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20+ Cool & Interesting Museums in Washington, DC That Aren’t On the National Mall



Venture off the National Mall to these knowledge centers for a unique and enlightening museum-going experience in the nation’s capital.

Washington, DC is known for being home to world-class museums. In addition to the fabulous slate of free museums along the National Mall, the District is home to a vast collection of high quality museums to investigate everything from crime and news to art, history and more. 

01

National Building Museum

The interior of Loyalty Bookstores featuring colorful bookshelves filled with diverse titles and plants on top.

02

Museum of Illusions

03

International Spy Museum

04

The Phillips Collection

05

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

06

Planet Word

07

Tudor Place Historic House & Garden

08

Renwick Gallery

09

The National Law Enforcement Museum

10

National Children’s Museum

11

Woodrow Wilson House

12

Smithsonian American Art Museum

13

Dumbarton House

14

President Lincoln's Cottage

15

Dumbarton Oaks

16

Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office Museum

17

The Kreeger Museum

18

National Museum of the United States Navy

19

O Museum in the Mansion

20

Glenstone Museum

21

Heurich House Museum

22

ARTECHOUSE

23

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

24

Folger Shakespeare Library

25

Smithsonian National Postal Museum

26

National Bonsai & Penjing Museum

27

Interior Museum

28

National Museum of Women in the Arts

29

African American Civil War Museum

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