Other Museums in D.C.

There are many museums in Washington. The Smithsonian museums are probably the most famous. They are free and we have dedicated a separate page to them. Also refer to our National Historic Sites page and our Military Museums page. But, here are a few others.

Anderson House

2118 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest
202-785-2040 www.TheSocietyofTheCincinnati.addr.com

Art Museum of the Americas

201 18th Street, Northwest
202-458-6016 www.museum.OAS.org

Arts Club of Washington

2017 I Street, Northwest
202-331-7282 www.ArtsClubofWashington.com

Bead Museum

400 7th Street, Northwest
202-624-4500 www.BeadMuseumDC.org

Black Fashion Museum

2007 Vermont Avenue, Northwest
202-667-0744 www.BFMDC.org

B'nai B'rith Klutznick Museum

2020 K Street, Northwest
202-857-6583 www.BnaiBrith.org/museum/index.cfm

Capital Children's Museum

800 3rd Street, Northwest
202-675-4120 www.CCM.org

Corcoran Gallery of Art

500 17th Street, Northwest
202-639-1700 www.Corcoran.org

Federal Reserve Board Visitors Center

20th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest
202-452-3778 www.FederalReserve.gov

Folger Shakespeare Library

201 East Capitol Street, Southeast
202-544-7077 www.Folger.edu

Gallery of the International Monetary Fund

700 19th Street, Northwest
202-623-7718 www.IMF.org

Hillwood Mansion and Gardens

(Home of Marjorie Merriweather Post)

4155 Linnean Avenue, Northwest
202-686-5807 www.HillwoodMuseum.org

Inter-American Development Bank Cultural
Center Art Gallery

1300 New York Avenue, Northwest
202-623-3774 www.IADB.org/exr/cultural/center1.htm

International Spy Museum

800 F Street, Northwest
202-393-7798 www.SpyMuseum.org

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Library of Congress

10 First Street, Southeast
202-707-5000
www.LOC.gov

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Kreeger Museum

2401 Foxhall Road, Northwest
202-337-3050 www.KreegerMuseum.org

Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum

701 3rd Street, Northwest
202-789-0900

Meridian and White-Meyer House

1624-1630 Crescent Place, Northwest
202-667-6800 www.Meridian.org

Museum of Contemporary Art

1054 31st Street, Northwest
202-342-6230 www.MOCADC.org

National Archives

Constitution Avenue between 7th and

9th Streets, Northwest

866-272-6272 www.Archives.gov

National Building Museum

401 F Street, Northwest
202-272-2448 www.NBM.org

National Gallery of Art

4th Street and Constitution Ave., Northwest
202-737-4215 www.NGA.gov

National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Avenue, Northwest
202-783-5000 www.NMWA.org

National Society D.A.R. Museum

1776 D Street, Northwest
202-879-3241 www.DAR.org/museum

Octagon Museum

1799 New York Avenue, Northwest
202-638-3105 www.TheOctagon.org

Phillips Collection

1600 21st Street, Northwest
202-387-2151 www.PhillipsCollection.org

Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

3900 Harewood Road, Northeast
202-635-5400 www.JP2CC.org

Textile Museum

2320 S Street, Northwest
202-667-0441 www.TextileMuseum.org

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, Southwest
(near the Jefferson Memorial)
202-488-0400 www.USHMM.org

Washington Dolls' House and Toy Museum

5236 44th Street, Northwest
202-244-0024 www.DollsHouseMuseum.com

Women's National Democratic
Club Museum (Whittemore House)

1526 New Hampshire Avenue, Northwest

(near Dupont Circle)
Call for appointment: 202-232-7363
www.democraticwoman.org/museum

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Woodrow Wilson House

2340 S Street, Northwest
202-387-4062 www.WoodrowWilsonHouse.org

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