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Washington Area Attractions


Sightseeing Tours

Attractions

Museums and Fine Arts

Performing Arts

Local Sports


All information and images come from the Official Tourism Site of Washington, D.C.

To find out more, go to www.washington.org.


Sightseeing Tours

Bike the Sites - www.bikethesites.com

Discover Washington D.C.'s history and architecture with a professionally guided bike tour. All equipment provided.

Capitol River Cruises - www.capitolrivercruises.com

Discover the most spectacular views of Washington aboard Georgetown's only hourly sightseeing cruise.

Dandy Restaurant Cruise Ships - www.dandydinnerboat.com

Offering dining while viewing monuments at night aboard the Dandy or the newly-built Nina's Dandy.

DC Duck Tours - www.dcducks.com

Climb aboard an authentic, fully restored WWII amphibious vessel for a whole new sightseeing experience. From Union Station through D.C., enjoy a fully narrated, 90-minute land and water tour.

Easy Travel Tours - www.easytraveltours.com

Personalized tours of the city in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Georgetown & Dupont Circle Walking Tours - www.tourdc.com

Offering insider's walking tours of Georgetown and the Dupont Circle area that feature the past homes of notable figures, scandals and spies, Civil War and Underground Railroad lore, architectural gems, and World War II in Washington.

Martz Grayline of Washington, D.C. - www.graylinedc.com

Specializing in daily, lectured sightseeing tours of Washington, D.C., including a multilingual city tour, trolley tour, and historic daytrips to Colonial Williamsburg, Monticello, and Gettysburg, P.A.

Odyssey Washington, D.C. Cruises - www.odysseycruises.com/dc/indy/

Experience the all-new Odyssey and enoy a two- or three-hour escape cruising the Potomac River.

Old Town Trolley Tours of Washington, D.C. - www.trolleytours.com

Daily, 2-hour, narrated tours every 30 minutes, starting at 9:00 AM. Free reboarding from 19 sites around the city.

Spirit Cruises - www.spiritofwashington.com

Daily lunch and dinner harbor cruise onboard the Spirit of Washington II, featuring a live cabaret show. Also enjoy a visit to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate Gardens onboard the Potomac Spirit Tuesday through Sunday.

Tourmobile Sightseeing - www.tourmobile.com

Tourmobile's narrated shuttle tours take you right where you want to go with unlimited free reboarding.

Washington Photo Safari - www.washingtonphotosafari.com

Washington, D.C.'s only regularly scheduled photo safari giving instruction in landmark photography by professional photographer E. David Luria.

Washington Walks - www.washingtonwalks.com

Two-hour, professionally guided walking tours, commencing from designated Metro stops. No reservations required, rain or shine.

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Attractions

Bureau of Engraving & Printing - www.moneyfactory.com

See currency printed at the rate of 8,000 sheets per hour on the guided, 35-minute tour.

FDR Memorial - www.nps.gov/fdrm/

7.5-acre site depicting the twelve pivotal years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency through a series of four outdoor gallery rooms.

Korean War Veterans Memorial - www.nps.gov/kwvm/

2.2-acre site featuring a sculptured column of nineteen foot soldiers arrayed for combat with the American flag as their symbolic objective and a 164-foot mural wall, inscribed with the words, "Freedom Is Not Free," and etched with 2,500 photographic images of military support personnel.

Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/loc/visit/

The world's largest library with almost 119 million items in three buildings.

Lincoln Memorial - www.nps.gov/linc/

Grand monument overlooking the Reflecting Pool, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, with a 19-foot marble statue of the 16th president inside, flanked by inscriptions of his Second Inaugural Address and the famous Gettysburg Address.

National Aquarium - www.nationalaquarium.com

Showing over 250 different species of fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians, this unique aquarium is housed in the Department of Commerce Building.

National Archives - www.archives.gov/facilities/dc/archives_1.html

Houses the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and more than three billion records.

National Mall - www.nps.gov/nama/

Two-mile-long beautiful, green park area extending from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Monument.

National Zoological Park - www.nationalzoo.si.edu

Exhibits include thousands of exotic animals, including two giant pandas, and Amazonia, a re-created microcosm of the world's largest rain forest.

The Supreme Court - www.supremecourtus.gov/visiting/visiting.html

Offering a variety of educational programs, including changing exhibits, a film theater, and daily lectures.

Theodore Roosevelt Island - www.nps.gov/this/index.htm

Designated as a memorial to President Theodore Roosevelt, early champion of conservation, this serene island is accessible by footbridge and includes a memorial plaza with a 17-foot statue of Roosevelt, as well as nearly two miles of trails through forest and wetlands.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial - www.nps.gov/thje/

Marble rotunda housing a 19-foot statue of the third U.S. president, surrounded by passages from the Declaration of Independence and his other famous writings.

U.S. Capitol - www.aoc.gov/visit/visit_overview.htm

Where senators and representatives meet to shape U.S. legislative policy, guided tours of the complex include the Statuary Hall, the original Supreme Court chamber, and the Crypt, intended burial place of George and Martha Washington.

