Washington FAMILY Magazine Museum Resource Guide...

African Art
Museum of Maryland
410-730-7105
5430 Vantage Point Road • Columbia, MD
Traditional African art and musical instruments.

Alexandria
Archaeology Museum
703-838-4399
105 N. Union Street, Suite 327 • Alexandria, VA
Watch archaeologists preserve and reconstruct artifacts.

American Visionary
Art Museum
410-244-1900
800 Key Hwy. • Baltimore, MD
Museum features “outsider” works, art created by people without formal training.

Anacostia Museum
and Center for African American History and Culture
202-287-3306
1901 Fort Pl., SE • Washington, DC
Museum houses artifacts and art from
African-American communities.

Art Museum
of the Americas
202-458-6016
201 18th Street, NW • Washington, DC
Museum highlights Latin American and Caribbean artwork.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
202-357-2700
1050 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC
Underground gallery of Persian manuscripts,
Islamic arts, and modern Japanese ceramics.

Babe Ruth Birthplace and Orioles Museum
410-727-1539
216 Emory Street • Baltimore, MD
Celebrates Ruth’s career with the Red Sox and Yankees, and memorabilia from the Orioles.

Baltimore
Civil War Museum
410-385-5188
601 S. President Street • Baltimore, MD
Exhibits trace Baltimore’s triple role as a Union, Confederate, and Underground Railroad hub
during the Civil War.

Baltimore Maritime Museum
410-396-3453
802 South Carolina Street (Pier 3) • Baltimore, MD
Experience naval history; climb aboard ships
docked at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

The Baltimore
Museum of Art
410-396-7100
10 Art Museum Drive
(North Charles & 31st Streets) • Baltimore, MD
Features paintings and sculptures from the
18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.

Baltimore
Museum of Industry
410-727-4808
1415 Key Hwy. • Baltimore, MD
Exhibits of food-processing industry and a model of a 1930s corner grocery; also covers meat processing and printing shops.

Baltimore
Public Works Museum
410-396-5565
751 Eastern Avenue • Baltimore, MD
A historic pumping station where young visitors crawl through manholes while learning about the pipes and wires underneath roadways.

Banneker-Douglass Museum
410-216-6180
84 Franklin Street • Annapolis, MD
Museum focuses on works of black artists
of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception
202-526-8300
400 Michigan Ave. NE • Washington, DC
www.nationalshrine.com
Pre-eminent Marian shrine of the Roman Catholic Church in US, proposed in the early 1900s, but was not completed until 1959; several chapels.

Bead Museum DC
202-624-4500
400 Seventh Street, NW • Washington, DC
Exhibits rotate twice a year; African beadwork.

Belair Mansion and
Stable Museum Mansion:
301-809-3089
12207 Tulip Grove Drive • Bowie, MD
Stable: 2835 Belair Drive • Bowie, MD
Historic Georgian mansion notable for its architecture; stable turned out Triple Crown winners and honors two centuries of horse racing.

Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum
410-887-1081 • Lutherville, MD
Banneker’s 1736 home and artifacts.

Blenheim
3610 Old Lee High Way • Fairfax, VA
www.fairfaxva.gov/museumvc/historicbuildingssite.asp
1859 farmhouse sits on 12 acres, Encampment held on its grounds in May for the annual Blenheim Civil War.

Brunswick Railroad Museum
301-834-7100
40 W. Potomac Street • Brunswick, MD
Victorian antiques and clothing on display and an exhibit on the history of the C&O Canal.

Bureau of Engraving
and Printing
Tour office: 202-874-2330
866-874-2330
14th and C streets SW • Washington, DC
www.moneyfactory.gov
The public may tour the printing facility, which produces millions of dollars’ worth of paper money every day.

Calvert Marine Museum
410-326-2042 • Solomons, MD
www.calvertmarinemuseum.com
Calvert Marine Museum offers a variety of annual events including: Chesapeake Antique Engine Show, waterside concerts, lighthouse Christmas tours and much more! Call today for a full schedule. Calvert Marine Museum - Fossils, Fish & Maritime Fun.

