List Of Museums In Washington, D.C. - Contemporary Art Museum Dc

This list of museums in Washington, D.C. encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are university and non-profit art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Source : americanart.si.edu

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Defunct museums

File:Modern and Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art .... Source : commons.wikimedia.org

• Army Medical Museum and Library, opened 1862, became the National Museum of Health and Medicine in 1989 and relocated to Silver Spring, Maryland in 2011
• Bead Museum, closed December 2008, museum website
• Black Fashion Museum, founded 1979, moved to Washington in 1994, closed in 2007 and collection donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Corcoran Gallery of Art, open 1869-2014. Art holdings donated to the National Gallery of Art, building donated to George Washington University.
• Fondo del Sol
• Marine Corps Museum, 1960-2005, collections now part of the National Museum of the Marine Corps
• National Children's Museum, founded as the Capital Children’s Museum in 1974, closed in 2015, planned reopening in 2019
• National Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Art, open 1994-1997, collections now at the Library of Congress.
• National Jewish Museum, collections now online, trying to establish to new museum
• National Museum of Crime & Punishment, closed in September 2015 and is now operated as Alcatraz East in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
• National Pinball Museum, website, planned move to Baltimore, Maryland
• Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004.
• Washington Gallery of Modern Art
• USS Barry (DD-933), opened as a museum ship in 1984, closed in 2015

See also

A guide to the must-see artworks in D.C. - The Washington Post. Source : www.washingtonpost.com

• Arboreta in Washington, D.C. (category)
• Aquaria in Washington, D.C. (category)
• Botanical gardens in Washington, D.C. (category)
• Houses in Washington, D.C. (category)
• Museums list
• Nature centers in Washington, D.C.
• Observatories in Washington, D.C. (category)
• Smithsonian museums

References

DriveByCuriosity: Culture: The Phillips Collection, Washington .... Source : drivebycuriosity.blogspot.com

External links

Held, Al: Fine Arts, After 1945 in America | The Red List. Source : theredlist.com

• Cultural Tourism DC

DC Museums with Kids | KidFriendly DC. Source :