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Washington Beyond the Marble

Five days of monuments, founding documents, museums, and the city beyond the National Mall

Washington, D.C. · 5 days · 34 mi

Washington rewards attention more than speed. This five-day route gives the monuments, three branches of government, founding documents, and the Holocaust Memorial Museum their own breathing room, then deliberately st...

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Low-angle view of the U.S. Capitol's white colonnade and dome beneath a bright blue, cloud-filled sky.
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Day 1 · The Mall in the Open Air

  1. Washington Monument and the Mall
  2. Lincoln Memorial and the War Memorials
  3. The White House and Lafayette Square

Day 2 · Capitol Hill, Room by Room

  1. United States Capitol
  2. Library of Congress: Thomas Jefferson Building
  3. Supreme Court of the United States
  4. Eastern Market and Capitol Hill

Day 3 · The American Experiment

  1. National Archives Museum
  2. National Museum of American History: A Focused Visit
  3. National Portrait Gallery

Day 4 · Witness, Then Space to Reflect

  1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  2. Tidal Basin Memorials

Day 5 · Choose a Museum, Then Leave the Mall

  1. Choose One Smithsonian Museum
  2. The Phillips Collection and Dupont Circle
  3. Georgetown, the C&O Canal, and the Waterfront