U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center - www.lonesailor.org

Outdoor Navy Memorial plaza honoring all sea service personnel. The adjacent Heritage Center offers videos, exhibits, a Ship's Store and the wide-screen film, At Sea.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial - www.nps.gov/vive/

Three-part memorial, consisting of the V-shaped, black granite walls inscribed with the names of the 58,209 Americans missing or killed in the Vietnam conflict and statues depicting three young servicemen and the women in service to the Vietnam War.

Washington Monument - www.nps.gov/wamo

Offering a spectacular view of the city, this majestic obelisk was dedicated in 1885 to the memory of the first U.S. President and remains one of the tallest masonry structures in the world.

Washington National Cathedral - www.nationalcathedral.org

World's sixth largest cathedral, offering worship, tours, gardens, views from the towers, magnificent stained glass, carvings, and dramatic Gothic architecture.

White House - www.whitehouse.gov/history/tours/

Public tours are not available, but requests can be made through a citizen's Member of Congress up to six months in advance, with tours being typically scheduled one month ahead of time. The White House Visitor Center is open to the public.

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Museums and Fine Arts

Corcoran Museum of Art - www.corcoran.org

Washington's oldest art museum, featuring Dutch and Flemish masterpieces, French impressionists and Post-impressionists, and American art from colonial times to the present.

International Spy Museum - www.spymuseum.org

Featuring the largest collection of international espionage-related artifacts open to the public.

National Air and Space Museum - www.nasm.si.edu

The world's most visited museum, housing the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer, Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 lunar command module, and an incredible collection of aviation and space technology treasures, as well as an IMAX theater and planetarium.

National Gallery of Art - www.nga.gov

Permanent collection of European and American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper, plus changing exhibitions of art from around the world.

National Geographic Museum - www.nationalgeographic.com/explorer/

Explorers Hall, the Society's museum, offers free educational, interactive, and visually stimulating changing exhibits on a broad variety of topics.

National Museum of African Art - www.nmafa.si.edu

Devoted to the collection and study of African art.

National Museum of American History - www.americanhistory.si.edu

Home to all forms of Americana, from the flag that inspired The Star-Spangled Banner (now being restored) to selected First Ladies' inaugural gowns and quilts to Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, as well as popular exhibitions, including Information Age, Field to Factory, American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, and American Encounters.

National Museum of Natural History - www.mnh.si.edu

Houses the 45.5-carat Hope Diamond, dinosaur fossils, the Insect Zoo, and the world's largest African bush elephant, as well as an IMAX theater.

Navy Museum - www.history.navy.mil

Housed in the old Naval Gun Factory, featuring the foremast fighting top from the USS Constitution, the bathyscaphe Trieste, ship models, medals, uniforms, photographs, and related fine art.

Smithsonian American Art Museum - www.americanart.si.edu

Currently, the Renwick Gallery is the only part of the museum not undergoing renovation. Dedicated to exhibiting American crafts from the 19th to the 21st century, the museum is also housing special exhibitions of American art while the renovation of the museum's main building continues.

Smithsonian Institution Information Center - www.si.edu/visit/

Known as The Castle, the oldest of the fourteen Smithsonian museums in Washington houses the crypt of founder James Smithson, two orientation theaters, scale models of Washington's monumental core, an interactive touch-screen program in six languages, two electronic wall maps, plus multilingual information and assistance

Smithsonian National Postal Museum - www.postalmuseum.si.edu

Unique collection of airmail planes, stagecoaches, rare stamps and letters, Owney the Postal Dog, Pony Express exhibit, and rare postage and revenue stamps.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - www.ushmm.org

Internationally acclaimed museum that tells the story of the Holocaust through artifacts, films, photos, and oral histories.

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Performing Arts

Arena Stage - www.arena-stage.org

Nationally acclaimed, 3-theatre complex presenting an entertaining mix of classics, comedies, and musicals.

Capitol Steps - www.capsteps.com

Musical, political satire troupe, made up of Congressional staffers-turned comedians, performing Friday and Saturday evenings.

Folger Shakespeare Library - www.folger.edu

250-seat replica of the innyard theatres popular in Shakespeare's time, presenting plays as well as early music concerts, poetry and fiction readings, lectures, and family programs.

Ford's Theatre - www.fordstheatre.org

Site of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, serving as both a working theatre and historical monument open to the public.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - www.kennedy-center.org

National performing arts center, presenting the best music, dance, theatre, international, and children's' programs in six theatres.

National Theatre - www.nationaltheatre.org

One of America's oldest, continually operating theatres, featuring national tours of Broadway favorites, pre-Broadway shows, and American premiers.

The Shakespeare Theatre - www.shakespearetheatre.org

Home of the nation's foremost Shakespeare company, presenting Shakespeare and other exciting classics.

Warner Theatre - www.warnertheatre.com

Host to a variety of Broadway productions, comedy, dance, film, and music concerts.

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Local Sports

DC United Soccer - www.dcunited.com

Major League Soccer, playing at RFK Stadium.

Washington Capitals - www.washingtoncaps.com

National Hockey League, playing at the MCI Center.

Washington Mystics - www.wnba.com/mystics/

Women's National Basketball Association, playing at the MCI Center.

Washington Nationals - www.nationals.com

Major League Baseball, playing at RFK Stadium

Washington Redskins - www.redskins.com

National Football League, playing at FedExField.

Washington Wizards - www.nba.com/wizards/

National Basketball Association, playing at the MCI Center.

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