Carroll County
Farm Museum
410-876-2667
500 S. Center Street • Westminster, MD
Antique farming tools, a stable and three barns, demonstrations, and walking tours.

Centreville Historic District
Lee Highway at Braddock Road
Centreville
www.centrevilleva.org
Several historic 18th- and 19th-century structures are in Old Town Centreville, including the Mount Gilead House, the Harrison House and the Havener House.

Cherry Hill Farmhouse
703-248-5171
312 Park Ave. • Falls Church, VA
cherryhillfarm@fallschurchva.gov
dmorse@fallschurchva.gov
www.fallschurchva.gov/community/recsandparks/cherryhillFarmhouse-index.html
Cherry Hill is a historic family farm, circa 1845, with an adjoining barn and parkland, managed by the Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department.

Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum
410-745-2916
Mill Street • Claiborne, MD
Home to the largest collection of boats native to the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Beach
Railway Museum
410-257-3892
4155 Mears Avenue • Chesapeake Beach, MD
Museum includes a carousel kangaroo, a 1914 Ford station wagon and a photograph collection.

Chesapeake
Children’s Museum
410-990-1993
25 Silopanna Road • Annapolis, MD
Interactive exhibits for parents and kids to learn together.

The Chrysler
Museum of Art
757-664-6200
245 West Olney Road • Norfolk, VA
museum@chrysler.org  • www.chrysler.org

Claude Moore Colonial Farm
703-442-7557
6310 Georgetown Pike (Route 193)• McLean, VA
www.1771.org
The living-history farm at Turkey Run illustrates 18th-century rural life in Virginia.

College Park
Aviation Museum
301-864-6029
1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive • College Park, MD
Museum houses 1911 Wright Brothers Model B plane, an early airmail Jenny plane, and a
Berliner helicopter.

The Collingwood
Library and Museum
on Americanism
703-765-1652
8301 E. Boulevard Dr. • Alexandria, VA
www.collingwoodlibrary.com
Near Mount Vernon, on land originally owned by George Washington, building serves as the national headquarters for National Sojourners Inc., a Masonic veterans organization.

Colvin Run Mill
703-759-2771
10017 Colvin Run Rd. • Great Falls, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/crm/index.htm
19th-century, the mill is operated seasonally, daily tours, educational programs, special events, outdoor concerts and shopping at the general store.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
202-639-1700
500 17th Street, NW • Washington, DC
www.corcoran.org

DAR Museum
202-879-3241
1776 D Street, NW • Washington, DC
www.dar.org/museum

Decatur Carriage House
202-842-0917
1610 H Street, NW• Washington, DC
www.decaturhouse.org

Discovery Creek
Children’s Museum
202-337-5111
7300 MacArthur Boulevard at Glen Echo Park, MD
email@discoverycreek.org  • www.discoverycreek.org
Excellent staff leads fun science programs for families. Live animals and fantastic crafts. Weekend activities, birthday parties, camps & more!

Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Home Museum
301-645-6870 • 3724 Dr. Samuel Mudd Rd. • Waldorf, MD
Mudd tended to John Wilkes Booth; exhibit includes his desk and table he built and the couch that Booth lay on for treatment.

Dr. Samuel D. Harris
National Museum of Dentistry
410-706-0600
31 S. Greene Street • Baltimore, MD
On display: a tooth jukebox, George Washington’s ivory teeth and artifacts associated with dentistry.

Dumbarton House
202-337-2288
2715 Q Street, NW • Washington, DC
www.dumbartonhouse.org
Experience life in early Washington through interactive tours, family festivals and summer programs for children.

Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space
703-790-9018
1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC
www.americanmosaics.org

Elizabeth Stone Gallery
703-706-0025
1127 King Street, Suite 201 • Alexandria, VA
elizabeth@elizabethstonegallery.com
www.elizabethstonegallery.com
Gallery specializes in original art and Signed Limited Editions by internationally-known children’s book illustrators.

Fairfax City Museum and Visitor Center
703-385-8414
10209 Main St. • Fairfax, VA
www.fairfaxva.gov/MuseumVC/MVC.asp
Elementary School, built in 1873 as the first two-story brick school in the fairfax area
In 2005, a permanent exhibition on the city’s history, “The Fairfax Story”.

