Museums and Memorials on the National Mall: From the Castle to the Holocaust Museum

The National Mall in Washington, D.C., hosts a concentration of world-class museums and memorials, most part of the Smithsonian Institution:

• Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle")
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• National Museum of the American Indian
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• National Museum of African Art
• Freer Gallery of Art
• Sackler Gallery of Art
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• National Museum of Asian Art

All offer free admission, making the Mall a global cultural destination.