Welcome to American University, Washington, DC USA

DC is currently undergoing a renaissance. New attractions, exhibits, hotels and restaurants are opening all over the city, and there is a feeling of excitement in the air. Add these new places to the fascinating cultural and historic sites which visitors of all ages have loved for generations, and you will know why almost 20 million people travel to the nation’s capital every year.

Theatres and The Performing Arts

Arena Stage
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Capitol Steps
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
DC-Artbeat.com
DC Improv
The Folger
Folklore Society of Greater Washington
Ford's Theatre
Greenberg Theatre
Histrio - French theater
International Sculpture Center

The Kennedy Center
The National Theatre
Open Theatre/T.U.T.A.
The Shakespeare Theatre
Shear Madness
The Studio Theatre
The Warner Theatre
Washington Performing Arts Society
Wolf Trap
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC, Theatre and Other Events

Libraries, Museums, Monuments, Memorials, and Parks

American Memory (Library of Congress)
Arlington National Cemetery
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture
Archives of American Art
Art Museum of the American (OAS)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
The Arts and Industries Building
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Capital Children's Museum
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
City Museum
Constitution Gardens
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
The Corcoran
Fairfax Station Museum (civil war, red cross, and train memorabilia)
Folger Shakespeare Library
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Freer Gallery of Art
Hillwood Museum & Gardens
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
International Spy Museum
Jefferson Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Kreeger Museum
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Lincoln Memorial
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial
Marian Koshland Science Museum
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
Mount Vernon
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
National Air and Space Museum
National Archives
The National Building Museum
National Gallery of Art
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
National Library of Medicine
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
The National Mall (with links to memorials)

National Museum of African Art
National Museum of American History
National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of Health and Medicine
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Museum of Women's History
U.S. Naval Observatory
National Parks of District of Columbia
National Portrait Gallery
National Postal Museum
National Register of Historic Places - DC Travel Itinerary
National Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
National World War II Memorial
National Zoo
The Newseum
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Park
The Pentagon
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Presidential Libraries
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rock Creek Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Smithsonian Online Collections
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Tudor Place
The United States Capitol
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States National Arboretum
Washington Monument
Washington National Cathedral
Woodrow Wilson House


	The Nation's Capitol
	Washington, D.C., locat-ed along the Potomac River, was chosen as the permanent site for the capital of the United States by Congress in 1790. SIZE: 68 sq. miles MOTTO: Justitia Omnibus (Justice to all) BIRD: Wood Thrush FLOWER: American Beauty Rose SONG: The Star-Spangled Banner ORIGIN OF NAME: The District is named after Christopher Columbus.
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4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 885-1000
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