D.C. Museums (Wikipedia)

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1	Visited	Name	Worth Visiting?	Type	Summary/Website	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Washington,_D.C.#Museums	http://www.dcpages.com/Museums/

2	X	African American Civil War Memorial Museum	Yes	African American history	Operated by the National Mall and Memorial Parks, history of the African American soldiers and sailors who fought for the Union in the United States Civil War
3	Closed	American University Museum	NA	Art	Part of American University, regional, national, and international contemporary art
4	X	Anacostia Community Museum	No	African American history	Local history and culture
5	X	Art Museum of the Americas	YES	Art	Founded by the Organization of American States as a museum for modern and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean art
6	X	DAR Museum	NO	Art	Owned by Daughters of the American Revolution, features 30 period rooms of decorative arts including furniture, silver, paintings, ceramics, textiles, toys, quilts
7	X	Ford's Theatre National Historic Site	Yes	History	Site of assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, includes theater presentation, Lincoln museum, and Petersen House where he was taken
8	X	Freer Gallery of Art	Yes	Art	Asian art including East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Islamic world, the ancient Near East, and ancient Egypt, as well as a significant collection of American art
9	X	Gallaudet University Museum	Yes	Culture/history	Permanent and rotating exhibits chronicling deaf culture and history[1]
10	Closed	George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Galleries	NA	Art	Two galleries, includes painting, sculpture, and photographs, ranging from rare historic pieces to Washingtoniana and Americana to modern art
11	Closed	Georgetown University Art Galleries	NA	Art	Located in the Walsh building and around the Georgetown campus[2]
12	X	German-American Heritage Museum of the USA	Yes	Ethnic German American	German-American history and culture, operated by the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA in a Victorian townhouse
13	Not free	Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens	NA	Decorative arts	Estate and gardens of Marjorie Merriweather Post, rooms decorated with her collections of 18th- and 19th-century French art, china and art treasures from Imperial Russia
14	X	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden	Yes	Art	Contemporary and modern art
15	Closed	Historical Society of Washington, D.C.	NA	History, Library	Exhibits of the city's history from its collections
16	Inaccessible without student ID	Howard University Gallery of Art	NA	Art	Located in Childers Hall, home of the Fine Arts Division of the College of Arts and Sciences[3]
17	X	Interior Museum	No	History	Activities of the agencies of the United States Department of the Interior, including the National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, United States Fish and Wildlife Service and United States Geological Survey
18	Not free	International Spy Museum	NA	History	Espionage history, artifacts, famous figures
19	Donation suggested	Kreeger Museum	NA	Art	19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculptures by internationally known artists, works by local Washington artists, traditional west and central African art
20	Not free	Laogai Museum	NA	Prison	Confronts the tragic legacy of China’s Laogai system of forced labor prisons
21	X	Library of Congress	YES	Library	Exhibits from its collections in American history, culture and art
22	Closed	Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum	NA	Ethnic - Jewish history	History of the local Jewish community; preserves the oldest synagogue building in the Washington, D.C., area; operated by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington
23	Not free	Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.	NA	Wax museum	Wax figures of media celebrities, Presidents, political figures, historical figures, sports stars and more
24	Need appointment	Meridian International Center	NA	Art	Exhibitions of paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, and crafts that reflect various aspects of American culture to encourage foreign understanding
25	Free if you're a musician	O Street Museum Foundation	Yes	Art	The collection rotates and changes daily and includes art, music, architecture, memorabilia, manuscripts, sculpture and other items that promote exploration of the creative process.
26	X	National Air and Space Museum	Yes	Aerospace	History and science of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics
27	X	National Archives	Yes	Archives / History	Exhibits from its collections including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and a copy of the 1297 Magna Carta confirmed by Edward I
28	X	National Bonsai and Penjing Museum	Yes	Natural history	Located on the campus of the United States National Arboretum, Bonsai and Penjing botanical specimens and displays
29	X	National Building Museum	Yes	Architecture	Exhibits about architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning
30	X	National Gallery of Art	Yes	Art	Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts that trace the development of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present
31	Not free	National Geographic Museum	NA	Natural history	Operated by the National Geographic Society, changing exhibits of photography, natural history, culture and history
32	X	National Guard Memorial Museum	No	Military	History of the National Guard of the United States from the Revolutionary War era to post-9/11 era
33	X	National Museum of African American History and Culture	Yes	Ethnic - African American	Planned museum to open on September 24, 2016,[4] exhibit gallery located on the second floor of the National Museum of American History
34	X	National Museum of African Art	Yes	Art	African art and culture, includes paintings, musical instruments, sculpture, jewelry, regalia, textiles, pottery
35	X	National Museum of American History	No	History	American social, political, cultural, scientific and military history
36	X	National Museum of the American Indian	No	Ethnic - Native American	Life, languages, literature, history and arts of the Native Americans of the Western Hemisphere
37	X	National Museum of American Jewish Military History	No	Ethnic - Jewish - Military - History	Jewish Americans who served in the armed forces
38	X	National Museum of Natural History	Yes	Natural history	Galleries include paleontology, geology, mammals, human origins, insects, ocean life, gems and minerals, Western, African and Korean cultures
39	Not free	National Museum of Women in the Arts	NA	Art	Women’s achievements in the visual, performing and literary arts
40	X	National Portrait Gallery	Yes	Art - History	Images and history of famous individual Americans
41	X	National Postal Museum	Yes	Philately	History of the United States Postal Service and of mail service around the world
42	Not free	Newseum	Yes	Media	Interactive museum of news and journalism
43	Not free	Phillips Collection	NA	Art	American and European impressionist and modern art
44	Requires appointment	Ralph W. Hale, MD, History Museum	Yes	History	A collection of artifacts related to Obstetrics and Gynecology
45	X	Renwick Gallery	YES	Decorative arts	American craft and decorative arts from the 19th century to the 21st century
46	X	Arthur M. Sackler Gallery	Yes	Art	Include Chinese, Indian, Korean and Japanese paintings, photography, contemporary ceramics from China, 19th- and 20th-century Japanese prints, contemporary Japanese pottery, Persian and Islamic paintings and manuscripts
47	X	Salve Regina Gallery	No	Art	Part of Catholic University of America[5]
48	X	Scottish Rite Temple and Supreme Council Library	No	Masonic	Masonic principles of personal, social and intellectual freedom, artifacts of American history, Masonic regalia and memorabilia
49	X	S. Dillon Ripley Center	No	Exhibition	Exhibits of art, photography
50	X	Smithsonian American Art Museum	Yes	Art	American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States
51	X	Textile Museum	No	Textiles	Textiles from around the world including rugs, clothing
52	Not free	Tudor Place	NA	Historic house	Mansion with European and American decorative arts including American silver, porcelain, furniture, glassware, sculpture, portraits, prints, and textiles
53	X	United States Capitol Visitor Center Museum	No	History	History of the U.S. Capitol and Congress
54	X	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	YES	History	History of the Holocaust in Europe
55	Requires passport and background check	U.S. Navy Museum and Marine Museum	NA	Maritime - Military	History of the U.S. Navy from the American Revolution to the present, naval artifacts, models, documents and fine art
56	X	Washington Monument	Yes	History	Gorgeous views and history
57	X	The Wilderness Society Gallery	No	Photography	Exhibits from its collections, including photos by Ansel Adams[6]
58	X	Woman's National Democratic Club Museum	No	Historic house	website, political memorabilia, artwork, and photographs in the Whittemore House, headquarters of the Woman's National Democratic Club
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