Your US Bucket List: Top Museums in Washington, D.C.!


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Learn, Play, Experience, Relax, and Enjoy Yourselves with These Great Museum Experiences! Learn about World History, US History, State History, and Local History! Prehistoric Creatures, Indigenous History, Culture, Language, Art, Music… Historic Homes, Antiques, Agriculture… Hands-On Experiences with Wildlife, Marinelife, Plants, Fossils, and so much more!

Fun and learning collide when you bring the pages of your favorite books to life! Make deeper connections with Science, History, Art, Culture, Creative Play and MORE by spending an afternoon at your new favorite Museum!


Top Museums in Washington DC!

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African American Civil War Memorial Museum
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Anacostia Community Museum
Anderson House
Art Museum of the Americas
Arts and Industries Building
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Asian Art
Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Chinese American Museum DC
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial Continental Hall: Museum, Library and National Headquarters
DC History Center
Decatur House
Dumbarton House
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Folger Shakespeare Library
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
Freer Gallery of Art
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
General Federation of Women’s Clubs Headquarters – Miles Mansion
George Washington University – Dimock Gallery
George Washington University – Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Georgetown University Art Galleries
German-American Heritage Museum of the USA
Heurich House Museum
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Howard University Gallery of Art
Interior Museum
International Spy Museum
Kreeger Museum
Laogai Museum
Library of Congress
Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum
Lincoln Memorial
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Meridian House
Museum of the Bible
National Air and Space Museum
National Archives
National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
National Building Museum
National Children’s Museum
National Deaf Life Museum
National Gallery of Art
National Geographic Museum
National Guard Memorial Museum
National Law Enforcement Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of American History
National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Portrait Gallery
National Postal Museum
The Octagon House
Old Korean Legation Museum
Old Stone House
O Museum in the Mansion
Original Founding Church of Scientology – L. Ron Hubbard House
The Phillips Collection
Planet Word
President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home
Renwick Gallery
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
Salve Regina Gallery at CUA
House of the Temple – Masonic Museum
S. Dillon Ripley Center
Belmont–Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Textile Museum at GWU
Tudor Place
United States Capitol & Visitor Center ?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
National Museum of the United States Navy
Washington Monument ?
White House ?
Woman’s National Democratic Club Museum
Woodrow Wilson House

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