Washington, DC Museum Loop

Washington, DC Museum Loop

Trip Duration: 1 Day

 

 

Trip Inclusions:

• Deluxe motorcoach transportation

• Taxes

 

 

Trip Highlights:

 

Join Starr for the ultimate choose your own adventure day! The bus will whisk you away to Washington, DC and make stops at the most popular museums! You decide how to spend the day, and let Eyre take you there. Choose from the following drop offs to visit this museum or any nearby museum or venue/activity:

Note: Travelers are responsible for tickets, admission, etc.

 

Stop #1 National Air & Space Museum

Air & Space Museum Drop off 11:30am/Pick up 5:00pm Visit the newly renovated Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum featuring the world's largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts, encompassing all aspects of human flight.

 

***FREE TIMED ENTRY PASSES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE AIR & SPACE MUSEUM. Reservations can be made online at https://airandspace.si.edu/  (for planning purposes, 11:30am is our expected arrival time). Sign up for the Starr Washington, DC Air & Space Museum tour for included tickets.

 

*** PASSES ARE REQUIRE TO TOUR THE US CAPITOL. Reservations can be made online at https://tours.visitthecapitol.gov/cvc

 

Nearby museums/monuments: Museum of the American Indian, US Botanical Gardens, Hirschorn Museum, US Capitol, US Hall of Statues

 

Stop #2 National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art Drop off 11:40am/Pick up 5:10pm

 

The National Gallery of Art, one of the world's preeminent museums, preserves, collects, exhibits, and fosters the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. The Gallery's collection includes some 141,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, decorative arts, and new media tracing the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present.

 

Nearby Sights: Sculpture Garden

 

Stop #3 National Museum of American History/Museum of Natural History

 

National Museum of American History/Museum of Natural History Drop off 11:45am/Pick up 5:15pm

 

National Museum of American History The National Museum of American History collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history. Among the items on display is the original Star Spangled Banner. Through research, in-depth exhibits, extensive collections and public outreach, the museum presents America's history in all of its complexity. The museum's collection features more than three million artifacts, from Dorothy's ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz to sheet music written by DC legend Duke Ellington.

 

Museum of Natural History Visit the world's largest natural history museum. Highlights include the 45.5-carat Hope Diamond, Ocean Hall, Mammals Hall, Hall of Human Origins, Insect Zoo, dinosaurs, and the magnificent African bush elephant in the museum's rotunda. The Butterfly Pavilion features hundreds of live butterflies. Other nearby sights: National Museum of African American History & Culture, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Washington Monument.

 

*** FREE TIMED TICKETS ARE NEEDED TO VISIT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM. You can make a reservation online by visiting https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/admission-tickets

 

***FREE TIMED TICKETS ARE NEEDED TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. You can make a reservation online 30 days in advance by visiting https://www.nps.gov/wamo/planyourvisit/fees.htm

 

Stop #4 National Portrait Gallery

 

National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery Drop off 12:00pm/Pick up 5:30pm

 

Experience portraiture beyond the frame. Our collections present people of remarkable character and achievement. These Americans - artists, politicians, scientists, inventors, activists, and performers - form our national identity. They help us understand who we are and remind us of what we can aspire to be.

 

Nearby sights: Ford's Theatre and Chinatown

 

 

Need to Know:

 

 

Accessibility:

 

A limited number of standard and bariatric wheelchairs are available for loan while visiting some of the museums. Please visit the Security Desk to inquire about availability. Wheelchairs are provided on a first come, first served basis. Visitors are welcome to bring their own mobility devices.

 

Starr has a select quantity of wheelchair accessible motorcoaches available; therefore, we suggest you contact a Travel Advisor to discuss any needs you may have before reserving your trip.

Map of Museum Loop National Gallery of Art National Museum of American History Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden National Museum of the American Indian United States Botanical Garden National Museum of African American History National Air & Space Museum