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National Pinball Museum [18] Newseum, founded 1997 in Rosslyn, Virginia, moved to Washington in 2008, closed December 2019 and is currently seeking new location. [19] Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004. [20] [21] Washington Gallery of Modern Art; USS Barry (DD-933), opened as a museum ship in 1984, closed in ...
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress.
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 million visitors in 2023, it was the third most-visited museum in the United States. [6]
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $16 for adults, $13 for adults 70+ and D.C. residents, and free for members, visitors 21 and under, and visitors with disabilities and personal care attendants. Admission is free to all on the first Sunday and second Wednesday of every month.
The National Building Museum's gift shop was honored in 2007 as the "Best Museum Store" in the country by Niche magazine, "Best All-Around Museum Shop" in the region by The Washington Post, [7] a "Top Shop" by the Washingtonian, [8] and named best museum shop in D.C. by National Geographic Traveler's blog, Intelligent Travel, in July 2009. [9]
The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is located on the 446-acre (1.80 km 2) campus of the U.S. National Arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C. Each year over 200,000 people visit the museum. [1] Distinguished national and international guests of various federal departments are also among the visitors. [2]
The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest (after The Castle) of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections. [3]
The museum's main focus was American art. [citation needed] In 2014, after decades of financial problems and alleged mismanagement, the Corcoran was dissolved by court order. A new non-profit was established by the trustees and the Corcoran's $2 billion, 17,000-piece art collection was given away for free to the National Gallery of Art (NGA ...