In a city full of world-class museums and galleries, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are six of the best locations to get a cultural flavour of the US capital.
Washington, DC holds a special place among the American cities — not just for its importance as the nation’s capital, but for its breadth of rich cultural experiences, too. Visitors will find some of the world’s most esteemed museums, libraries, galleries and institutions here, covering everything from contemporary art and natural history to space travel and go-go music.
The Phillips Collection is a rollcall of some of the most celebrated names in American and European art — Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse and Whistler to name a few.Start at this striking, red-brick museum in the leafy Dupont Circle neighbourhood. Founded in 1921 by art collector Duncan Phillips and his wife Marjorie, thewas the first museum of modern art in the US and continues to change and expand with new exhibits.
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