Fairfax County Courthouse
Chain Bridge Road and
Little River Turnpike • Fairfax, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/history.htm
The old courthouse was completed in 1800 and was the site of Civil War activity, today the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

Fairfax Museum
& Visitors Center
703-385-8414
10209 Main Street
Fairfax, VA
In 1873 schoolhouse that uses artifacts and memorabilia to tell the history of Northern Virginia.

Fairfax Old Town Hall
703-385-7858
3999 University Dr. • Fairfax, VA
www.fairfaxva.gov/parksrec/othbrochure.pdf
1900 Classical Revival-style building houses the Huddleson Library and the Fairfax Art league’s gallery.

Fairfax Station
Railroad Museum
703-425-9225
11200 Fairfax Station Rd.
Fairfax Station, VA
www.fairfax-station.org
Railroad and local history, artifacts and memorabilia from the station’s Civil War days, annual model train show and special exhibitions.

Flashpoint
202-315-1305
916 G St., NW • Washington, DC
www.flashpoint.org

Folger Shakespeare Library
202-544-4600
201 E. Capital St. SE • Washington, DC
www.folger.edu
Dedicated to the life and works of William Shakespeare.

Ford’s Theatre
National Historic Site
202-426-6924
511 10th St. NW • Washington, DC
www.nps.gov/foth
Dedicated to the life and times of, and the assassination of, Abraham Lincoln.

Fort Ward Museum
and Historic Site
703-838-4848
4301 W. Braddock Road • Alexandria, VA
Details the history of Washington; focuses on uniforms, saddles and swords of the Union cavalry.

Freeman Store and Museum
703-938-5187
131 Church St. NE • Vienna, VA
www.historicviennainc.org
A home, store, Civil War hospital, railroad station, post office and fire department. Today it is a museum and old-fashioned general store.

Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center
540-371-3037
Corner of Princess Anne and William Streets Fredericksburg, VA
Photographs and artifacts, a textile collection, dinosaur footprints and Native American wigwam.

Freeman House Museum
703-938-5187
131 Church St., NE • Vienna, VA

Gadsby’s Tavern Museum
703-838-4242
134 North Royal Street • Alexandria,, Virginia
www.gadsbystavern.org
Explore the 18th century at the Tavern where Thomas Jefferson slept and George Washington celebrated his birthday! Great for field trips also.

Gum Springs
Historical Society Museum
703-799-1198
8100 Fordson Rd. • Gum Springs, VA
www.gshsfcva.org
Interactive storytelling for ages 5 to 13.

Gunston Hall Plantation
703-550-9220
10709 Gunston Rd. • Mason Neck, VA
www.gunstonhall.org
The plantation home of George Mason, a framer of the U.S. government, built 1755, 550 acres, open for tours and many special events.

Great Blacks in Wax Museum
410-563-3404
1603 E. North Avenue • Baltimore, MD
The only wax museum in the US devoted to
African-American history and culture.

Greenbelt Museum
301-474-1936
10-B and 15 Crescent Road • Greenbelt, MD
Museum chronicles innovations pioneered for Greenbelt.

Herndon Depot Museum
703-437-6466
717 Lynn St. • Herndon, VA
www.herndonhistoricalsociety.org
Built in 1857, this depot is the home of the town’s historical society.

Hillwood
Museum & Gardens
202-686-5807
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW • Washington, DC
Hillwood Museum and Gardens offers a children and family-focused audio tour and printed guide about its Russian art collection.

Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden
202-357-1618 ex. 2
Independence Avenue & Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC
Modern masterworks and sculpture garden.

Historical Electronics Museum
410-765-2345
1745 W. Nursery Road • Linthicum, MD
A variety of radars, telecommunications equipment and satellites; exhibits explain how electricity works.

International Spy Museum
202-EYE-SPY-U or 866-SPY-MUSEUM
800 F St. NW • Washington, DC
www.spymuseum.org
The museum traces the history, trade, and contemporary role of espionage in international relations.

