The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum documents and interprets the effect of historical and contemporary social and cultural issues on communities. Established in 1967 as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, it served first as a Smithsonian outreach museum situated in one of the District of Columbia’s largely African American neighborhoods and later evolved into a museum documenting, preserving and interpreting African American history from local and community history perspectives.

 

Address: 1901 Fort Place, SE, Washington, DC 20020

Phone: 202-633-4820

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Web: http://anacostia.si.edu/index.htm

 

Asian and a specialized collection of American art.

 

Address (Sackler): 1050 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20013-7012

Address (Freer): Jefferson Drive at 12th St, SW, Washington, DC 20013-7012

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://www.asia.si.edu/

 

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time.  We seek to share the transformative power of modern and contemporary art with audiences at all levels of awareness and understanding by creating meaningful, personal experiences in which art, artists, audiences and ideas converge. We enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through acquisition, exhibitions, education and public programs, conservation, and research.

 

Address: Independence Ave at 7th St, SW, Washington, DC 20013-7012

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/

 

The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics.

 

Address (National Mall Building): Independence Ave at 6th St, SW, Washington, DC 20560

Address: 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA 20151

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://www.nasm.si.edu/

 

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art fosters the discovery and appreciation of the visual arts of Africa, the cradle of humanity.

 

Address: 950 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20560

Phone: 202-633-4600

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Web: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/voice.html

 

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History dedicates its collections and scholarship to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples. We create opportunities for learning, stimulate imaginations, and present challenging ideas about our country’s past.

 

The Museum collects and preserves more than 3 million artifacts—all true national treasures. We take care of everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and Abraham Lincoln’s top hat to Dizzy Gillespie’s angled trumpet and Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz.” Our collections form a fascinating mosaic of American life and comprise the greatest single collection of American history.

 

Address:  National Mall, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://americanhistory.si.edu/index.cfm

 

The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s preeminent museum and research complex. The Museum is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through its unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions, and education outreach programs. Opened in 1910, the green-domed museum on the National Mall was among the first Smithsonian building constructed exclusively to house the national collections and research facilities.

 

Address: The intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. 20560

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://www.mnh.si.edu/

The National Museum of the American Inidan is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere, past, present, and future, through partnership with Native people and others.

 

The museum works to support the continuance of culture, traditional values, and transitions in contemporary Native life.

 

Address: Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20560

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://www.nmai.si.edu/

 

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery tells the stories of America through the individuals who have shaped U.S. culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists who speak American history.

 

Address: 8th and F Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Phone: 22-633-8300

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Web: http://www.npg.si.edu/

 

The National Postal Museum, a Smithsonian Institution museum, is located in the old Post Office building next to Union Station in Washington, D.C. The Museum was created by an agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and the United States Postal Service in 1990 and opened to the public in 1993.

 

Address: 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20002

Phone: 202-633-5555

Web: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/index.html

 

We are the Nation’s Zoo, demonstrating leadership in animal care, science, education, and sustainability. We provide the highest quality animal care. We advance research and scientific knowledge in conserving wildlife. We teach and inspire people to protect wildlife, natural resources, and habitats. We practice conservation leadership in all we do.

 

Address: 3001 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008

Phone: 202-633-4800

Web: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm

 

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation's first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience. The collection captures the aspirations, character and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries. The American Art Museum is the home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world. Its artworks reveal key aspects of America's rich artistic and cultural history from the colonial period to today. More than 7,000 artists are represented in the collection, including major masters, such as John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Helen Frankenthaler, Christo, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Lee Friedlander, Nam June Paik, Martin Puryear, and Robert Rauschenberg.

 

Address: 750 9th St, NW, Suite 3100, Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 202-633-7970

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Web: http://americanart.si.edu/

 

The Smithsonian's first building, popularly known as the Castle, houses the Institution’s administrative offices and the Smithsonian Information Center.

 

Address: 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC

Phone: 202-633-1000

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Web: http://www.si.edu/visit/infocenter/sicastle.htm

 

The Smithsonian encompasses the National Zoo and 16 museums and galleries in Washington and New York.

 

Phone: (202) 357-2700

Web: http://www.si.edu/

 

Provisions Library: Research Center for Arts and Activism
We are currently in the midst to developing outreach activities for youth and educators in the D.C. We would also be an excellent resource for homeschooling parents and children.
Address: 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Phone: (202) 299-0460
Web: http://www.provisionslibrary.org/

 

Ranked by Child Magazine as one of the top ten children's museums in the United States, Port Discovery in Baltimore, MD offers educational, hands-on exhibits and programs for children ages 2-10. Imagine! Play! Learn! Grow!

 

Address: 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202Phone: 410-727-8120Fax: 410-727-3042General Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Web: http://www.portdiscovery.org/