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Discovery Creek Children's Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for Babies

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Bringing your environmentally-obsessed child to this unique museum and nature center is a must. They'll love seeing conservation and ecology lessons they learned in school get put into action...

  • Children's Museum

  • Forest

Eastern Market

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for Pre-Teens & Teens

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Kids love the idea of the open market because there's so much to look at, touch, and listen to. And this spot, just blocks from the Capitol, is also historical...

  • Boutique

Ford's Theatre and Lincoln Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for School-Age Kids

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Best known as the place in which President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Ford's Theatre is one of the nation's most visited sites. Lincoln...

  • History Museum

  • Theater

George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for Toddlers & Pre-K

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Originally the home of George and Martha Washington, this picturesque plantation on the Potomac River is the nation's most visted historic estate. More than 500...

  • Historical Landmark

  • History Museum

  • Garden

Gravelly Point Park

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for School-Age Kids

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Kids may wonder where the heck you're taking them -- after all, Gravelly Point Park is little more than a strip of grass on the edge of the George Washington Parkway...

  • Park

Jack's Boat House

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for School-Age Kids

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How cool is it, says the pre-teen, "that we can be tooling around Georgetown in the morning and then paddling in a canoe in the afternoon?" It's very cool...

  • Boat Ride

National Air and Space Museum

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for School-Age Kids

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Little astronauts, engineers, and aspiring pilots will be fascinated by checking out full-size, original planes and space ships up close, and those enamored by the starry nighttime skies will love delving deep into interplanetary space....

  • Science & Nature Museum

  • Special Collection

  • Planetarium

National Aquarium

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for School-Age Kids

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Little kids love this aquarium because it's small, and therefore perfect for limited attention spans. If your kids like to see the animals being fed, they're in luck here: there's...

  • Aquarium

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice-Skating Rink

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for School-Age Kids

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Local parents have this scenario mapped out perfectly, so follow their lead: If you let your kids go ice skating (seasonally, of course) in the beautiful sculpture garden, they'll be...

  • Garden

  • Ice Skating

National Mall

Washington, District of Columbia

Good for Toddlers & Pre-K

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The National Mall & Memorial Parks is the heartcenter of DC's history, containing more than 80 historic buildings and 150 historic parks and sites. Highlights include...

  • Historical Landmark

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