Islamic Center
202-332-8343
2551 Massachusetts Ave. NW • Washington, DC
www.theislamiccenter.com
Washington’s first mosque opened in 1957, women are asked to wear long sleeves, below-the-knee hemlines and long scarves over their hair.

Jefferson Patterson Park
and Museum
410-586-8500
10515 Mackall Road • St. Leonard, MD
Museum houses rotating exhibits on local culture, history, and archaeology and includes working farmland and coastal marshes.

John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts
202-467-4600
2700 F St. NW • Washington, DC
www.kennedy-center.org
Presents more than 3,000 performances a year, including music, dance and theater.

Kreeger Museum
202-337-3050
2401 Foxhall Road, NW • Washington, DC
www.kreegermuseum.org
Children ages 3-5 will be introduced to the wonderful world of the arts through stories about art, music and architecture during the Story Time program on the second Thursday of each month.

The Lee-Fendall
House Museum
703-548-1789
614 Oronoco Street • Alexandria, VA

Lillian and Albert Small
Jewish Museum
202-789-0900
701 Third Street, NW • Washington, DC
Museum preserves the history of the Jewish community.

Loudoun Heritage
Farm Museum
703-421-5322
21668 Heritage Farm Lane • Sterling, VA
www.loudounfarmmuseum.org
Experience 300 years of agricultural history through exhibits, hands-on activities and special events. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 - 5 & Sunday, 12 - 5. Adults $5; seniors $4; children 2 - 12 years $3.

Loudoun Museum
703-777-7427 • www.loudounmuseum.org
16 W. Loudoun Street, SW • Leesburg, VA
Museum is devoted to Loudoun County history.

The Lyceum
Alexandria’s History Museum
703-838-4994
201 S. Washington Street • Alexandria, VA
www.alexandriahistory.org
In our exhibitions, public programs and special events, Alexandria’s past speaks to the present and future.

Manassas Museum
703-368-1873
9101 Prince William Street • Manassas, VA
Permanent collections of Native American artifacts and objects from the Colonial and Civil War eras.

Marine Corps Museum
202-433-3534
Washington Navy Yard
1254 Charles Morris Street, SE • Washington, DC
Museum celebrates the US Marine Corps with flags, trophies and personal effects from notable Marines.

Mount Vernon
703-780-2000
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy.
Mount Vernon, VA
www.mountvernon.org

Museum of Hounds
and Hunting
Morven Park
17263 Southern Planter Lane • Leesburg, VA
Museum is devoted to the preservation of artifacts related to fox hunting, stag hunting, and beagling. Also an exhibit of John Bowle’s paintings on display.

The National
Academy of Sciences Museum
202-334-2436
2100 C St., NW. • Washington, DC
www.national-academies.org/arts

National
Air and Space Museum
202-357-2700 • www.nasm.edu
Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C.
14390 Air & Space Parkway • Chantilly, VA
Chronicles humankind’s love affair with flight from the Wright brothers’ “Flyer” to the Apollo 11 command module to the backup for the Hubble space telescope.

National Air
and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
202-633-1000
14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy.
Chantilly, VA
www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy
Opened in 2003, 120 aircraft, more than 130 major space artifacts on display, space shuttle Enterprise, B-29 bomber the Enola Gay; IMAX theater, shop and food services; A shuttle bus provides.

National Aquarium
Department of Commerce
202-482-2825
14th St. between Constitution and
Pennsylvania Avenues NW • Washington, DC
www.nationalaquarium.com
Animal keeper talks and animal feedings take place daily.

The National Archives and
Records Administration
202-501-5000 • 866-272-6272
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW • Washington, DC
www.archives.gov
Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are among the historic documents displayed.

National Building Museum
202-272-2448
401 F Street, NW • Washington, D.C.
www.nbm.org
Museum celebrates American architecture and building with permanent exhibitions and changing shows.

National Capital
Trolley Museum
301-384-6088
Northwest Branch Park • 1313 Bonifant Road
Colesville, MD
Trolley rides, museum exhibits, birthday parties, special events. Open Weekends 12 - 5 PM. Children’s Summer Programs Thursdays & Fridays from June 16th - Aug. 12th.

