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.- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 272 feet (83 metres)
- 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”“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
Park
District of Columbia Public Library-Anacostia Interim Branch Library
Library
Anacostia Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. 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. 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…
Anacostia Museum
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Latitude
38.85678° or 38° 51′ 24″ north
Longitude
-76.97636° or 76° 58′ 35″ west
Open location code
87C5V24F+PF
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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.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Emmanuel Baptist Church and Greater Mount Joy Church of Christ.
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