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• Textile Museum
  
• Washington Doll House and Toy Museum
  
• National Aquarium
  
• Dumbarton Oaks
  
• Newseum
  
• Spy Museum
• Voice of America
  

Maryland Avenue, SW. Open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. during the summer months. Group tours are available by request except Saturday and Sunday or during any shows.

Telephone: (202) 225-8333. Metro: Federal Center Southwest.

The entire city block at 3^rd and H Streets, NE. About three blocks behind Union Station at 800 3^rd Street, NE. The museum specializes in hands-on, interactive educational exhibits. Designed mainly for children ages 2 through 12. Open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is $6.00 for all persons; free for children under age 2 and members of the museum.

Telephone: (202) 675-4120. Metro: Union Station.

Located at 9^th and M Streets, SE, on the banks of the Anacostia River. The original buildings date back to the 1800's and contain the Navy Memorial Museum and Marine Corps Museum. The Navy Museum is free and open on weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., weekends and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and during the summer 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Docked near the Navy Museum is a real Vietnam-era destroyer, the USS Barry. The USS Barry is open from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Telephone: (202) 433-4882. Metro: Eastern Market (15 minute walk down 8^th Street).

444 acres of trees, shrubs, and assorted plants in the northeast section of the District of Columbia. Entrance is located on New York Avenue, NE. Open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and on the weekends from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Guide services for organized groups are available. Please make reservations for groups.

Telephone: (202) 245-2726. Metro: Stadium Armory on the blue or orange lines, then bus number B-2, B-4, or B-5 to the intersection of Bladensburg Road and R Street. Walk east on R Street 300 yards to the R Street Gate.

Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, NW. This fourteenth-century gothic cathedral is the 6^th largest in the world and the 2^nd largest in the United States. Tours are given Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Telephone: (202) 537-6207 (tour line) and (202) 537-6200 (information line). Metro: No stops within the vicinity.

17^th Street and New York Avenue, NW. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

***Note that the Corcoran has a reciprocal membership with the Toledo Museum of Art, which may reduce admission fare for TMA members. Please call the Corcoran for more information.

Telephone: (202) 639-1700. Metro: Farragut West.

10^th Street between E and F Streets, NW. The building is open every day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the exception of Christmas.

Telephone: (202) 426-6924. Metro: Metro Center.

Located at 444 North Capitol Street, NW. This building houses state offices. For information, please phone the Council of State Governments.

Telephone: (202) 624-5460. Metro: Union Station

Located at 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW (off 15^th Street between Maine Avenue and Independence Avenue). There is also an entrance on 14^th Street next to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. The Museum is open 7 days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed on Christmas. The permanent exhibition is recommended for ages 11 and up. Daniel's Story is recommended for ages 8 and up. The visit will take between 90 minutes to 3 hours. Currently, tickets are required. Tickets can bepurchased by telephone through PROTIX at (800) 400-9373. The cost is $3.00 per ticket plus $1.25 per order for a handling fee. Same day tickets are also distributed at the Pass Desk, near the 14^th Street entrance, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Telephone: (202) 488-0400. Metro: Smithsonian.

Located at 401 F Street, NW, between 4^th and 5^th Streets. Wheelchair access at 4^th and G Streets. The museum's hours are Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 4:00 p.m. The museum is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Telephone: (202) 272-2448. Metro: Judiciary Square.

Located at 6^th and Constitution Avenue, NW. Open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from noon until 9:00 p.m. Sunday concerts are held at 7:00 p.m. in the East Garden Court from October through June.

Telephone: (202) 737-4215. Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial.

Located at 17^th and M Street, NW. Features exhibits of famous scientific expeditions.

Telephone: (202) 857-7588. Metro: Dupont Circle.

The nation's first museum of modern art has free Sunday concerts. Located at 1600-1612 21^st Street, NW.

Telephone: (202) 387-2151. Metro: Dupont Circle.

11,000 textiles and 1,000 rugs. Located at 2320 S Street, NW.

Telephone: (202) 667-0441. Metro: Dupont Circle.

Home to antique doll houses, dolls, toys, and games. Located at 5236 44^th Street, NW.

Telephone: (202) 244-0024. Metro: Friendship Heights (Jennifer Street exit). 

Located on 14^th Street, between Constitution Avenue and D Street, NW. Tanks filled with fish, frogs, alligators, sharks, and other types of water-life. Open daily from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., except on Christmas. Admission is $2.00 for adults and $0.75 for senior citizens and children under 12.

Telephone: (202) 482-2825. Metro: Federal Triangle.

1703 32^nd Street, NW. Gardens open daily from2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Both are closed on federal holidays and December 24, 25, and January 1. Admission to the garden is $1.00. Senior citizens are admitted for free on Wednesday and children under 12 are always free of charge.

Telephone: (202) 339-6410. Metro: No stops within the vicinity.

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The Newseum

The Newseum features seven levels of galleries, theaters, retail spaces and visitor services. It offers a unique environment that takes museum goers behind the scenes to experience how and why news is made. Newseum is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., on America’s Main Street between the White House and the U.S. Capitol and adjacent to the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall.

The Newseum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and $13 for children.

Telephone: (888) 639-7386

Metro: Archives/Navy Memorial Metro

Spy Museum

Through interactive exhibits with state-of-the-art audiovisual effects, film, and hands-on components, the International Spy Museum traces the evolution of espionage through the people who practiced the profession and provides a context for guests to interpret the role intelligence plays in current events. The Museum's permanent exhibition presents the tradecraft of espionage and showcases the ingenuity and imagination of real-life spies and spymasters.

The International Spy Museum is located in Downtown, Washington, DC within the Pennsylvania Quarter neighborhood and stretches the entire city block between 9th and 8th Streets at 800 F Street, NW Museum hours vary due to special events and it is closed Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Years Day. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $17 for seniors and active military, and $15 for children.

Telephone: (866) 779-6873

Metro: Gallery Place/China Town

 

The Voice of America is the hub of U.S. international broadcasting. The 45 minute tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at live broadcasting in radio, television, and the internet in 45 languages, and is guided with audio and video features. Reservations are recommended and can be made online or over the phone at, (202) 203-4990.

The Voice of America is located across at 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., adjacent to the East end of the National Mall. Tours are given at 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for Federal Holidays.

Telephone: (202) 203-4990, Metro: L’Enfant Plaza or Federal Center