Colonial to present-day American Art.

Documents and preserves communities’ memories, struggles, and successes, and offers a platform where diverse voices and cultures can be heard.

The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States.

Antique ceramic arts from Asia, plus unique prints, scarves, bags, and Eastern Music.

Contemporary and Modern Art Museum with particular emphasis on art made during the last 50 years.

Home to the world's largest collection of air and spacecraft, as well as flight simulators, a planetarium, Imax movies and much much more.

From telling the stories of slavery to celebrating the Civil Rights Movement, and accomplishments of African Americans in politics, music, art, sports, and other segments of American life.

This museum's collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes.

This museum features all things American.

Tells the history of the planet and are a record of human interaction with the environment and one another. Has 145 million items in more than 1.5 million sq ft of exhibitions.

This museum is full of 12,000 years of history of 1200 indigenous cultures.

Truly a portrait of America that seizes and interprets the Nation's visage throughout the ages.

This museum about mail service is in a Historic City Post Office and features interactive displays, rotating stamp collections, and wartime letters.

Set on 163 acres in Northwest DC, the zoo us home to about 1500 animals of 300 species.

American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century.

The Smithsonian Institution Building is a great place to start exploring Washington DC.