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National Air and Space Museum is one of museums.

1. National Air and Space Museum

9.2
6th St. (Independence Ave SW), Washington, D.C.
Science Museum · Southwest Washington · 639 tips and reviews
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one of museums.

2. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

8.9
100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, D.C.
History Museum · Southwest Washington · 256 tips and reviews
National Museum of the American Indian is one of museums.

3. National Museum of the American Indian

8.1
950 Independence Ave SW (4th St. SW), Washington, D.C.
History Museum · Southwest Washington · 178 tips and reviews
Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) is one of museums.

4. Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle)

8.7
1000 Jefferson Dr SW (btwn 9th & 12th St SW), Washington, D.C.
History Museum · Southwest Washington · 86 tips and reviews
George Washington's Mount Vernon is one of museums.

5. George Washington's Mount Vernon

9.2
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy (at George Washington Memorial Pkwy), Mount Vernon, VA
Historic and Protected Site · 117 tips and reviews
FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000 is one of museums.

6. FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950–2000

7.1
1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C.
Exhibit · Northwest Washington · 14 tips and reviews
Star-Spangled Banner is one of museums.

7. Star-Spangled Banner

8.5
1400 Constitution Ave NW (at National Museum of American History), Washington, D.C.
Exhibit · Northwest Washington · 8 tips and reviews
Ruby Slippers is one of museums.

8. Ruby Slippers

7.7
1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C.
Exhibit · Northwest Washington · 7 tips and reviews
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden Exhibit is one of museums.

9. The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden Exhibit

7.6
1400 Constitution Ave NW (at National Museum of American History), Washington, D.C.
History Museum · Northwest Washington · 1 tip
National Museum of American History is one of museums.

10. National Museum of American History

9.1
1400 Constitution Ave NW (at 14th St NW), Washington, D.C.
History Museum · Northwest Washington · 357 tips and reviews
Newseum is one of museums.

11. Newseum

555 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at 6th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Museum · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · 307 tips and reviews
Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of museums.

12. Smithsonian’s National Zoo

9.0
3001 Connecticut Ave NW (at Hawthorne St NW), Washington, D.C.
Zoo · National Zoological Park · 326 tips and reviews
The Phillips Collection is one of museums.

13. The Phillips Collection

8.8
1600 21st St NW (at Q St. NW), Washington, D.C.
Art Museum · Northwest Washington · 80 tips and reviews
Corcoran Gallery of Art is one of museums.

14. Corcoran Gallery of Art

500 17th St NW (at New York Ave. NW), Washington, D.C.
Art Museum · Foggy Bottom · 33 tips and reviews
Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center is one of museums.

15. Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center

9.3
14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA
Museum · 201 tips and reviews
The Kreeger Museum is one of museums.

16. The Kreeger Museum

8.4
2401 Foxhall Rd NW, Washington, D.C.
Museum · Foxhall-Palisades · 10 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Designed by Philip Johnson in 1963, this petite gallery is as captivating as the Impressionist and Modernist works it contains (paintings by Cézann, and Braque, plus sculptures by Calder and Rodin).

17. President Lincoln's Cottage

8.2
140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW (at Upshur St NW), Washington, D.C.
History Museum · Petworth · 17 tips and reviews

Travel + LeisureTravel + Leisure: Now a museum, the hilltop mansion was Honest Abe's summer White House, where he drafted the Emancipation Proclamation and coordinated much of the North’s military deployment during the Civil War.

18. National Geographic Museum

1145 17th St NW (at Sumner Row NW), Washington, D.C.
Museum · Connecticut Avenue - K Street · 49 tips and reviews

H I.H I: Adult admission is $8

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is one of museums.

19. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

9.3
1850 W Basin Dr SW (at Independence Ave SW), Washington, D.C.
Monument · Southwest Washington · 144 tips and reviews
United States Botanic Garden is one of museums.

20. United States Botanic Garden

8.9
100 Maryland Ave SW (Independence Ave), Washington, D.C.
Botanical Garden · Southwest Washington · 111 tips and reviews