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Washington, DC boasts an immense variety of cultural resources. We urge you to explore to explore these various artistic avenues. Many events throughout DC are also either free or heavily discounted for students.

This page includes sections on:

Ticketmaster
the best option for all tickets
see www.ticketmaster.com for information
or call 800-432-SEAT

Entertainment

  • The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
    a large venue with numerous performance spaces
    offers opera, theater, dance performances, and concerts
    half-price tickets available to students with valid ID on day of show
    www.kennedycenter.com

  • The Washington Opera Company
    202-416-7800
    National Symphony Orchestra (202-416-8100)
    Group Sales (202-416-8400)

  • Wolf Trap
    open air theater/park in Vienna, VA run by the National Park Service
    www.wolftrap.org

  • Arena Stage and Kreeger Theater
    located on 6th and Main St. SW
    202-488-3300

  • The Shakespeare Theater at Folger
    specializing in productions of Shakespeare's classics
    201 East Capitol St. SE
    202-544-7077

  • Ford's Theater
    both historic theater and museum
    511 10th St. NW
    202-426-6924

  • National Theater
    America's oldest theater, built in 1835
    half-price tickets to students with a valid ID
    1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
    202-783-6854

  • Church Street Theater
    1742 church St. NW
    202-265-3748

  • Source Theater
    1835 14th St. NW
    202-462-1073

  • Warner Theater
    1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
    202-628-1818

  • Washington Project For the Arts
    500 17th St. NW
    202-639-1828

  • 9:30 Club
    815 V St. NW
    202-393-0930
    www.930.com
    accessible by the U St./Cardozo Metro Stop (Green)

  • The Black Cat
    1831 14th St. NW
    202-667-7960
    www.blackcatdc.com
    accessible by the U St./Cardozo Metro Stop (Green)

  • Lisner Auditorium
    George Washington University
    730 21st St. NW
    202-994-6800
    www.gwu.edu/~lisner/

  • Merriweather Post Pavilion
    Columbia, MD
    202-937-SEAT
    www.merriweathermusic.com

  • DC Improv
    1140 Connecticut Ave. NW
    202-296-7008
    www.dcimprov.com
    Farragut North Metro Stop (Red)

Sports Venues

  • Verizon Center
    601 F St. NW
    202-628-3200
    Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro Stop (Red)
    (men's basketball team home court)

  • FedEx Field
    1600 FedEx Way
    301-276-6002
    www.redskins.com/fedexfield/
    (home of the Redskins)

  • RFK Stadium
    East Capitol and 22nd St., NE
    202-638-2661
    www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/rfksta.htm
    (home of the Nationals)

  • George Mason Patriot Center
    4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA
    703-993-3000

Movie Theaters

  • Loews Georgetown Theater
    stadium seating, 14 screens
    3711 K St. (between Wisconsin and 31st)
    www.enjoytheshow.com

  • Georgetown Program Board
    presents a different movie each week
    ICC Auditorium
    gpb.georgetown.edu

  • AMC Theatres Courthouse
    2150 Clarendon Blvd.
    Arlington, VA 22201
    703-998-4262
    Metro: Courthouse Stop (Orange)

  • AMC Theatres Mazza Gallerie Cinema
    stadium seating
    5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW
    202-537-9553
    Metro: Friendship Heights (Red)

  • AMC Union Station
    202-842-3757
    Metro: Union Station (Red)

  • Cineplex Odeon Inner Circle 3
    2301 M St. NW
    202-333-3456

  • Cineplex Odeon Wisconsin Ave.
    4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW
    202-333-3456 (789)

  • Loews Theatres Pentagon City 6
    1100 south Hayes St., Arlington, VA
    703-333-3456 (755)
    Metro: Pentagon City (Blue or Yellow)

  • Visions Cinema and Bistro Lounge
    1927 Florida Ave. NW
    202-667-0090

Sights of Washington

(monuments)

  • Washington Monument
    15th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

  • World War II Memorial
    15th St. and Constitution Ave. NW

  • FDR Memorial
    West Potomac Park on Independence Ave.

