National Museum of Asian Art

National Museum of Asian Art is a museum in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Independence Avenue Southwest. National Museum of Asian Art is situated nearby to Moon Gate Garden, as well as near the public building Ripley Pavilion.

Opening hours:
10:00 AM—5:30 PM
December 25th: closed
Type: Museum
Address: 1050 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20013

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 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 north of National Museum of Asian Art.

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.

National Museum of Asian Art

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

38.88796° or 38° 53′ 17″ north

Longitude

-77.02644° or 77° 1′ 35″ west

Height

20 feet (6 metres)

Operator

Smithsonian Institution

Open location code

87C4VXQF+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26765042

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Moon Gate Garden and Ripley Pavilion.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Independence Ave SW at L’Enfant Plaza SW and Independence Ave and L’Enfant Plaza SW/DOE.

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