Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Washington, United States

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 6.3 km
Ascend 130 m
Descend 115 m

Experience Washington in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Washington

Sight 1: Capital Jewish museum

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Capital Jewish museum

The Capital Jewish Museum, officially the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, is a historical society and museum in Washington, D.C., focused on the history of Jewish life in the American capital city and the surrounding Washington metropolitan area.

Wikipedia: Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum (EN)

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain

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The Darlington Memorial Fountain, also known as the Joseph Darlington Fountain, Nymph and Fawn, and Darlington Fountain, is a sculpture by C. Paul Jennewein atop a fountain. It is located at Judiciary Park, where 5th Street, D Street, and Indiana Avenue NW intersect in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The fountain is surrounded on three sides by government buildings, including the United States Court of Military Appeals, the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, and the former District of Columbia City Hall.

Wikipedia: Darlington Memorial Fountain (EN)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: General Winfield Scott Hancock

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General Winfield Scott Hancock is an equestrian statue of Winfield Scott Hancock, by Henry Jackson Ellicott together with architect Paul J. Pelz. It is located at Pennsylvania Avenue in United States Navy Memorial Park at the northwest corner of 7th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

Wikipedia: General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ellicott) (EN)

252 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Guardianship Sculpture

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Guardianship Sculpture

Guardianship is an outdoor 1935 sculpture by American artist James Earle Fraser, installed in front of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., United States. Guardianship is a companion piece to Heritage.

Wikipedia: Guardianship (sculpture) (EN)

47 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Heritage Sculpture

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Heritage Sculpture

Heritage is an outdoor 1935 sculpture by American artist James Earle Fraser, installed in front of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., United States. Heritage is a companion piece to Guardianship.

Wikipedia: Heritage (sculpture) (EN)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Captain Nathan Hale Sculpture

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Statue of Nathan Hale may refer to:Statue of Nathan Hale (Chicago) Statue of Nathan Hale

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226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Aurora

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Aurora / PD

Aurora is a public artwork by American artist Mark di Suvero. It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art and on display at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., United States.

Wikipedia: Aurora (sculpture) (EN)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Four-Sided Pyramid

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Four-Sided Pyramid is a conceptual modular "structure", by Sol LeWitt, in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

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20 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Chair Transformation Number 20B

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Chair Transformation Number 20B is a 1996 abstract sculpture, by Lucas Samaras, in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

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36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Cubi XXVI

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Cubi XXVI is an abstract sculpture by David Smith, in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., US.

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41 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Cheval Rouge

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Cheval Rouge is an abstract sculpture by Alexander Calder.

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59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain

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An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain is a sculpture by Hector Guimard, conceived in 1902 and fabricated between 1902 and 1913. Guimard designed 141 entrances to the Paris Métro of varying types, 86 of which are still standing. One is featured at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

Wikipedia: An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain (EN)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Graft

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Graft is a sculpture by Roxy Paine. It was installed on October 26–30, 2008, in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.

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10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: House I

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House I is a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein. It has an illusion, which makes it appear inside out, or normally, depending on which way the viewer sees it.

Wikipedia: House I (EN)

291 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Geometric Mouse

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Geometric Mouse, Variation I, Scale A is an abstract sculpture by Claes Oldenburg. created in 1971.

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175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden

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Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden / PD

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the Smithsonian Institution. It was conceived as the United States' museum of contemporary and modern art and currently focuses its collection-building and exhibition-planning mainly on the post–World War II period, with particular emphasis on art made during the last 50 years.

Wikipedia: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (EN)

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Sight 17: Cubi XII

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Cubi XII is an abstract sculpture by David Smith.

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109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Clamdigger

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Clamdigger is a bronze sculpture by Willem de Kooning. It may have been inspired by "the men who dug for clams along the beaches" near his home in East Hampton, New York. It has been described as one of his "extraordinarily tactile figurative sculptures" that "seemed pulled from the primordial ooze," and "as part man, part creature of the mud and the shallows."

