Dumbarton Oaks Estate
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: research institution concerning Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies and garden and landscape studies
- Also known as: “Acrolophos”, “Acropholus”, “Dumbarton”, “Dumbarton Oakes”, “Dumbarton Oaks”, “Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection”, “Monterey”, “Oakly”, “Rock of Dumbarton”, and “The Oaks”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch and Embassy of Denmark.
District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Georgetown Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Established by an Act of Congress in 1934, the library houses the collection of its predecessor Peabody Library, which was founded in 1872 by a donation of George Peabody. District of Columbia Public Library-Georgetown Neighborhood Branch is situated 730 feet west of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.
Embassy of Denmark
Government office
The Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the Kingdom of Denmark's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 3200 Whitehaven St, NW in Washington, D.C. The embassy also operates consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, New York City and in Palo Alto, California. Embassy of Denmark is situated 1,200 feet north of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.
Embassy of Italy
Government office
The Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Italian Republic to the United States, and the seat of the Italian Ambassador to the United States. Embassy of Italy is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Dumbarton Oaks Estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.
Burleith
Neighborhood
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Georgetown
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Glover Park
Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
Glover Park is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.
Dumbarton Oaks Estate
- Categories: mansion, research library, research institute, academic publisher, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.91406° or 38° 54′ 51″ northLongitude
-77.06358° or 77° 3′ 49″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
87C4WW7P+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 66691700OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
4138309Wikidata ID
Q1264942
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dumbarton Oaks Estate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دومبارتون أوكس”
- Armenian: “Դումբարտոն Օքս”
- Asturian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Belarusian: “Думбартан-Окс”
- Catalan: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Chinese: “敦巴頓橡樹園”
- Danish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Dutch: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- French: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Georgian: “დუმბარტონ-ოქსი”
- German: “Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection”
- German: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Greek: “Νταμπάρτον Όουκς”
- Hebrew: “דמברטון אוקס”
- Indonesian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Italian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Japanese: “ダンバートン・オークス”
- Japanese: “ダンバートン・オークス研究図書館”
- Japanese: “ダンバートン・オークス邸”
- Persian: “دامبرتون اکس”
- Polish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Portuguese: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Romanian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Russian: “Дамбартон Оакс”
- Russian: “Дамбартон Оукс”
- Russian: “Дамбартон-Окс”
- Russian: “Дамбартон-Оукс”
- Russian: “Дамбертон Оакс”
- Russian: “Дамбертон-Окс”
- Russian: “Думбартон-Окс”
- Serbian: “Дамбертон Оукс”
- Slovenian: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Spanish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Spanish: “Instituto de Dumbarton Oaks”
- Swedish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Turkish: “Dumbarton oaks”
- Turkish: “Dumbarton Oaks”
- Urdu: “ڈمبرٹن اوکس”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈمبرٹن اوکس”
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