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National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.si.edu/
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington,
DC
20560
(202) 275-1738
FAX: (202) 275-1887
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The museum's focus is the presentation of portraits of "remarkable Americans" through visual arts, performing arts, literary arts and electronic arts. The museum highlights George Washington, Martin Luther King, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth, among thousands of others.[ Last Updated: 28-May-2003 | Hits: 53 | Reader Comments Report Problem
National Postal Museum
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/
2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington,
DC
20002
(202) 357-2991
TTY: (202) 633-9849
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The National Postal Museum, a Smithsonian Institution museum, is located in the old Post Office building next to Union Station in Washington, D.C. The Museum was created by an agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Postal Service in 1990 and opened to the public in 1993.[ Last Updated: 11-May-2003 | Hits: 42 | Reader Comments Report Problem
National Zoological Park
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/
3001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington,
DC
20008
202.673.4717
202-673-4800 (24hr Info)
TTY: 202-673-7800
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The Zoo is a beautiful urban park offering families fun and excitement, stimulating education programs, and a peaceful place to enjoy nature. The 163-acre park in the heart of Washington, D.C., is home to a wonderfully diverse animal collection, ranging from hummingbirds to elephants.[ Last Updated: 09-Apr-2009 | Hits: 691 | Reader Comments Report Problem
Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
805 Kidder Breese, SE
Washington Navy Yard
Washington,
DC
20374-5060
202-433-4882
FAX: 202-433-8200
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The Navy Museum collects, preserves, displays and interprets historic naval artifacts and artwork to inform, educate and inspire naval personnel and the general public. The Navy Museum was established in 1961 and opened to the public in 1963. As one of 14 Navy museums throughout the country, it is the only one that presents an overview of U.S. Naval history. Permanent and temporary exhibitions commemorate the Navy's wartime heroes and battles as well as its peacetime contributions in exploration, diplomacy, space flight, navigation and humanitarian service.[ Last Updated: 01-May-2011 | Hits: 108 | Reader Comments Report Problem
Phillips Collection
http://www.phillipscollection.org/
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington,
DC
20009
202-387-2151
FAX: 202-833-9711
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The Phillips Collection occupies a unique position in the United States and the nation's capital as the oldest museum of modern art in the country, and one of the most beloved museums of this city. In 1921, Duncan Phillips (1886-1966), an heir to the Jones and Laughlin steel fortune, opened two rooms of his family home to the city and the world as a memorial to his brother and father. He conceived of the museum as a "joy-giving, life-enhancing influence, assisting people to see beautifully as true artists see." Wanting visitors to take time to enjoy art, Phillips decided that the informal, comfortable intimacy of a domestic setting was more conducive to a pleasurable viewing experience than the grand spaces of a traditional museum building, and he gave his entire house over to the public display of his extraordinary collection. [ More info ][ Last Updated: 30-May-2003 | Hits: 86 | Reader Comments Report Problem
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
http://www.jp2cc.org/
3900 Harewood Road, NE
Washington,
DC
20017-1555
202-635-5400
FAX: 202-635-5411
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Textile Museum
http://www.textilemuseum.org/
2320 S Street, NW
Washington,
DC
20008-4088
202-667-0441
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The Textile Museum is "dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts."[ Last Updated: 28-May-2003 | Hits: 64 | Reader Comments Report Problem
U.S. Marine Corps Museum
1254 Charles Morris Street, SE
Washington Navy Yard
Washington,
DC
20374-5040
(202) 433-3840
(202) 433-7607
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The History and Museums Division of Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps exists to collect, record, preserve, exhibit, and disseminate the cumulative operational and institutional experience of the Marine Corps. Its first priority is to provide a significant ingredient to be used in command decision making, as well as to orient, educate, and train Marines.[ Last Updated: 01-May-2011 | Reader Comments Report Problem
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington,
DC
20024-2126
(202) 488-0400
TTY: (202) 488-0406
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. (Photo: The 15th Street/Eisenhower Plaza entrance to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. - Credit: Max Reid, USHMM Photo Archives.) [ More info & photo ]
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