National Museum of the American Latino

National Museum of the American Latino is a museum in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Jefferson Drive Southwest. National Museum of the American Latino is situated nearby to the park Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, as well as near Fountain Garden.

Opening hours: closed
Type: Museum
Address: 900 Jefferson Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20560

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 the American Latino.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Downtown.

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.

Downtown

Suburb

Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.

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.

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 the American Latino

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

38.88818° or 38° 53′ 18″ north

Longitude

-77.02448° or 77° 1′ 28″ west

Inception

1881

Height

20 feet (6 metres)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Smithsonian Institution

Open location code

87C4VXQG+76

OpenStreetMap ID

way 42341486

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mary Livingston Ripley Garden and Fountain Garden.

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