A Preferred Setting For Downtown DC Hotels, Offering Easy Access To Local Museums

• Newseum - Washington DC's newest museum, the Newseum, is located adjacent to the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall and gives visitors a behind-the-scenes look at how news is made, the history of news spanning five centuries, and plenty of hands-on exhibits!
• National Air & Space Museum & Udvar-Hazy Center - The largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world.
• Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Gardens - Renowned for its international, modern, and contemporary art collections.
• National Museum of the American Indian - Dedicated to the life, language, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
• National Museum of African Art - Featuring diverse artistic expressions, from ancient to contemporary times.
• Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle - The original building of the Smithsonian, now home to the Smithsonian Institution Center.
• Freer & Sackler Gallery of Art - The Smithsonian's first museum for fine arts, housing one of the world's largest collections of Asian art.
• American Art Museum & The Renwick - America's first federal art collection.
• National Portrait Gallery - This newly restored building contains thousands of treasured portraits of notable Americans, from George Washington to Shaquille O'Neal.
• Natural History Museum - This green-domed landmark houses more than 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts.
• Arts & Industries Building - Original home of the National Museum. Currently closed in preparation for renovation.
• National Postal Museum - One of the world's largest collections of stamps, transportation vehicles, and postal memorabilia.
• American History Museum - Containing three million artifacts of American life, past and present.
• Anacostia Community Museum & Frederick Douglass National Historical Site - A museum of African-American history and culture.
• National Zoo - Home to more than 2,400 animals of 400 different species.