U.S. Capitol Visitor Center

The United States Capitol Visitor Center is a large underground addition to the complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists and an expansion space for the U.S.
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  • Type: Tourism office
  • Description: underground visitor center in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Capitol Visitor Center”, “Capitol Visitors Center”, “CVC”, “United States Capitol Visitor Center”, “United States Capitol Visitor Center;U.S. Capitol Visitor Center”, “United States Capitol Visitors Center”, and “US Capitol Visitor Center”
  • Address: DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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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.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 420 feet west of U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 3,600 feet west of U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Chinatown.

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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.

Neighborhood
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's 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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center

Latitude
38.88981° or 38° 53′ 23″ north
Longitude
-77.00746° or 77° 0′ 27″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Abbreviation
“CVC”
Open location code
87C4VXQV+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 893887249
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
Geo­Names ID
7235159
Wiki­data ID
Q2495308
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“U.S. Capitol Visitor Center” goes by many names.

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