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A decorative arts museum located in the former residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post – a socialite, businesswoman, philanthropist, and art collector. In her late days, Merriweather Post decided that her house should be converted into a museum. Her goal was to share her art collection with the world and show young Americans how people used to live in the 20th century and collect artworks. Explore the mansion’s rooms and discover the various masterpieces on display, walk through the exquisite entry hall, the 18th-century French drawing room and bedroom suite, the breakfast room with the chandelier owned by Catherine the Great, as well as the Icon room featuring original Fabergé eggs. Don’t miss the Russian Sacred Arts Gallery, showcasing Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical items, such as altar cloths, communion chalices, and religious vestments. View extraordinary pieces, including jewelry, furniture, porcelain that belonged to the Russian Imperial family, and the wedding crown of the Russian Tsarina. Stroll the 25 acres of gardens and woodlands and visit the orchid collection, the rose garden, the Japanese garden, and the French parterre. You can also enjoy the changing exhibits and special events, such as Treasure Quests, Orchid 101 class, and Style and Scent in the 18th Century lecture. Read more...

The museum is honoring the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune in her last residence in WDC. Bethune was an African-American educator, an activist who fought for equality for women and African- Americans. Among her achievements are the school for African-Americans in Florida and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), which she founded in 1935 in WDC with a mission to empower African-American women. The house is reserved as it was when Bethune lived there, and exhibitions telling her life story and actions in the NCNW are presented. Another section in the museum is the National Archives for Black Women’s History, which can be accessed upon request in advance. Read more...

The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office was the home of the founder of the American Red Cross during and after the Civil War, where she stored supplies needed for her work as a nurse during the war, and here she established and operated the “Office of Correspondence with the Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army.” The mission of the office was to find missing soldiers that haven’t come back from the war. Barton and her staff responded to more than 63,000 letters, and due to their efforts, they were able to identify more than 22,000 missing men. For 130 years Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office was forgotten. In 1996, Richard Lyons of the General Services Administration rediscovered the place when the building was about to be demolished. Afterward, the site has been restored, and the museum was established as part of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Visit the restored rooms where Barton lived and worked, and explore items related to Barton’s life, such as handwritten letters, tin advertisement signs and a map from the Civil War era with marked hospitals and forts in Washington, D.C. You can also enjoy special exhibits and events, such as ‘The Washington Navy Yard and the Civil War’, ‘Clara Barton at Andersonville’, and ‘War on Our Doorsteps.’ Read more...

The DAR Museum is an art and history museum founded and run by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Its mission is to preserve the history and culture from pre-industrial America to the early 20th century. The museum’s collection includes more than 30,000 objects and artifacts reflecting the people’s way of living and how it changed throughout the years. Learn about USA history via artworks, and explore the permanent and changing exhibits showcasing different aspects of the American experience. Walk through the frozen-in-time period rooms, representing different states and cultures from the 1690s to the 1930s, displaying furniture, ceramics, textiles, and paintings. Don’t miss the quilts collection as well as the New Hampshire Toy Attic, a room where children can play with historic toys. The museum also hosts special events, such as lectures, show & tells, workshops, and action game nights. Read more...

What was once just a regular alley in the big city, became a hidden gem when the DC Alley Museum was founded there in 2015. This is an outdoor museum, where murals are presented on the facades and garage doors and “commemorate the history of Artists in Shaw’s Blagden Alley.” Among the artists showcasing are the co-founder Lisa Marie Thalhammer with her works “Love” and “Meditation,” Iona Rozeal Brown (AKA – Rozeal) with her work “Maker Of Saints Mural,” Cita Sadeli Chelove with her work “Windswept Mandala,” and many more. Read more...

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the only museum in the world dedicated to collect, showcase, and promote female artists. Even in the 21st century, women artists are underrepresented and undervalued in museums, galleries, auction houses, and art fairs. The museum was co-founded in 1987 by Wilhelmina Holladay to change that and to give a place for female artists to present their work. The NMWA is a platform for all kinds of arts and creations of women, empowering the artists, their works, and achievements. The mission is to bring better representation and recognition for women artists, from different ages, nationalities, and fields of creation. The museum offers various collections, exhibitions, programs, talks, concerts of women musicians (such as Angela Hewitt, and Anne Akiko Meyers), screening and conversation, special events, and a community acting for social change and gender equality. Visitors can book special tours, be impressed by changing sculptures in front of the museum’s entrance, and participate in special events, often ones that address major political events, such as the “Nasty Women” tour they’ve created. Read more...

Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument is a museum dedicated to women’s suffrage and to the struggle for women’s rights in the US. Click here to read more about the suffragist movement. Located at the home of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) – an American women’s political organization founded in 1916 by Alice Paul. From this house, the organization developed strategies and tactics to promote constitutional amendment, introduced the Equal Rights Amendment and campaigned for full equality for women. The house was donated to the NWP by the suffragist and philanthropist, Alva Belmont, who was also the NWP’s president during 1921-1933. It is recommended to start your tour by watching an informative video about the history of the house and the Women’s Rights movement, and then see footage of the NWP women’s meeting and planning protests from this house. There are various exhibits and displays to explore, such as a room of political cartoons, authentic memorabilia and artifacts from the early 1900’s to this day, and statues of NWP women as well as influential women throughout history. Read more...