  • Iwo Jima Memorial
    Rt. 50, Arlington, VA

  • Lincoln Memorial
    At the South end of 23rd St., NW
    located at the end of the Reflecting Pool

  • Jefferson Memorial
    East Basin Dr. SW
    located next to the Tidal Basin

  • Korean War Memorial
    Located next to the Lincoln Memorial

  • Roosevelt Memorial
    Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Island
    across the Key Bridge to the left

  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    23rd and Constitution Ave. NW
    next to the Lincoln Memorial

  • US Navy Memorial
    Pennsylvania and 8th Ave., Arlington, VA

  • Frederick Douglass Memorial Home
    1411 W St. SE

  • Air Force Memorial
    One Air Force Memorial Dr., Arlington, VA

(government buildings)

  • The Capitol Building
    located at the East end of the National Mall
    Metro: Capitol south/ Union Station (Blue)
    202-224-3121

  • Department of Commerce
    14th St. NW located between E and Constitution
    Metro: Federal Triangle (Orange)

  • Department of State
    2201 C St. NW
    202-647-4000

  • J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building
    between 9th and 10th on E St. NW
    for tour information call 202-324-3447

  • Library of Congress
    101 Independence Ave, NE
    for tour information call 202-707-5000

  • National Archives
    700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
    for tour information call 866-325-7208

  • The Pentagon
    Metro: Pentagon (Blue)
    for tour information call 703-697-1776

  • Supreme Court
    located at 1st St. and Maryland Ave. NE
    202-479-3211

  • White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
    Metro: Farragut West (Blue or Orange)
    for information call 202-456-2121

(museums and galleries)

  • United States Holocaust Museum
    100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW
    for information call 202-488-0400

  • National Aquarium
    located at 14th St. and Constitution Ave. in the Department of Commerce Building
    Metro: Federal Triangle Metro (Blue and Orange)
    202-482-2825

  • Smithsonian Castle
    located at 10th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)
    202-633-1000

  • Museum of Natural History
    located at 10th St. and Constitution Ave. NW
    Metro: Federal Triangle (Blue and Orange)

  • National Air and Space Museum
    located at 4th St. and Independence Ave. SW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)

  • Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    located at 7th St. and Independence Ave. SW
    Metro: L'Enfant Plaza (Blue and Orange)

  • Freer Gallery of Art
    located at 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)

  • National Museum of American History
    located at 14th St. and Constitution Ave. NW
    Metro: Federal Triangle (Blue and Orange)

  • National Museum of American Art
    located at 9th St. and G St. NW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)

  • Renwick Gallery
    located at 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW
    Metro: Farragut West (Blue and Orange)

  • National Portrait Gallery
    located at 8th St. and F St. NW
    Metro: Gallery Place (Red, Yellow, and Green)

  • National Museum of African Art
    950 Independence Ave. SW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)

  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
    1050 Independence Ave. SW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)

  • National Zoo
    3001 Connecticut Ave.
    Metro: Woodley Park/Zoo (Red)
    202-673-4800

  • Arts and Industries
    900 Jefferson Dr. SW
    Metro: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange)

  • National Gallery of Art
    located at 6th St. and Constitution Ave. NW
    Metro: National Archives (Blue and Orange)

  • National Museum of Women in the Arts
    located at 1250 New York Ave. NW
    Metro: Metro Center (Red, Blue, and Orange)

  • Dumbarton Oaks Collection
    1703 32nd St. NW
    for more information call 202-339-6401

  • Museum of Modern art of Latin America
    201 18th St. NW
    202-458-6016

  • National Building Museum
    401 F St. NW
    202-272-2448
    Metro: Judiciary Square (Blue and Orange)

  • Washington National Cathedral
    located at the corner of Wisconsin and Massachusetts NW
    202-537-6200

  • Arlington National Cemetery
    Metro: Arlington Cemetery (Blue)
    703-607-8000

  • Botanical Gardens
    245 1st St. SW
    202-225-8333
    Metro: Capitol South (Blue and Orange)

  • International Spy Museum
    800 F St. NW
    866-SPY-MUSEUM
    Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red, Yellow, and Green)
    www.spymuseum.org

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine
    6900 Georgia Ave.
    202-782-2200

  • US Naval Observatory
    located at 34th St. and Massachusetts Ave. NW
    202-762-1467

  • Phillips Collection
    1600 21st St. NW
    202-387-2151

  • Corcoran Museum of Art
    500 17th St.
    202-639-1700

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