National Colonial Farm
301-283-4201
3400 Bryan Point Road • Accokeek, MD
Museum consists of a Colonial farmhouse, an original tobacco barn, a kitchen outbuilding, and livestock that roam the farm.

National
Cryptologic Museum
301-688-5849
National Security Agency • Fort George G. Meade
Rt. 32 & Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Ft. Meade, MD
Lets visitors study the evolution of government code-cracking; exhibits include rare books, ciphering machines, photos, uniforms from the USS Pueblo and communication security during the Vietnam War.

National Firearms Museum
703-267-1600
11250 Waples Mill Rd • Fairfax, VA
http://nra.nationalfirearms.museum
Fairfax-based National Rifle Association, is the only gum museum in the nation.

National Gallery of Art
202-842-6466 • 202-737-4215
600 Constitution Ave. NW • Washington, DC
www.nga.gov
Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
West Building is home to paintings, drawings, sculpture and decorative arts by Titian, da Vinci, Renoir and Whistler; East Building displays works by Kandinsky, Picasso, Miro and other modern greats.

National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall
202-857-7588
1145 17th St. NW • Washington, DC
www.nationalgeographic.com/explorer
Changing exhibitions and permanent displays reflect the world’s diversity.

National Historical
John Brown Wax Museum
304-535-6342
High Street
Charles Town, WV
Full-size figures depict the life of antislavery crusader John Brown.

National Museum
of African Art
202-357-4600
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC
Museum features traditional arts of sub-Saharan and North Africa, and contemporary arts of the whole continent.

National Museum
of American History
202-357-2700
14th St. & Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC • www.americanhistory.si.edu

National Museum of American Jewish
Military History
202-265-6280
1811 R Street, NW • Washington, DC
Jewish women in the military and the history of the Jewish War Veterans of the US.

National Museum of
Civil War Medicine
301-695-1864
48 E. Patrick Street • Frederick, MD
Museum includes medical implements, photographs, letters and uniforms and the only surviving surgeon’s tent from the war.

National Museum of
Health and Medicine
202-782-2672 • www.natmedmuse.afip.org
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW • Washington, DC
Museum uses photographs, artifacts, anatomical specimens and computer displays to trace the history of medicine from leeches and scarlet fever to AIDS and bioterrorism.

National Museum of
Natural History
202-357-2700
Tenth Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC • www.mnh.si.edu
Exhibits include stuffed African bush elephant; an IMAX theater; dioramas of human-kinds earliest days; a geology hall with rooms of gems & minerals including the Hope Diamond; and Discovery Room with fossils, rocks and artifacts.

National Museum for
Women in the Arts
202-783-5000 • www.nmwa.org
1250 New York Avenue, NW • Washington, D.C.
The permanent collection features gifts such as Portrait of Madame Therese Vestris by Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun and favorites by Mary Cassatt, Gabriele Munter, Louise Nevelson, and others.

National Postal Museum
202-633-9360
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE • Washington, DC
The National Postal Museum is geared for a family audience and features more than 40 interactives and touch screens that engage visitors of all ages.

National Society Daughters
of the American Revolution Museum
202-879-3241
1776 D Street, NW • Washington, DC
museum@dar.org  • www.dar.org/museum

National Zoological Park
202-673-4771
3001 Connecticut Ave., NW. • Washington, DC
www.natzoo.si.edu
165-acre park is home to nearly 5,000 animals.

Navy Museum
202-433-6897
Building 76 • Washington Navy Yard
901 M Street, SE • Washington, DC
Provides an overview of the US naval history with an exhibit on submarines and the fighting platform from the Navy’s oldest commissioned ship, the frigate Constitution.

The Octagon:
Museum of American Architectural Foundation
202-638-3221 • www.archfoundation.org
1799 New York Avenue, NW • Washington, DC

Phillips Collection
202-387-2151
1600 21st St. NW • Washington, DC
www.phillipscollection.org
Nation’s first museum of modern art and contains masterpieces in a mansion setting.

