Arts and Industries Building

The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest of the museums on the in Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections.
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  • Opening hours: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Smithsonian Institution building
  • Also known as: “National Museum”
  • Address: 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20560
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of African Art.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Museum
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The is the 's African art museum, located on the of the . Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum administered by the , located on the in , United States. is situated 1,200 feet north of Arts and Industries Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

Arts and Industries Building

Latitude
38.88818° or 38° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.02448° or 77° 1′ 28″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Inception
1881
Height
20 feet (6 metres)
Operator
Smithsonian Institution
Open location code
87C4VXQG+76
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42341486
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
4137605
Wiki­data ID
Q713932
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Arts and Industries Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “美术和工业大厦”
  • Chinese: “美術和工業大廈”
  • Chinese: “艺术工业楼”
  • Chinese: “藝術和產業大樓”
  • Dutch: “Arts and Industries Building”
  • French: “pavillon des Arts et Industries”
  • French: “Pavillon des Arts et Industries”
  • German: “Arts and Industries Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין האמנות והתעשיות”
  • Japanese: “芸術産業館”
  • Portuguese: “Edifício das Artes e Indústrias”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок мистецтв і індустрій”
  • Urdu: “آرٹس اینڈ انڈسٹریز بلڈنگ”
  • Western Panjabi: “آرٹس اینڈ انڈسٹریز بلڈنگ”

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