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Visiting AU Museum

Hours

Fall 2021 Update: Review our operating hours and health and safety terms before your visit.

Admission is free, and the museum is fully accessible.

Please check our homepage for updates to our operating status, current exhibitions, and virtual events.

Public Transportation

Metrorail & Metrobus

Fall 2021 Update: The AU Shuttle is reserved for AU students, faculty, and staff for the fall 2021 semester.

From the Tenleytown/AU Metro stop on the Red Line, use the East Exit for the M4 bus. Disembark at Nebrasksa Avenue and Ward Circle to reach the museum.

Parking

Metered parking in the Katzen Arts Center is $2 per hour, payable via kiosk on level P1 or by phone, 8AM-5PM on weekdays. Both credit cards and cash are accepted. Remember your license plate number before leaving your car to pay. Parking is free on weekends, holidays, and weekdays after 5PM.

Please park in general parking spaces, not reserved or visitor parking.

See also: AU Maps & Directions.

Museum Store

Fall 2021 Update: The museum store is currently closed. Current exhibition catalogs can be purchased on-site. Previous exhibition catalogs can be purchased by emailing museum@american.edu. 

The museum store offers a selection of books including the American University Museum's exhibition catalogs, arts and crafts, and a variety of merchandise, much of which is derived from the museum's collection and special exhibitions. All items are carefully chosen for their educational and aesthetic quality in keeping with the museum's mission of enhancing visitor appreciation of the visual arts, both locally and internationally.

Discounts

Museum members enjoy 10% off of their purchases.

AU students, staff, and faculty get a 10% discount on all regularly priced merchandise at the museum store at all times. Current AU ID is required at the time of purchase. Discount only applies to regularly priced merchandise.

Katzen Arts Center parking entrance.

Katzen Arts Center parking entrance at 4400 Massachusetts Ave.