Pope John Paul II
Cultural Center
202-635-5400
3900 Harewood Road, NE • Washington, DC
www.jp2cc.org
Explore faith and culture through various exhibits and events.

Port Discovery,
the Children’s Museum in Baltimore
410-727-8120
35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD
info@portdiscovery.org  • www.portdiscovery.org
Port Discovery, one of the nation’s top 5 children’s museums, offers educational exhibits and activities!

Radio and
Television Museum
301-390-1020
2608 Mitchelville Road• Bowie, MD
Broadcast memorabilia, radios for the 1910 through the ‘40s and early TV models.

Ratcliffe-Allison House and
Pozer Garden
703-385-8414
www.fairfaxva.gov/MuseumVC/HistoricBuildingsSites.asp
Build by Richard Ratcliffe in 1812, the house is the oldest in the city.

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art
202-357-2700
17th St at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Showcase for American contemporary crafts and decorative arts; exhibits rotate frequently.

Reston Museum
703-709-7700
Lake Anne Village Center • Reston, VA
www.restonmuseum.org
Exhibitions on Reston community life and a gift shop with Reston memorabilia and books, as well as programs, activities and information.

Ripken Museum
410-273-2525
3 E. Bel Air Avenue• Aberdeen, MD
Bats, mitts and baseballs dedicated to the careers of Cal Ripken, Jr., Billy Ripken and Cal Ripken, Sr.

Sandy Spring Museum
301-774-0022
17901 Bentley Road • Sandy Spring, MD
www.sandyspringmuseum.org
The Sandy Spring Museum, established in 1980, is dedicated to preserving history and heritage of the greater Sandy Spring community.

Seneca Schoolhouse Museum
301-972-8588
16800 River Road
Seneca, MD
An 1865 one-room schoolhouse which includes double desks, slates, McGuffey readers and more nostalgia.

Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
540-722-2020
54 S. Loudoun Street
Winchester, VA
www.discoverymuseum.net
Hands-on learning for the entire family!

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
202-408-3100
600 I St. NW
Washington, DC
www.sixthandi.org
A synagogue in 1908, home of Turner Memorial Baptist AME Church from 1951 to 2002, in 2004 rededicated as the sixth & I Historic Synagogue.

Smithsonian Institution American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery
202-633-1000
17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC
www.americanart.si.edu/renwick
The gallery collects, exhibits, studies and preserves American crafts and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st centuries.

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian
202-633-1000
Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC • www.nmai.si.edu
Air and Space Museum and the U.S. Capitol, this newest part of the Smithsonian features nearly a million Native American artifacts.

Smithsonian
Museum Shops
202-275-1231
955 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Suite 8000 • Washington, DC

Smithsonian
Naturalist Center
703-779-9712 or 800-729-7725
741 Miller Drive, SE, Suite G-2 • Leesburg, VA
Visitors 10 years old and up can explore a collection
of 30,000 fossils, bones, rocks, insects, minerals,
shells, and stuffed, mounted animals.

St. Clement’s Island-Potomac River Museum
301-769-2222
8370 Point Breeze Road • Colton’s Point, MD
Museum commemorates the 1634 landing of Maryland’s first colonists; exhibits are an 1820 schoolhouse, diorama and mural of the landing, and boat tours.

Stabler-Leadbeater
Apothecary Museum
703-836-3713
105-107 S. Fairfax Street • Alexandria, VA
Displays handblown glass containers, thermometers and other early medical items.

Sully Historic Site
703-437-1794
3601 Sully Rd. • Chantilly, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully/index.htm
1794 by Richard Bland Lee; furnished with antiques of the Federal period, include a kitchen, smokehouse, stone dairy and representative slave quarters. FCPA offers educational programs, craft demonstration and reenactments.

Surratt House Museum
301-868-1121
9118 Brandywine Road • Clinton, MD
A tavern/home involved in the Lincoln assassination plot displays weapons similar to those hidden by John Wilkes Booth and other plotters, along with 19th-century artifacts.

