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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – Smithsonian Institution

editor — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:42:00 +0000

Independence Ave. at 7th St, S.W. Washington, DC 20560 Tel: (202) 357-2700 Fax: (202) 786-2682 TDDY: (202) 633-8043 Internet Address: http;//www.si.edu/hirshhorn Director: Mr. James T. Demetrion Admission: free. Attendance: 784,221 Established: 1966 Membership: N ADA Compliant: Y Parking: limited free parking on mall and nearby commercial lots. Activities: Concerts; Education Programs (adults, graduate/undergraduate students and children); Films; Gallery Talks; Guided Tours (Mon-Fri,10:30am and noon; Sat-Sun, noon and 2pm; seasonal sculpture garden tours); Lectures; Permanent Exhibits; Temporary/Traveling Exhibitions (3 major and 6 smaller/year); Workshops (“Young at Art”, “Improv Art”, “Art Explores”’). Publications: calendar (seasonal); collection catalogue, “A Garden for Art”; collection

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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

editor — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:33:00 +0000

1050 Independence Ave, S.W, Washington. DC 20560 Tel: (202) 357-4880 Fax: (202) 357-4911 TDDY: (202) 786-2374 Internet Address: www.si.edu/Asia Director: Dr. Milo C. Beach Admission: free. Attendance: 600,000 FJstablished: 1982 Membership: Y ADA Compliant: Y Parking: limited free parking on mall and metered on street. Publications: calendar (bi-monthly); exhibition catalogues; magazine, “Asian Art” (triennial). A national museum of Asian art at the Smithsonian Institution, the Gallery presents exhibitions of Asian art from around the world and from its permanent collection. The Gallery is dedicated to research, education, and exhibition of Asian art from the shores of the Mediterranean to the

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Freer Gallery of Art Washington

editor — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:51:00 +0000

Jefferson Drive at 12th St, S.W, DC 20560 Tel: (202) 357-4880 Fax: (202) 357-4911 TDDY: (202) 786-2374 Internet Address: www.si.edu/asia Director: Dr. Milo C. Beach Admission: free. Attendance: 583,000 Established: 1906 Membership: Y ADA Compliant: Y Parking: limited free parking on mall. Open: Daily, 10am-5:30pm; also Summer, Thursday, 5:30pm-8pm. Closed: Christmas Day. Facilities: Architecture (1923, designed by Charles Platt); Auditorium (300 seats); Library (55.000 volumes); Reading Room; Shop. Activities: Concerts; Dance Recitals; Films; Gallery Talks; Guided Tours (Daily, 11:30am & 12:30pm); Lectures; Temporary Exhibitions. Publications: “Ars Orientalis”; bloglets; blogs; exhibition cata- View of North fa?ade Freer GaMery of logues; monograph

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Washington Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 04:30:00 +0000

Washington Map Tourist Attractions GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST 1,251,160 acres. Gifford Pinchot National Forest is located in the Cascades of southwest Washington. It’s now famous for 8,365-foot Mount Saint Helens, which was previously 9,677 feet high before erupting in 1980. Also here is 12,307-foot Mount Adams, second highest mountain in the state. Mount Saint Helens is part of the Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument, which protects a sizable area around the crater and dome. There are still major signs of devastation, and access to the area remains restricted. Elsewhere in the region are other volcanoes and old lava flows,

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Visit to Washington

editor — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:30:00 +0000

Visit to Washington RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS UMATILLA NATIONAL FOREST While 1,399,342-acre Umatilla National Forest is based in Oregon, with the majority of lands in that state, about 3:L 1,000 acres of the forest are in the southeast corner of Washington. This tract is in the Blue Mountains, and includes 6,387-foot Oregon Butte, 6,379-foot Diamond Peak, and over 110,000 acres of the 177,000-acre Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. Camping and campfires are allowed in most areas of the National Forest. See the Umatilla National Forest listing in the Oregon chapter for more information. IDAHO PANHANDLE NATIONAL FORESTS About 283,000 acres of Kaniksu National Forest, which

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