S. Dillon Ripley Center

The S. Dillon Ripley Center, better known simply as the Ripley Center, is one of the buildings of the Smithsonian Institution series of museums located in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The above-ground portion is only a small pagoda, and it descends into a larger underground portion.

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Type: Museum
Description: building of the Smithsonian Institution in the National Mall in Washington DC
Also known as: “Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley Center”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Natural History.

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 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 1,000 feet north of S. Dillon Ripley Center.

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 450 feet southeast of S. Dillon Ripley Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

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.

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.

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.

S. Dillon Ripley Center

Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88859° or 38° 53′ 19″ north

Longitude

-77.02688° or 77° 1′ 37″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXQF+C6

GeoNames ID

4140279

Wikidata ID

Q7387446

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In Other Languages

“S. Dillon Ripley Center” goes by many names.

Urdu: “ایس ڈلن رپلی سینٹر”

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