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  2. National Building Museum - Wikipedia

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    Added to NRHP. March 24, 1969. Designated NHL. February 4, 1985. The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Northwest Washington, D.C., U.S. It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. Located at 401 F Street NW, it is adjacent to ...

  3. Arts and Industries Building - Wikipedia

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    November 8, 1964. 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]

  4. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W Street, SE, in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C. United States. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of Frederick Douglass, one of the ...

  5. List of museums in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Regional, national, and international contemporary art. Anacostia Community Museum. Smithsonian Institution. African American history. Local history and culture. Anderson House. Society of the Cincinnati. Historic house. Early 1900s palatial residence with period furnishings, Society artifacts, portraits, armaments, and personal artifacts of ...

  6. Eastern Market, Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., housed in a 19th-century brick building. Eastern Market was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located on 7th Street, S.E., a few blocks east of the U.S. Capitol between North Carolina Avenue SE and C Street SE.

  7. The Shops at National Place - Wikipedia

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    The Shops at National Place was a three-level, indoor shopping mall located in downtown Washington, D.C. in the 16-story National Place Building. [1] It is located on the block bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, F Street, between 13th and 14th Streets NW, the former site of the Munsey Trust Building. It was located near the Metro Center station of ...

  8. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum

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    Website. museum.gwu.edu. Wari tunic, Peru, 750–950 AD. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1941. The former location of The Textile Museum, also known as the Tucker House and Myers House located at 2310-2320 S Street, NW in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  9. Downtown (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia

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    Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States. The "Traditional Downtown" has been defined as an area roughly between Union Station in the east and 16th Street NW in the west, and between the National Mall on the south and Massachusetts Avenue on the north, including Penn Quarter.