Anacostia Museum
The Anacostia Community Museum is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is one of twenty museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution and was the first federally funded community museum in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: cultural museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
- Also known as: “ANAC”, “Anacostia Community Museum”, “Anacostia Museum and Center for African History and Culture”, and “Anacostia Neighborhood Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and District of Columbia Public Library-Anacostia Interim Branch Library.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
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The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W Street, SE, in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C. United States.
District of Columbia Public Library-Anacostia Interim Branch Library
Library
Anacostia Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public in 1942. District of Columbia Public Library-Anacostia Interim Branch Library is situated 3,400 feet north of Anacostia Museum.
America’s Islamic Heritage Museum
Museum
The America's Islamic Heritage Museum is a history museum located in Washington, DC, United States. It is a non-profit organization that displays a variety of Islamic artifacts, photographs, and stories dating from the 16th century up to the 21st century. America’s Islamic Heritage Museum is situated 1 mile northwest of Anacostia Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garfield Heights and Buena Vista.
Garfield Heights
Neighborhood
Garfield Heights is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. bounded by Suitland Parkway SE, Alabama Avenue SE, 28th Street SE, Gainesville Street SE, Naylor Road SE, and Southern Avenue SE.
Buena Vista
Neighborhood
Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography.
Anacostia
Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.
Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.
Anacostia Museum
- Categories: local museum, African-American museum, database, United States federal agency, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Anacostia Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “史密森尼阿納卡斯蒂亞博物館”
- Chinese: “阿納卡斯蒂亞地區博物館”
- Chinese: “阿纳卡斯蒂亚地区博物馆”
- French: “Anacostia Museum”
- German: “Anacostia Museum”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון אנקוסטיה”
- Japanese: “アナコスティア・コミュニティ博物館”
- Japanese: “アナコスティア博物館”
- Slovenian: “Anacostia Museum”
- Slovenian: “Muzej Anacostia”
- Spanish: “Museo Comunitario Anacostia”
- Swedish: “Anacostia Community Museum”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Анакостія”
- Urdu: “ایناکوسٹیا کمیونٹی عجائب گھر”
- Western Panjabi: “اناکوسٹا کمیونٹی میوزیم”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woodland and Naylor Gardens.
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Explore places such as Emmanuel Baptist Church and Greater Mount Joy Church of Christ.
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