NEA: 2008 Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly

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2008 Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly

Washington, D.C. Attractions

Important note: When exploring D.C., keep in mind that the city's design was centered around the U.S. Capitol. Streets emanating from there divide the city into quadrants: Northeast (NE), Northwest (NW), Southeast (SE), and Southwest (SW). Before setting out, be sure the street address you seek has a quadrant designation.

Most of Washington's attractions fall into seven major geographic clusters, below. Except for the National Mall/Smithsonian cluster—containing the capital's most popular attractions—these sections are each doable in a day.

Memorials—Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, Korean, and Vietnam, the Washington Monument, and Arlington National Cemetery.
National Mall—all the Smithsonian museums, plus the National Archives, the National Gallery, the Holocaust Museum, and the Bureau of Engraving & Printing.
Capitol Hill—the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Union Station, and the National Postal Museum.
White House - the White House and Visitor Center, the Corcoran Gallery, the Renwick Gallery, Decatur House, the Old Post Office Pavillion, and the Kennedy Center.
Dupont Circle—the Phillips Collection, the Textile Museum, Woodrow Wilson House, the Historical Society of Washington, Anderson House, and the National Geographic Society.
Downtown—the FBI, Ford's Theatre and Petersen House, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the International Spy Museum and the Navy Memorial.
Georgetown—Tudor House, Dumbarton House, Dumbarton Oaks, and the C&O Canal.