Dumbarton Oaks

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    339 6401
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    bus: Georgetown shuttle from Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro

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Lonely Planet review

This 19th-century mansion houses a fine art museum featuring renowned Byzantine and pre-Columbian collections, research libraries, and is set on 16 acres of terraced gardens (enter the gardens through R St gate). Paths wind down toward Rock Creek amid boxwood and wisteria, and 19 pools and fountains; banks of cherries, crab apples and forsythias explode with color in spring. It was here, in 1944, that the agreement to create the UN was reached.

Although the gardens are popular, they hold many nooks and corners that let you find your own quiet bower.The main house's music room has an intricately painted beamed ceiling and El Greco's The Visitation .