Some of What You Can See
in DC for Free

Memorials

• Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Arlington, VA, October 1 - March 31: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., (703) 607-8052 [Arlington Cemetery Metro Station]
• Jefferson Memorial, south end of 15th Street, S.W., (202) 426-6822 [Smithsonian Metro Station]
• Lincoln Memorial, 23rd Street, N.W. between Constitution and Independence Aves., (202) 426-6895 [Foggy Bottom Metro Station]
• The Iwo Jima Statue (The Marine Corps War Memorial), Rt. 50 adjoining Arlington National Cemetery, (202) 285-2598
• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, Judiciary Square between E & F Sts. and 4th & 5 Sts., N.W., (202) 737-3400 [Judiciary Square Metro Station]
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial, north of the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial, 23rd St. & Constitution Ave., N.W., (202) 634-1568 [Foggy Bottom Metro Station]
• Washington Monument, at the west end of the National Mall, 15th St. & Constitution Avenue, N.W., (800) 505-5040 [Smithsonian Metro Station]

Tours

• Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th & C Sts., S.W., (202) 874-3019 [Smithsonian Metro Station]
• Federal Bureau of Investigation, E St. between 9th & 10th Sts., N.W., (202) 324-3447 [Metro Center Station]
• Library of Congress, Madison Bldg.: 101 Independence Ave., S.E.; Jefferson Bldg.: 10 1st St., S.E., (202) 707-8000 [Capitol South Metro Station]
• National Archives, Constitution Avenue between 7th & 8th Sts., N.W., (202) 501-5000 [Archives Metro Station]
• Pentagon, Arlington, VA, (703) 695-1776 [Pentagon Metro Station]
• Supreme Court, 1st St. & Maryland Ave., N.E., (202) 479-3211 [Capitol South Metro Station]
• United States Capitol, east end of the Mall, (202) 225-6827 [Capitol South Metro Station]
• Washington National Cathedral, intersection of Massachusetts & Wisconsin Aves., N.W., (202) 537-6200 [Tenleytown Metro Station]
• White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., (202) 456-7041 or (202) 208-1631 [McPherson Square Metro Station]

Please call for more information. Although all tours are free, some require that you have advance tickets or reservations.

Museums & Galleries

• National Building Museum, 401 F St., N.W., (202) 272-2448 [Judiciary Square Metro Station]
• National Gallery of Art, 6th St. & Constitution Ave., N.W., (202) 737-4215 [Archives Metro Station]
• National Geographic Society, 17th & M Sts., N.W., (202) 857-7588 [Farragut North Metro Station]
• Smithsonian Institution
  The museums below are on the National Mall; for information please call (202) 357-2700:
  • The Castle
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • International Gallery, S. Dillon Ripley Center
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • National Museum of African Art
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Museum of Natural History

  Other Smithsonian museums not on the Mall:

  • Anacostia Museum (Closed September 22, 1996 for nine months)
  • National Museum of American Art, 8th & G Sts., N.W. [Gallery Place Metro Station]
  • Cooper-Hewitt, New York, New York
  • National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
  • National Portrait Gallery, 8th & F Sts., N.W. [Gallery Place Metro Station]
  • National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E. [Union Station Metro Station]
  • National Zoological Park, 3000 block of Connecticut Ave., N.W. [Woodley Park-Zoo Metro Station]
  • Renwick Gallery, 17th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. [Farragut West Metro Station]

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