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Explorers Hall at the National Geographic society contains exhibits depicting famous National Geographic sponsored exhibitions. The Hall encompasses the entire 1st floor of the building. Its centerpiece is an 11 foot sphere, Earth Station One, said to be the world’s largest free standing globe. The globe illustrates such detail as the relief of the ocean floor.

Ford’s Theatre (closed for 2007-08 season for renovations) where Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, has been restored to its 1860’s appearance. Short talks recounting the atmosphere of Washington during the Civil War and the story of the assassination are presented.
Peterson House the place where Abraham Lincoln died after being shot at Ford’s Theatre.

Holocaust Memorial Museum presents the history of 6 million Jews and millions of others including Roma (gypsies), Soviet POWs, Poles, Dissidents, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and the disabled, who suffered and died at the hands of the Nazis during their rule of Germany 1933-1945.

J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building Covers an entire city block. Exhibits explain the history and jurisdiction of the FBI, as well as the work of the FBI laboratory. The tour includes a firearms demonstration.  Closed for tours until further notice.

Library of Congress is across from the Capitol, off Independence Ave., is a complex of three buildings. The oldest building, the Thomas Jefferson, is richly ornamented. The library’s Art Deco John Adams building offers a reading room for business and science, Near Eastern, African, Asian and the Hebraic. The newest structure, the contemporary James Madison Memorial Building, contains reading rooms, exhibit halls and an information center to assist first-time visitors.

Lincoln Memorial is in line with the Capitol and the Washington Monument. Between the memorial and the monument lie two reflecting pools and the new WWII memorial. The stately marble structure, designed by Henry Bacon, stands just before the approach to Arlington Memorial Bridge. The 36 columns, one for each state in existence at the time of Lincoln’s death, symbolized the Union.

Mount Vernon home of George Washington, our first President of the United States.

National Archives preserves and makes available for research, federal government records of enduring value. Exhibition Hall displays the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and a copy of the 1297 Magna Carta, as well as temporary exhibitions.

National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution is devoted to the history and development of air and space technology and is one of the world’s most popular museums.

National Museum of the American Indian was chartered by Congress in 1989 as the 16th museum of the Smithsonian Institution. This museum has one of the largest and most extensive collections of Native American art and artifacts in the world—approximately 800,000 objects representing over 10,000 years of history, from more than 1,000 indigenous cultures through the Western Hemisphere. The hallmark of this museum is that all aspects of its exhibitions and programs are presented from the Native perspective—“in the Native voice.”

Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the S.E. side of the Tidal Basin is a circular domed structure supported by Ionic columns. The central memorial room contains a heroic bronze statue of Jefferson, by Rudolph Evans, surrounded by panels inscribed with Jefferson’s most significant writings.

Tomb of the Unknowns The Tomb of the Unknowns, near the center of the cemetery, is one of Arlington's most popular tourist sites. The Tomb contains the remains of unknown American soldiers from World Wars I and II, the Korean Conflict and (until 1998) the Vietnam War. The Tomb is guarded 24-hours-per-day and 365-days-per year by specially trained members of the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard).

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Air and Space Museum on the National Mall. The building opened in December, 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

United States Capitol The United States Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. It has housed the meeting chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives for almost two centuries. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored; today, it stands as a monument not only to its builders but also to the American people and their government.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served in the US Armed forces in Vietnam.

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