City Museum Of Washington, Dc

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  • Address
    10am-5pm Tue-Sun, 3rd Thu of month to 9pm, Old Downtown
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  • Phone
    785 2068
  • Website
  • Transport
    underground rail: Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center or Gallery Pl-Chinatown

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Lonely Planet review

This fun interactive museum in the historic Carnegie Library highlights the local side of DC: the people, events and communities that have shaped it since its founding. Exhibits explore specific neighborhoods and ethnic groups, or specific themes. An extensive library open to the public has old photographs, maps and other archives. The film, a funny look at the juxtaposition between the federal city and local DC, is a great introduction for kids.

An example of a theme would be cultural identity in sports. The DC Historic Preservation Office also operates an archaeology laboratory to work on and display archaeological finds.