture, resulting in a wide-ranging collection of paintings, photographs, sculpture, books, artifacts, and music, from all ove...
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The Phillips Collection

1600 21st Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The Phillips Collection is American's first museum of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting. The Phillips Collection is home to an extraordinary collection of more than 4,000 works ran...
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Corcoran Gallery of Art

500 17th Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University offers advanced creative studies in an inspiring academic atmosphere. The school reserves the right to delete content...
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Madame Tussauds

1001 F Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
At Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C., experience the glory of the U.S. presidency first-hand in an unparalleled interactive exhibit, featuring life-sized wax figures of all 44 Presidents from George...
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International Spy Museum

800 F Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The International Spy Museum opened in Washington, DC on July 19, 2002. It is the only public museum in the United States solely dedicated to espionage and the only one in the world to provide a gl...
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National Museum of Crime and Punishment

575 7th Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The Crime Museum in Washington, DC is described by Good Morning America as a “must see for CSI fans.” This museum provides America’s most thorough and comprehensive study of the development and evo...
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National Air and Space Museum

600 Independence Avenue Southwest
Washington, DC    
The National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA display the world’s largest collection of aviation and space artifacts.
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National Gallery of Art

4th Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
NGAkids interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history. Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity, these computer-bas...
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National Museum of American History

14th Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The National Museum of American History collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. Through incomparable collec...
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National Museum of Natural History

10th Street Northwest
Washington, DC    
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s preeminent museum and research complex. The Museum is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, ...
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National Postal Museum

2 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast
Washington, DC    
The National Postal Museum houses one of the largest and most significant philatelic and postal history collections in the world and one of the world’s most comprehensive library resources on phila...
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Newseum

555 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC    
The Newseum, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to free expression and the five freedoms of the First Amendment: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. A TripAdvisor 2015 Top ...
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United States National Holocaust Museum

100 Raoul Wallenberg Place Southwest
Washington, DC    
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Federal supp...
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National Museum of the American Indian

4th Street Southwest
Washington, DC    
The National Museum of the American offers free admission. It is a museum of living cultures dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of the life, languages, literature, history and arts ...