MUSEUMS

Smithsonian Museums: Explore the world's largest museum complex
Click here to go to the Smithsonian website to see current exhibits and find out about everything from photography classes to lectures.

Some of our favorites:

• Natural History Museum
• American History Museum
• Air and Space Museum (also check out the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport)
• National Gallery of Art (“Jazz in the Garden” during the summer)
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• National Museum of the American Indian (excellent cafeteria–we like the Indian Fry Bread with Mexican hot chocolate in the winter)
• Sewall-Belmont House and Museum (Headquarters of the historic National Woman’s Party)
• National Postal Museum
• U.S. Navy Museum
• National Geographic Museum (Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit coming in November)
• National Building Museum (fun play area for kids, neat building, traveling exhibits are always interesting)
• College Park Aviation Museum