DC is a great place with a lot of things going on. WTU is located in DC but is also in the heart of Takoma Park and very close to the Silver Spring, MD area which offers a lot of activities only a metro stop away.

Museums

DC is home to many great Smithsonian Musuems, including the Natural History and American History, to name a few.
To contact any of the these museum call: 202-633-1000, unless another number is listed, or select the museum for a link to their website.

• Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art
  
• Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  
• National Gallery Museum of African Art
  
• National Museum of American History
  
• National Museum of Natural History
  IMAX Presentations: http://www.si.edu/imax/shows.htm
• National Museum of the Native Americans
  
• National Portrait Gallery
  
• National Postal Museum
• National Air and Space Museum
  IMAX Presentations: http://www.si.edu/imax/shows.htm
• Corcoran
  202-639-1700
• Newseum
  1-888-NEWSEUM
• International Spy Museum
  202-393-7798
• Madame Tussaud's
  202-334-1201
  Kennedy Center
  202-467-4600
• Washington National Cathedral
  202-537-6200
• Capitol Vistor's Center
  202-226-8000
• United States Holocaust Museum
  202-488-0400