Complete List of Museums in Washington DC

If you’re coming to the nation’s capital, you’ll definitely want to check out this complete list of museums in Washington DC!

Many of the museums in Washington DC are completely free!

MUSEUMS

African American Civil War Museum | 1925 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001

• http://www.afroamcivilwar.org

American Poetry Museum | 716 Monroe Street NE Studio #25 Washington, DC 20017

• http://americanpoetrymuseum.org

Anderson House-Society of the Cincinnati | 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008

• http://societyofthecincinnati.org/

Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives | 1201 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 (updated link below-2019)

• http://www.sumnermuseumdc.org/

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office | 437 7th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20004

• http://www.clarabartonmuseum.org/

DAR Museum | 1776 D Street NW Washington, D.C. 20006

• http://www.dar.org/museum

Decatur House | 1610 H Street, NW

• http://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/tour-the-historic-decatur-house

Diplomatic Reception Rooms | U.S. Department of State M/FA, Room 8213 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520

• https://diplomaticrooms.state.gov/

Dumbarton House, headquarters of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America | 2715 Q Street NW • Washington, DC 20007-3071

• http://dumbartonhouse.org/

Dumbarton Oaks Museum | 1703 32nd Street, NW Washington, DC 20007

• https://www.doaks.org/visit/museum

Ford’s Theatre | 511 10th St, NW, Washington, DC 20004

• https://www.fords.org/visit/historic-site/museum/

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | 1411 W St SE, Washington, DC

• https://www.nps.gov/frdo/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University (formerly Gallaudet University Museum) | 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002

• https://www.gallaudet.edu/museum

GAHM | German-American Heritage Museum • 719 Sixth Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001

• http://gahmusa.org

Heurich House Museum: 1307 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036

• http://www.heurichhouse.org/

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens: 4155 Linnean Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008

• http://http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org

U.S. Department of the Interior Interior Museum | 1849 C Street, NW (MS 1361) Washington, DC 20240

• https://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum/

International Spy Museum: 700 L’Enfant Plaza, SW  Washington, DC 20024

• https://www.spymuseum.org/

L. Ron Hubbard – Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, DC | 1812 19th Street NW Washington, DC

• https://www.lronhubbard.org/landmark-sites/dc.html

Laogai Museum | 1901 18th Street NW Washington DC

• https://laogairesearch.org/contact-us/

Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C | 1001 F Street NW (Corner of 10th and F Street) Washington D.C. 20004

• https://www.madametussauds.com/washington-dc/en/

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House | 1318 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC

• https://www.nps.gov/mamc/index.htm

Museum of the Bible | 400 4th St. SW, Washington, DC 20024

• http://www.museumofthebible.org

National Archives Museum | Constitution Ave. NW [between 7th & 9th St.] Washington, DC 20408

• https://museum.archives.gov/

National Bonsai & Penjing Museum | United States National Arboretum 3501 New York Avenue, NE; Washington, D. C. 20002-1958

• https://www.bonsai-nbf.org/

National Building Museum: 401 F Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001

• http://www.nbm.org/

National Geographic Museum: 1145 17th Street, NW (17th and M) Washington, DC 20036

• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/visit/

National Guard Memorial Museum: 1 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20001

• http://www.ngef.org/national-guard-memorial-museum/museum-galleries/

National Museum of American Jewish Military History: 1811 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009

• http://www.nmajmh.org

National Museum of the U.S. Navy | Buildings 70 and 76, Washington Navy Yard, DC Washington, DC 20374-5060

• https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn.html

National Museum of Women in the Arts | 1250 New York Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20005

• http://nmwa.org

National Society United States Daughters of 1812 – 1812 Museum | 1463 Rhode Island Avenue, NW

• http://www.usdaughters1812.org/museum.html

The Octagon Museum | 1799 New York Ave NW

• https://architectsfoundation.org/octagon-museum/

President Lincoln’s Cottage |  intersection of Rock Creek Church Road NW and Upshur Street NW

• http://lincolncottage.org

House of the Temple – headquarters of the Supreme Council, 33°, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, USA | 1733 16th St. NW  •  Washington, DC  20009-3103

• http://scottishrite.org/headquarters/museums/

Sewall-Belmont House & Museum (Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument) | 144 Constitution Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002-5608

• https://www.nps.gov/bepa/index.htm
• http://www.sewallbelmont.org/

Tudor Place | 1644 31st Street NW · Washington DC 20007

• https://www.tudorplace.org/

National Museum of American Diplomacy (was U.S. Diplomacy Center) (opens in 2022)

• https://diplomacy.state.gov/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126

• http://www.ushmm.org

Woman’s National Democratic Club | 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20036 (Whittemore house)

• https://democraticwoman.org/museum-gallery/

Woodrow Wilson House | 2340 S Street, NW · Washington, DC 20008

• http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org

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ART MUSEUMS

American University Museum (AU Museum at the Katzen Arts Center):  4400 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20016 / 202-885-1300

• http://www.american.edu/cas/museum/index.cfm

AMA | Art Museum of the Americas | 201 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006

• http://museum.oas.org

Fondo Del Sol | 2112 R St NW Washington DC

• https://fondodelsol.wordpress.com

George Washington University Art Gallery (Luther W. Brady Art Gallery) 805 21st Street, NW.

• http://www.gwu.edu/~bradyart/brady/about.html

Georgetown University Art Galleries

• https://art.georgetown.edu/galleries

Howard University Gallery of Art *

• http://www.galleryofart.howard.edu/

The Kreeger Museum:

• https://www.kreegermuseum.org

National Gallery of Art

• http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html

The Phillips Collection: 1600 21st St NW Washington, DC

• http://www.phillipscollection.org

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SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS

African American History and Culture Museum — opens September 24, 2016

• http://nmaahc.si.edu

African Art Museum | 950 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20560

• http://africa.si.edu

Air and Space Museum | Independence Ave at 6th St, SW Washington, DC 20560

• http://airandspace.si.edu

American Art Museum | 8th and F Streets, NW Washington, DC 20004

• http://americanart.si.edu

American Art Museum – Renwick Museum | Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20006 – Reopens November 13, 2015

• http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/

American History Museum | 1400 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC

• http://americanhistory.si.edu

American Indian Museum | 4th Street & Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20560

• http://americanindian.si.edu

Anacostia Community Museum | 1901 Fort Place, SE Washington, DC

• http://anacostia.si.edu

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | 1050 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC

• http://www.asia.si.edu

Freer Gallery of Art – Freer Gallery of Art will be closed to the public from January 2016 until summer 2017

• http://www.asia.si.edu

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Independence Ave. at 7th St., SW Washington, DC

• http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/visit/#collection=visit

Natural History Museum | 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC

• http://naturalhistory.si.edu

Portrait Gallery | 8th and F Sts., NW Washington, DC

• http://www.npg.si.edu

Postal Museum | 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE Washington, DC

• http://postalmuseum.si.edu

Renwick Gallery – see American Art Museum – Renwick Museum

Smithsonian Institution Building, The Castle | 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC