Washington, DC is known for the plethora of Museums and Galleries available. Rightly so! Here is a comprehensive list to help guide you on your adventures. Please note that all Smithsonian Museums are free to enter and even offer camps, classes, and sleepovers.
Insider tips when Museums and Galleries: arrive early to beat the crowds. Take public transportation if possible. And a super insider tip is to always stand to the right and walk to the left when you are on escalators. If you are driving, download the Parkmobile app to easily pay for parking.
(⭐️ = a favorite 🌈 = kid play area)
Art
Archives of American Art – Exhibitions at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery
ARTECHOUSE ⭐️
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of Asian Art – Freer Gallery of Art
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum ⭐️
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture ⭐️
National Museum of the American Indian 🌈
Smithsonian’s Arts & Industries Building
Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
History
Anderson House: The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Fredrick Douglass National Historic Site
George Washington’s Mt. Vernon ⭐️
German-American Heritage Museum
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Library of Congress ⭐️ 🌈
National Guard Memorial Museum
National Museum of American History ⭐️ 🌈
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ⭐️
Museums
College Park Aviation Museum ⭐️ 🌈
National Capital Trolley Museum
National Museum of Air and Space- Udvar Hazy Center ⭐️
National Museum of Natural History ⭐️ 🌈
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Castle Visitor Center
United States Botanical Garden ⭐️ 🌈
Religion
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America ⭐️
Museum of the Bible ⭐️ 🌈
Saint John Paul II National Shrine
Washington National Cathedral ⭐️
If you have any Museum or Gallery you would add, please contact us. Thank you!
