Arts and Industries Building

The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 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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Type: Building
Description: Smithsonian Institution building
Also known as: “National Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of African Art.

National Mall

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

National Museum of African Art

Museum

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The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. 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. National Museum of African Art is situated 390 feet west of Arts and Industries Building.

National Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Arts and Industries Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

East End

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East End 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.

Downtown

Suburb

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Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

Arts and Industries Building

Categories: museum and museum building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88817° or 38° 53′ 17″ north

Longitude

-77.02414° or 77° 1′ 27″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXQG+78

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”
Indonesian: “Arts and Industries Building”
Japanese: “芸術産業館”
Ukrainian: “Будинок мистецтв і індустрій”
Urdu: “آرٹس اینڈ انڈسٹریز بلڈنگ”
Western Panjabi: “آرٹس اینڈ انڈسٹریز بلڈنگ”

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