Washington has many wonderful museums. Before visiting any one of them, it may be worthwhile to visit the museum's site on the Web.
According to its mission statement, this museum is "a national resource for the identification, documentation, protection, and interpretation of African American history and culture in Washington, D.C., and in the areas of the rural South that have been historically significant to generations of African Americans.
The Sackler is the Smithsonian Institution's museum of Asian art.
This building was the original home of the Smithsonian Institution. Today it houses the Smithsonian administrative offices and special exhibits.
The Corcoran is both a museum of art and a school of art. The museum contains more than 14,000 objects of American and European art. In particular, it has the best collection of contemporary American art in Washington.
The Hirshhorn is the Smithsonian Institution's museum of modern and contemporary art.
This museum is the nation's institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history.
This museum, which boasts the largest number of visitors of any museum in the world, is dedicated to the history of flight.
This museum is dedicated to American achievements in architecture, construction, engineering, and design.
This museum contains one of the world's most outstanding collections of Western European and American art.
This museum is a leading institution for the visual arts of Africa, both ancient and modern.
This museum is dedicated to the arts and artists of the United States from colonial times to the present.
This museum's mission is "to inspire a broader understanding of the United States and its many peoples."
The mission of this museum is to seek an understanding of the natural world and our place within it.
Congress created the National Portrait Gallery in 1962 as "a free public museum for the exhibition and study of portraiture and statuary depicting men and women who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the people of the United States and the artists who created suchportraiture and statuary.
This museum illustrates the story of America's mail service.
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Last updated on December 27, 1997.