Department of Education
Department of Education is a government building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Maryland Avenue Southwest. Department of Education is situated nearby to National Museum of the American Indian, as well as near the museum National Gallery of Art.- Type: Government building
- Also known as: “ED”, “Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building”, and “Lyndon Baines Johnson U.S. Department of Education Building”
- Address: 400 Maryland Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20202
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of the American Indian.
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 the American Indian
Museum
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The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. National Museum of the American Indian is situated 870 feet northeast of Department of Education.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,800 feet north of Department of Education.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfront and East End.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. 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.
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.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Department of Education
- Categories: government office, building, and office
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88649° or 38° 53′ 11″ northLongitude
-77.01873° or 77° 1′ 7″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Levels
7Open location code
87C4VXPJ+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 48037721OpenStreetMap feature
building=governmentOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentGeoNames ID
4138248
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Department of Education” goes by many names.
- German: “Bildungsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten”
- Lithuanian: “Jungtinių Valstijų švietimo departamentas”
- Russian: “Министерство образования США”
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