
- The National Gallery of Art—The collection of paintings and sculptures displayed here represent the best in America’s and Europe’s rich artistic heritage.
- the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design and Decorative Arts
- the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory—for studying the physical and chemical processes that occur in outer space


- the George Washington Masonic Memorial—built in 1930s to resemble the ancient lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt
- a reconstruction of Washington’s office and town home on 508 Cameron Street (unfortunately the original burnt down)
- Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary—dates from the late 1700s