The Textile Museum
202-667-0441
2320 S Street, NW
Washington, DC
www.textilemuseum.org
info@textilemuseum.org

Trolley Museum
301-384-6088
Northwest Branch Park
Silver Spring, MD

Troyer Gallery
202-328-7189
1710 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
A large selection of contemporary photography, and art consulting services.

The Touchstone Gallery
202-347-2787
406 7th St., NW • Washington, DC
www.touchstonegallery.com
This elegant and spacious gallery has been artist-owned and run since 1976.

United States Chess
Hall of Fame and Museum
202-857-4922
501 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Artifacts and memorabilia honor great American chess players.

United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum
202-488-0400
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place & Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. • www.ushmm.org
The exhibition Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a child and is highly recommended for families.

US Department of the
Interior Museum
202-208-4743 • 1849 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Showcases Interior’s role in land management and Native American affairs.

U.S. Botanic Garden
202-225-8333
100 Maryland Ave. SW • Washington, DC
www.usbg.gov
 
U.S. Capitol
202-225-6827
East Capitol and First street NW • Washington, DC
www.aoc.gov/cc/visit

U.S. Geological Survey
703-648-4748
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Reston, VA
www.usgs.gov/visitors/building.html
A visitors center at the federal agency; topics as volcanoes, earthquakes, disaster preparedness and flooding.

U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum
202-488-0400
100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW • Washington, DC
www.ushmm.org
The museum studies, documents and interprets Holocaust history.

U.S. Navy Memorial
202-737-2300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW between Seventh
and Ninth streets • Washington, DC
www.lonesailor.org
Memorial features a granite map of the world, 100 feet in diameter, Naval Heritage Center with the names of Navy veterans.

Virginia Living Museum
757-595-1900 • www.valivingmuseum.org
524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. • Newport News, VA
Museum is a combination of native wildlife park, science museum, aquarium, botanical preserve and planetarium.

Walkersville
Southern Railroad
877-363-WSRR
34 W. Pennsylvania Avenue • Walkersville, MD
www.wsrr.org
One hour & fifteen minute train ride on vintage railroad through scenic countryside. Private charters available.

Walters Art Gallery
410-547-9000
600 N. Charles Street • Baltimore, MD
More than 30,000 pieces of art including Egyptian mummies, Chinese porcelains, Russian icons, and paintings.

Washington County
Museum of Fine Arts
301-739-5727
91 Key Street, City Park • Hagerstown, MD
Notable for its permanent collection of 19th and 20th century American art, including works by Thomas Sully, George Inness, Frederic Church, and the Peales.

Washington
National Cathedral
202-537-6200
3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC
www.cathedral.org/cathedral

Weems-Botts Museum
703-221-2218
3944 Cameron Street
Dumfries, VA
Colonial home containing furnishings from the pre-Revolutionary era and the turn of the century, plus rotating exhibits on Prince William County history.

White House
202-456-1414
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC
www.whitehouse.gov

Windover Heights
Historic District
Vienna
www.viennava.gov/Town_Info/historic.htm
One of the area’s oldest neighborhoods; off Chain Bridge Rd (Rt 123), grand home, 1860s dating, meandering street, many mature trees, many residents open their gardens for the Walk on the Hill.

Women in Military
Service for
America Memorial Gallery
703-533-1155
Gateway of Arlington National Cemetery at the end of Memorial Drive
Arlington, VA
Gallery honors women’s contributions to national defense from the American Revolution to the present; includes uniforms, photographs, navigational equipment, and thigh-high mosquito boots worn by servicewomen in Africa.

Woodlawn
703-780-4000
9000 Richmond Hwy. (Route 1)
Alexandria, VA
www.woodlawn1805.org
In 1800 and 1805 for Lawrence and Eleanor “Nelly” Custis Lewis, who were George Washington’s nephew and Martha Washington’s granddaughter, respectively; house for tours and events.

Woodrow Wilson House
202-387-4062
2340 S St., NW
Washington, DC
www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org
A National Historic Trust site, the Wilson house is Washington’s only presidential museum.

Zenith Gallery
202-783-2963
413 7th St., NW
Washington, DC
www.zenithgallery.com
The gallery represents career professional artists as well as new talent from a wide variety of international and national backgrounds.