US National Archives

US National Archives is a museum in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. US National Archives is situated nearby to the tourism office Research Center, as well as near the work of art Present.

Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
Email: visitorservices@nara.gov
Type: Museum
Also known as: “Archives I”, “NARA”, “National Archives and Records Administration”, and “U.S. National Archives”
Address: 700 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of 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 Gallery of Art

Museum

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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,000 feet southeast of US National Archives.

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 southwest of US National Archives.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East End and Chinatown.

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.

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.

US National Archives

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

38.89281° or 38° 53′ 34″ north

Longitude

-77.02292° or 77° 1′ 23″ west

Height

151 feet (46 metres)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

National Archives and Records Administration

Open location code

87C4VXVG+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 66418953

OpenStreetMap feature

building=office

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“US National Archives” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Nationale Archieven van de Verenigde Staten”
French: “Archives nationales des États-Unis”
German: “US-Nationalarchiv”
Greek: “Εθνικά Αρχεία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών”
Polish: “Archiwa Narodowe Stanów Zjednoczonych”
Portuguese: “Arquivos Nacionais dos Estados Unidos da América”
Romanian: “Arhivele Naționale ale Statelor Unite ale Americii”
Spanish: “Archivos Nacionales de EEUU”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Research Center and Present.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Pennsylvania Ave NW at 7th St NW and National Archives Annex Shuttle.

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