Wikipedia: Clamdigger (de Kooning) (EN)

16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: Horse and Rider

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Horse and Rider is a modern equestrian bronze sculpture by Marino Marini. Executed in 1952–1953, it is located at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Wikipedia: Horse and Rider (Marini) (EN)

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Figure for Landscape

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Figure for Landscape is a bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, modeled in 1960.

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596 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 21: Andrew Mellon Memorial Fountain

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The Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain is a bronze fountain sculpture by Sidney Waugh as a memorial to Andrew W. Mellon. It is located at the eastern tip of the Federal Triangle within the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue, and 6th Street NW in Washington D.C., United States. The fountain is across Constitution Avenue from the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. The Department of the Interior maintains the fountain, which President Harry S. Truman dedicated on May 9, 1952.

Wikipedia: Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain (EN)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: John Marshall Place Park

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John Marshall Park is a park located in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The park is in honor of John Marshall, a U.S. Representative (1799-1800), Secretary of State (1800-1801), and the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1801–1835).

Wikipedia: John Marshall Park (EN)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: George Gordon Meade Memorial

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The George Gordon Meade Memorial, also known as the Meade Memorial or Major General George Gordon Meade, is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring George Meade, a career military officer from Pennsylvania who is best known for defeating General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg. The monument is sited on the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse. It was originally located at Union Square, but was removed and placed in storage for fourteen years before being installed at its current location. The statue was sculpted by Charles Grafly, an educator and founder of the National Sculpture Society, and was a gift from the state of Pennsylvania. Prominent attendees at the dedication ceremony in 1927 included President Calvin Coolidge, Governor John Stuchell Fisher, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, and Senator Simeon D. Fess.

Wikipedia: George Gordon Meade Memorial (EN)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Cubi XI

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Cubi XI is an abstract sculpture by David Smith. It is a part of the Cubi series of sculptures.

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600 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 25: James A. Garfield Monument

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James A. Garfield Monument

The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the traffic circle at First Street and Maryland Avenue SW in Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to U.S. President James A. Garfield, who was elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his term. The perpetrator was an attorney and disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield lived for several weeks after the shooting, but eventually succumbed to his injuries. The monument is part of a three-part sculptural group near the Capitol Reflecting Pool, including the Peace Monument and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Union Square. The monument is also a contributing property to the National Mall and L'Enfant Plan, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites. The bronze statue rests on a granite pedestal that features three sculptures, each one representing a time period in Garfield's life.

Wikipedia: James A. Garfield Monument (EN)

653 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 26: Acacia Griffins

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Acacia Griffins are public artworks by American sculptor Edmond Amateis, located at the Acacia Building at 51 Louisiana Avenue N.W., in Washington, D.C., United States.

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122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Japanese American Memorial

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Japanese American MemorialDavid from Washington, DC / CC BY 2.0

The Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II is a National Park Service site to commemorate the contributions of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and their parents who patriotically supported the United States despite unjust treatment during World War II.

Wikipedia: Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II (EN)

429 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 28: Union Station Plaza

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Union Station Plaza

Columbus Circle, also known as Union Station Plaza or Columbus Plaza, is a traffic circle at the intersection of Delaware, Louisiana and Massachusetts Avenues and E and First Streets, Northeast in Washington, D.C. It is located in front of Union Station right next to the grounds of the United States Capitol. Union Station and its access roads interrupt this circle on one side, forming an arc.

Wikipedia: Columbus Circle (Washington, D.C.) (EN)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 29: American Legion Freedom Bell

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Freedom Bell, American Legion, is a public artwork located at Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States. A replica of the Liberty Bell, Freedom Bell, American Legion was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database in 1985.

Wikipedia: Freedom Bell, American Legion (EN)

660 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 30: Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

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The Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument is a historic house and museum of the U.S. women's suffrage and equal rights movements located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The monument is named after suffragists and National Woman's Party leaders Alva Belmont and Alice Paul.

Wikipedia: Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument (EN), Website

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