Address book/Sites

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Museums Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily http://www.asia.si.edu/ Anacostia Museum Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. daily http://anacostia.si.edu/ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/home/#collection=home National Museum of African Art Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily, except December 25 http://africa.si.edu/ National Air and Space Museum Extended Spring/Summer Hours: March 17 – September 3 – 10:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. http://airandspace.si.edu/ National Museum of American History Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily (Weekends till 7:30 PM except July 13). http://americanhistory.si.edu/ National Museum of the American Indian Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily http://nmai.si.edu/home/ The National Gallery of Art Hours: Monday through Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Sunday from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. http://www.nga.gov/ Smithsonian American Art Museum Hours: 11:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. daily http://americanart.si.edu/ National Portrait Gallery Hours: 11:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. daily http://www.npg.si.edu/ Renwick Gallery Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/ National Postal Museum Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Hours: 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily http://www.ushmm.org/ Parks Smithsonian National Zoological Park Open at 9 a.m. daily. Exhibits and concessions close at 4:30 p.m. Last admission to the grounds – 7:00 PM, Grounds close at 8:00 PM http://nationalzoo.si.edu National Mall The National Mall is open 24 hours a day; Rangers are available to answer questions from 9:30 A.M. to 11:30 P.M. daily. The Mall is free to visit. History: http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc70.htm Current information: http://www.nps.gov/nama/index.htm Monuments, Memorials, and Other Landmarks Washington, D.C., has a plethora of important monuments, memorials, and other landmarks. This list represents a few highlights, and more can be found listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Washington_DC_landmarks and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Landmarks_in_Washington,_D.C.. On or very near the National Mall: United States Capitol Building: http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/ Washington Monument: http://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.htm Lincoln Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm Korean War Veterans Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/kowa/index.htm National World War II Memorial: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ Vietnam Veterans Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm Farther afield (in order of distance): Supreme Court Building: http://www.supremecourt.gov/ Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial: http://www.mlkmemorial.org/ The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ Thomas Jefferson Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/thje/index.htm Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (Theodore Roosevelt Island): http://www.nps.gov/this/index.htm Arlington National Cemetery: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/marinecorpswarmemorial.htm United States Air Force Memorial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Memorial Religious Landmarks Washington National Cathedral: http://www.nationalcathedral.org/ Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJRKVPBJnH/b.4719297/k.BF65/Home.htm Islamic Center of Washington: http://theislamiccenter.com/