Museums in Washington, DC

Nearby museums

•  Washington D. C [1]
•  Washington D.C. [218]
•  Arlington [14]
•  Chevy Chase [1]
•  North Brentwood [1]
•  Brentwood [3]
•  Takoma Park [2]
•  Hyattsville [2]
•  Bladensburg [1]
•  Baileys Crossroads [1]

• 03/23/23
  Today marks a milestone in the history of natural history museums. Museum directors, including our own Kirk Johnson, co-authored an article in the journal Science outlining a new, global approach to m...
  > Smithsonian National Museum of Natural Histor
• 03/23/23
  Tonight, go outside and look up. We want to know what your night sky looks like. These photos, on view in our new exhibition "Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky,” depict two versions of the sky ab...
  > Smithsonian National Museum of Natural Histor
• 03/22/23
  #SPYArtifact - Jewelry box concealment, USSR (KGB), 1970s. The goal of most spies is actually to blend in and gather intelligence quietly. Many 20th century concealment devices for female agents inc...
  > International Spy Museum
• 03/22/23
  Nope, not that hungry after all. Thought an imaginary fish, around 1980.* Like all Echinodermata—the phylum that includes sea stars, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins—sea urchins have an ...
  > Smithsonian National Museum of Natural Histor
• 03/22/23
  Have you ever stopped to admire our Gutenberg Gates? 👀 Standing nearly 40 feet high and weighing over 7 tons, our brass entry gates, are one of a kind. The gates’ design is inspired by the invention ...
  > Museum of the Bible
• 03/22/23
  "At the South, I was a member of the Methodist church. When I came North, I thought one Sunday I would attend communion, at one of the churches of my denomination...The white people gathered round th...
  > Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
• 03/22/23
  Today marks the first day of #Ramadan. Ramadan is the name of the ninth month on the Islamic lunar calendar and is the official month of fasting for Muslims worldwide. For the duration of the month, M...
  > Smithsonian National Museum of African Americ
• 03/21/23
  Our museum has released a new book investigating the evolving concept of Afrofuturism, a lens used to reimagine the futures and possibilities of Black people across the globe and explore its expressio...
  > Smithsonian National Museum of African Americ
• 03/21/23
  #OnThisDay Johann Sebastian Bach was born. The famous composer and organist of the baroque era is often referred to as the "fifth evangelist" for his gospel-like music. 🎼 In fact, in the late 1830s,...
  > Museum of the Bible
• 03/21/23
  You may remember his name from the iconic 1983 BBC series, Reilly, Ace of Spies, but who was the real man said to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s iconic James Bond character? Join SPY's D...
  > International Spy Museum
• 03/21/23
  It's #TriviaTuesday! Douglass wrote fondly of his scattered memories of his mother, and even later included a picture of a statue that reminded him of her. What was his mother's name?
  > Frederick Douglass National Historic Site