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Smithsonian Institution Museums. The planet’s preeminent museum and research complex, the Smithsonian Institution is comprised 19 museums and art galleries, 9 research centers and over 143.5 million artworks, objects, artifacts and specimens. Smithsonian Institution Museums display treasured icons of our past, vibrant art of today, and scientific insights of the future. Discover the culture, history and humanity of our world at celebrated museums, including National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Air and Space Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of the American Indian, National Zoological Park, and National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian's 19th museum. Visit www.si.edu.
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History inspires discovery and learning about the natural world through amazing collections, cutting-edge research, fascinating exhibitions, and outreach. Opened in 1910, the green-domed museum on the National Mall was one of first Smithsonian buildings constructed to house the national collections and research facilities. Whether looking at the history and cultures of Africa, describing Mammalian ancestor or primate diversity around the world, examining ancient life including dinosaurs, or exploring the beauty of rare gemstones and colored diamonds, the NMNH’s exhibitions educate, enlighten and entertain. The massive building displays over 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts, including 400,000 photographs. The NMNH serves as one of the world’s great repositories of scientific and cultural heritage. Visit www.mnh.si.edu/. [Top]
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History inspires discovery and learning about the natural world through amazing collections, cutting-edge research, fascinating exhibitions, and outreach. Opened in 1910, the green-domed museum on the National Mall was one of first Smithsonian buildings constructed to house the national collections and research facilities. Whether looking at the history and cultures of Africa, describing Mammalian ancestor or primate diversity around the world, examining ancient life including dinosaurs, or exploring the beauty of rare gemstones and colored diamonds, the NMNH’s exhibitions educate, enlighten and entertain. The massive building displays over 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts, including 400,000 photographs. The NMNH serves as one of the world’s great repositories of scientific and cultural heritage. Visit www.mnh.si.edu/. [Top]
National Gallery of Art. Created in 1937 by Congress, the National Gallery of Art features an impressive collection of paintings and works of sculpture gifted by Andrew Mellon. One of Washington, DC’s most incredible cultural landmarks, the National Gallery - located on the National Mall - presents a significant and growing collection of American and European paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, decorative arts and architecture - spanning from the 13th century to contemporary times. From portraits to avant-garde art, the gallery displays one of the most inspiring collections of art in the world. The Gallery’s beautiful outdoor sculpture garden provides an informal, yet elegant setting for works of modern and contemporary sculpture. Visit www.nga.gov.
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum features the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. The Museum is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary and terrestrial sciences. Located on the National Mall, the museum displays hundreds of unique artifacts, including the Wright 1903 Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, Apollo 11 command module, and a lunar rock that you can touch. The National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport displays rare air and space artifacts, including the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, and Space Shuttle Enterprise. Visit www.si.edu. [Top]
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum features the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. The Museum is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary and terrestrial sciences. Located on the National Mall, the museum displays hundreds of unique artifacts, including the Wright 1903 Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, Apollo 11 command module, and a lunar rock that you can touch. The National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport displays rare air and space artifacts, including the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, and Space Shuttle Enterprise. Visit www.si.edu. [Top]
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Located on the National Mall, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden displays international modern and contemporary art, distinguished by an impressive collection of major artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Hirshhorn presents art in a range of media, including works on paper, painting, installation, photography, sculpture, digital and video art, and mixed-media. A national platform for art and artists of our time, the museum offers exciting exhibitions, diverse collections, and experiences with artists that engage you to feel the transformative power of modern and contemporary art. The vast collection of modern art (late-19th century to mid-20th century) and contemporary art (from the 1970s to today) includes works by acclaimed artists of our time and emerging artists. Visit three floors of gallery space, the Plaza and the Sculpture Garden.Visit http://hirshhorn.si.edu.
International Spy Museum. International Spy Museum is dedicated to the trade, history, and contemporary role of espionage around the world. The Spy Museum's permanent exhibition presents the art of espionage through the stories of spies and their missions, tools and techniques. Museum exhibits feature the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever on display, historic photographs, state-of-the-art audio/visual presentations, interactive displays and cool special effects that reveal the strategies of the people behind history’s most secret espionage missions. Visit www.spymuseum.org.[Top]
International Spy Museum. International Spy Museum is dedicated to the trade, history, and contemporary role of espionage around the world. The Spy Museum's permanent exhibition presents the art of espionage through the stories of spies and their missions, tools and techniques. Museum exhibits feature the largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever on display, historic photographs, state-of-the-art audio/visual presentations, interactive displays and cool special effects that reveal the strategies of the people behind history’s most secret espionage missions. Visit www.spymuseum.org.[Top]
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Founded in 1869, The Corcoran is a fantastic museum and college of art and design. One of America's oldest and liveliest art institutions, it is internationally acclaimed for its impressive collection of historical and contemporary American art, as well as European painting, sculpture, photography, media arts and decorative arts. The Corcoran College of Art + Design offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program, a two-year Associate of Fine Arts degree program, Master of Arts degree programs in Interior Design and History of Decorative Arts, Continuing Education, and art classes for children and teens. Visit www.corcoran.org.
