African American Civil War Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture, General, History, Library, Military, Specialized

Slavery to Freedom: Civil War to Civil Rights The Museum's permanent exhibition portrays the extraordinary African American struggle for freedom in the United States.

Alif Gallery/Arab American Cultural Fnd.

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture

American Oil & Gas Historical Society

Washington, District of Columbia

National Associations

The American Oil & Gas Historical Society (AOGHS) is dedicated to preserving the history of U.S. oil and natural gas exploration by providing advocacy for community museums and organizations that work to preserve that history through exhibition, material preservation – and especially educational programming.

Armed Forces Med. Mus. Armed Forces Ins.

Washington, District of Columbia

Military

Brookside Gardens

Wheaton, Maryland

Arboretum, Botanical Garden

Brookside Gardens is a horticultural display garden whose mission is to foster an appreciation for the art of gardening and science of horticulture through plant collections, horticultural displays, learning opportunities and events. We are a community resource for a diverse population who come to relax, learn, exercise, and enjoy the beauty of the gardens as a respite from the surrounding urban environment.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Glen Echo, Maryland

Art

Dumbarton House

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture, History, Historic House, Library

This winter we are renovating the modern and preserving the historic parts of Dumbarton House. To accomplish this we will close the museum at the end of November and remain closed until the springtime. //// We are so excited for all these new changes and we hope you're excited to see the results! We'll have more information on our closing, opening, and what you can expect to see when this long-overdue project is finished. Please visit our website for details or give us a call!!

Evans - Tibbs Collection

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

Georgetown University Collection

Washington, District of Columbia

University

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture, Historic House, Specialized

=Founded by American heiress to the Post cereal empire Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is one of the premier art collector's museums in the United States. The museum features the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia and a world-renowned collection of 18th-century French decorative art and furnishings. The collection includes Fabergé eggs, Russian porcelain, Russian Orthodox icons, Beauvais tapestries, and Sèvres porcelain. The 25 acre estate provides visitors a tranquil oasis of formal gardens.

Howard Univ. Gallery of Art

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

Montgomery County Historical Society

Rockville, Maryland

Historical Society

National Zoological Park

Washington, District of Columbia

Aquarium, Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Park, Zoo

The Zoo is reopening May 21! Stay tuned for details on free timed-entry ticket pass reservations, safety measures, free timed-entry Asia Trail/Panda Passes and special Smithsonian National Zoo Member benefits.

Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation Ltd

Rockville, Maryland

History

Textile Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Art, Culture, General, History, Library, Specialized, University

The Textile Museum is joining with the George Washington University to become a cornerstone of a new museum scheduled to open in fall 2014 on GW’s main campus in Foggy Bottom. The affiliation positions The Textile Museum to educate the next generation of textile enthusiasts and expand on its rich tradition of art, education, scholarship, and fostering cultural understanding.

The L. Ron Hubbard Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Art, Children's, Church, Culture, General, Historic House

The L. Ron Hubbard House in Washington, DC is the landmark location of the first Church of Scientology in the world. Here, the prolific American writer, explorer, and founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, trained students, lectured, and worked from 1957 through 1960.

The neighborhood townhouse with its historically restored spaces is just blocks from the current Church of Scientology of Washington, DC. It provides informative exhibits with photographs that give extraordinary glimpses into Hubbard's early world travels. Visitors can also step into his 1957 office and see his Remington typewriter, Ampex tape recorders, Roneo mimeograph machine, Grundig radio, and personal artifacts.

From this location, Mr.

The Phillips Collection

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

Encounter superb works of modern art in an intimate setting at The Phillips Collection, an internationally recognized museum in Washington's vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood. Paintings by Renoir and Rothko, Bonnard and O'Keeffe, van Gogh and Diebenkorn are among the many stunning impressionist and modern works that fill the museum's distinctive building, which combines extensive new galleries with the family home of its founder, Duncan Phillips. The collection continues to develop with selective new acquisitions, many by contemporary artists. Special exhibitions and frequent changes in the arrangement of the permanent collection mean that there's something new on every visit to the Phillips.

Thyne Institute Memorial, Inc.

Chase City, Virginia

History

Thyne Institute Memorial, Inc. in Chase City, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Washington Project for the Arts

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

Weiner Judaic Museum

Rockville, Maryland

History

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Mc Lean, Virginia

Historic House

George Washington Parke Custis (Martha Washington's grandson) built the house between 1802 and 1818. His daughter, Mary, married Robert E. Lee in the family parlor June 30, 1831. The Lee's called it home for 30 years until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. The site contains the house, two original slave quarters, a museum, and a bookstore

Chevy Chase Historical Society

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Historical Society

Claude Moore Colonial Farm

McLean, Virginia

History, Historic House

The Farm is a living history museum portraying family life on a small, low-income farm just prior to the Revolutionary War.

Discovery Creek Children's Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Children's

Fondo Del Sol Vis. Art & Media Center

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

Gulf Branch Nature Center

Arlington, Virginia

History, Nature Centers, Science

The center has an interpretive nature center, a log house, a blacksmith's shop, animal displays and educational programs offered year round. The park is 40 acres with a stream, pond, wooded trails and access to the Potomac River.

Historic Takoma Carriage House Museum

Takoma Park, Maryland

History

Howard University Herbarium

Washington, District of Columbia

University

Kensington Historical Society

Kensington, Maryland

Historical Society

McLean Project for the Arts

Mc Lean, Virginia

Art

The McLean Project for the Arts , a Museum Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, presents the work of emerging and established regional artists.

Museum/Afro-Amer./Images/Folk Art

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Silver Spring, Maryland

General, History, Library, Military, Science, Specialized, University

The Historical Collections document changes in medical technology since the early 19th century. Included in this growing assemblage of more than 12,000 objects are X-ray equipment, microscopes, surgical instruments, numismatics and anatomical models.

Old Stone House

Washington, District of Columbia

History

Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture

Sumner School and Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

History

The Kreeger Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Art

The Laogai Research Foundation & Laogai Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture, History, Specialized

The Laogai Museum exposes the Laogai— China’s extensive system of forced-labor prison camps. These abusive prisons have been used since the Communist Party took power in 1949 to control the masses, and continue to exist today. Its prisoners, including those charged with political crimes, are forced to live and work in terrible conditions. The products they produce are sold for profit by the Chinese government.

The Society of the Cincinnati - Anderson House

Washington, District of Columbia

History, Historic House, Library

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in 1783 by officers of the Continental army and navy to promote the achievement of American independence. The Society acquired Anderson House in 1938 as a gift from Isabel Anderson, whose husband, Larz Anderson, had been a devoted member of the Society. The Society opened Anderson House as a historic house museum in 1939. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and made a National Historic Landmark in 1996.

Tudor Place Foundation, Inc.

Washington, District of Columbia

Art, History, Historic House, Nature Centers

Tudor Place Foundation operates an historic property located in the heart of Washington’s Georgetown area. Firmly rooted in the community, Tudor Place Foundation’s mission is to educate the public about American history and culture. Its focus is on the historical development of the Federal City and the nation’s capital region from the 18th to the 20th century as seen through the lens of Tudor Place, home of Martha Washington’s granddaughter and six generations of her descendants, the Custis-Peter family. The Foundation is committed to protecting, preserving, maintaining, and interpreting the historic property and the collections, while instilling the value of the past in the public perception.

Watkins Gallery

Washington, District of Columbia

History

Woodrow Wilson House Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Culture, History, Historic House, Library

The Woodrow Wilson House is the home to which President and Mrs. Wilson retired from the White House in 1921. President Wilson lived here until his death in 1924, and Mrs. (Edith) Wilson lived in the home until her death in 1961, at which time she bequeathed the home and its furnishings to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The house and gardens were designed by architect Waddy Butler Wood and completed in 1915. In 2013, the Woodrow Wilson House is celebrating its 50th year as a historic site museum.