Washington, D.C. Museums — Smithsonian Museums and more!
Washington, D.C. has dozens of world-class museums and galleries to visit, and many of them are free. The permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museums are second to none, and the temporary exhibits there and elsewhere around Washington bring in spectacular art and artifacts.
Smithsonian Museums
- Anacostia Community Museum (Smithsonian)
- Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Galleries of Art (Smithsonian)
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Smithsonian)
- National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
- National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian)
- National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
- National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)
- National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian)
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
- Renwick Gallery (Smithsonian)
- S. Dillon Ripley Center and Discovery Theater (Smithsonian)
- Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Annex (Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center)
- Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle
- Smithsonian Museums Overview
- Smithsonian Museums Map
Other Museums and Galleries
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Holocaust Memorial Museum
- International Spy Museum
- Kreeger Museum
- Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
- Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
- National Building Museum
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of Crime and Punishment
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Newseum
- Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