National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery presents incredible portraits of the generations of extraordinary Americans and individuals who have influenced our country and culture. Through visual and performing arts, leaders like George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., artists such as George Gershwin, activists such as Rosa Parks, and pop icons such as Babe Ruth and Kathryn Hepburn are celebrated through art. As the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, the "America's Presidents" exhibition tells the country's history through the leaders who shaped it. National Portrait Gallery shares with the Smithsonian American Art Museum one of Washington's oldest National Historic Landmarks and the nation's finest example of Greek-Revival architecture. Visit www.npg.si.edu/. [Top]
National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery presents incredible portraits of the generations of extraordinary Americans and individuals who have influenced our country and culture. Through visual and performing arts, leaders like George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., artists such as George Gershwin, activists such as Rosa Parks, and pop icons such as Babe Ruth and Kathryn Hepburn are celebrated through art. As the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, the "America's Presidents" exhibition tells the country's history through the leaders who shaped it. National Portrait Gallery shares with the Smithsonian American Art Museum one of Washington's oldest National Historic Landmarks and the nation's finest example of Greek-Revival architecture. Visit www.npg.si.edu/. [Top]
National Museum of Crime & Punishment. Experience the notorious history of crime, crime fighting and punishment - from medieval knights and pirates to modern white collar criminals and computer hackers - at the National Museum of Crime. Test your Wild West shooting skills, crack a safe, hack into a computer, see a full-scale model police station, discover everyday heroes of law enforcement, enter a fully intact crime scene with fresh evidence, and walk onto the actual television set of America’s Most Wanted. Discover the cast of characters in America’s storied history of crime at one of Washington, DC’s most intriguing museums. Visit www.crimemuseum.org/.
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Get up close and personal with your favorite celebrity wax figures at the world-famous Madame Tussauds in Washington, DC. Experience an interactive, full-sensory experience of touch, sight and sound as you learn about major historical events and the people who have shaped our world. Go back in time and sit face to face with Abraham Lincoln. See Duke Ellington during the “heyday” of jazz. Practice your swing with PGA extraordinaire Tiger Woods. See hundreds of incredibly lifelike wax figures of cultural icons, famous personalities, sports stars and Hollywood celebrities, including George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Barrack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Babe Ruth, Brad Pitt, and Madonna. Visit www.madametussauds.com/Washington/. [Top]
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Get up close and personal with your favorite celebrity wax figures at the world-famous Madame Tussauds in Washington, DC. Experience an interactive, full-sensory experience of touch, sight and sound as you learn about major historical events and the people who have shaped our world. Go back in time and sit face to face with Abraham Lincoln. See Duke Ellington during the “heyday” of jazz. Practice your swing with PGA extraordinaire Tiger Woods. See hundreds of incredibly lifelike wax figures of cultural icons, famous personalities, sports stars and Hollywood celebrities, including George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Barrack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Babe Ruth, Brad Pitt, and Madonna. Visit www.madametussauds.com/Washington/. [Top]
Bureau of Engraving & Printing. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing prints billions of Federal Reserve Notes (U.S. currency) and is the largest producer of security documents in the US, including portions of U.S. passports, materials for Homeland Security, military ID cards, and Immigration and Naturalization Certificates with counterfeit deterrence. The BEP advises federal agencies on document security, and processes claims for the redemption of mutilated currency. BEP’s research efforts focus on automation in the production process and counterfeit deterrent technologies for currency and documents. Visit www.bep.treas.gov/section.cfm/2.
National Aquarium. Experience the magical mystery of the vast world beneath our waters. Located one block from the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, the National Aquarium and fishery museum features more than 1,500 specimens and 250 species of freshwater and marine animals on display. Come see alligators, piranha, shark, eel and Japanese carp. The National Aquarium in Washington, DC introduces “America’s Aquatic Treasures,” highlighting the animals and habitats of ecosystems of the United States and significant conservation spots through the National Marine Sanctuaries Program. Visit www.nationalaquarium.com [Top]
National Aquarium. Experience the magical mystery of the vast world beneath our waters. Located one block from the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, the National Aquarium and fishery museum features more than 1,500 specimens and 250 species of freshwater and marine animals on display. Come see alligators, piranha, shark, eel and Japanese carp. The National Aquarium in Washington, DC introduces “America’s Aquatic Treasures,” highlighting the animals and habitats of ecosystems of the United States and significant conservation spots through the National Marine Sanctuaries Program. Visit www.nationalaquarium.com [Top]
