General Tourist
DC Official Visitors Guide: www.washington.org
DC Heritage Tourism: www.dcheritage.org
Georgetown www.georgetowndc.com
Alexandria
Arlington
Index

Transport and Travel ">CommuterDirect   www.commuterDirect.com
Metrorail/Metrobus www.mtata.com
Metro Opens Doors www.metroOpensDoors.com
Metro Washington Council of Govn. Travel www.mwcog.org/traveler
Flexcar www.flexcar.com
Zip Car www.zipcar.com
TeleworkVa www.teleworkva.org
Virginia Department of Transportation www.virginiadot.org

BWI(Baltimore-Washington Int Airport)
Reagan(Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
Dulles(Washington Dulles International Airport)

Index

Government
White House www.whitehouse.gov | www.nps.gov/whho
US Sentate www.senate.gov
US House of Representatives www.house.gov
Library of Congress thomas.loc.gov | www.loc.gov
Supreme Court www.supremecourtus.gov | www.supremecourt.gov
Court of Appeals www.cadc.uscourts.gov/index.asp
National Park Service www.nps.gov
Index

Media
Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com
Washington Times www.washtimes.com
National Journal - Congressional Daily www.nationaljournal.com
Roll Call www.rollcall.com
National Press Club ww.npc.com

Washington City Paper www.washingtoncitypaper.com  lots of want ads for apts, etc
WAMU 88.5
WCPN  90.1

Index

Major Institutions


IMF - International Monetary Fund www.imf.com
World Bank www.worldbank.org

Index

Public Policy Organizations

American Enterprise Institute www.aei.org
New America Foundation www.newamerica.net
Brookings Institution: www.brook.edu/dybdocroot  
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace www.ceip.org
Cato Institute: www.cato.org
Center for Asian Studies (at American U)
Center for Middle East Peace and Econ. Coop. www.centerpeace.org
Center for Strategic and International Studies www.csis.org
Common Cause www.commoncause.org
Council on Foreign Relations  www.cfr.org | www.foreignrelations.org  
Heritage Foundation www.heritage.org
Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
Middle East Institute www.mideasti.org 202-785-2710
NARAL (Pro Abortion) www.naral.org
National Bureau of Economic Research
National Press Club npc.press.org/index.shtml 
New Democrats www.ndol.org
New American Century www.newamericancentury.org
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies www.potomacinstitute.org
Progressive Policy Institute www.ppionline.org
RAND www.rand.org/
Reason Public Policy Institute www.rppi.org/index.html
Terrorism Answers www.terrorismanswers.com/home
Urban Institute www.urban.org
US Institute of Peace www.usip.org/

Republican National Committee www.rnc.org | www.gop.org
Democratic National Committee www.democrats.org

Special Interest Societies/Organizations

Jewish Historical Society
National Geographic Society www.ngs.org

Universities

American University  www.american.edu/
Galludet University www.gallaudet.edu/
Georgetown University www.georgetown.edu/
Howard University www.howard.edu/
George Washington University www.gwu.edu/
University of District of Columbia www.udc.edu/

(ex-district)

University of  Maryland www.inform.umd.edu/UMS+State/
George Mason University  www.gmu.edu

Sports/Parks

Brookside Gardens
Cherry Tree Gardens
National Mall
RFK Stadium
Rock Creek Park
C & O Canal www.nps.gov/choh

Churches, Synagogue, and Religious Buildings

National Cathedral www.cathedral.org/cathedral
St Mathews Cathedral
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
JCC - Jewish Community Center

Military Memorials and Museums

US Army | AirForce | Marines | Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
Marine Corp (Iwo Jima) Memorial
Navy Museum
    9-4 by appt, 202-433-6897 www.history.navy.mil
US Navy Memorial and Naval Heritge Center,
    701 Penn Ave.,  www.lonesailor.org
Pentagon Visitors Center
Vietnam Veterans Memorial www.nps.gov/vive
VietnamWomen's Memorial

Smithsonian Museums www.si.edu | www.smithsonian.org
  National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov
  National Air and Space
  National Building Museum
  Anacostia MC African American History www.si.edu/anacostia
  Arthur M Sackler Gallery www.asia.si.edu
  Art and Industries Building www.si.edu/ai/
  Bureau of Engraving www.moneyfactory.com
  Freer Gallery www.asia.si.edu
  Hirshhorn www.hirshhorn.si.edu
  NM American History www.americanhistory.si.edu
  NM Natural History www.mnh.si.edu
  National Portrait Gallery www.nps.si.edu
  National Postal Museum www.si.edu/postal/
  National Zoologial Park www.natzoo.si.edu
  Smithonsian American Art www.americanart.si.edu
      Renwick Gallery   www???
  Smithsonian Castle Information Center  www.smithsonian.org
Index

Government Agency Museums and Visitor Centers

FBI (Dept of Justice)
Agriculture Department
Treasury Department 
Old Executive Office building, Sat 9-12 noon, by appt 202-395-5895; 17 & Penns.

Independent Museums

National Archives
National Aquarium
NM African Art
NM American Jewish MilitaryHistory, 202-265-6280; 9-5pm; 1811 R St, NW
NM of Health & Medicine (Walter Reade Hosp), Bldg 54, 202-782-2200 by appt; 10-5:30, 6900 Georgia Ave, NW.
NM Women in the Arts

Corcoran Gallery www.corcoran.org
DAR (Daugthers of American Revolution) www.dar.org
Frederick Douglas Museum www.caringinstitue.org
Hillwood Museum www.hillwoodmuseum.org
US Holocaust Museum www.ushmm.org
International Spy Museum www.spymuseum.org
Kreeger Museum www.kreegermuseum.org
Merridian International Center 
National Academy of Science, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, 202-334-2436

National Geograpic Society www.ngs.org

Phillips Collection www.phillipscollection.com
Textile Museum www.textilemuseum.org
Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum  

Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson House,
     Tue-Sat, 1-4, 2118 Mass Av,  202-785-2040
DEA Museum & Visitors Center www.deamuseum.org

Maryland

Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore
National Cryptologic Museum, Ft Meade 301-688-5849, Rt 32 9-4pm
National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pk, Bethesda, 301-496-5963

Virginia

National Firearms Museum (NRA), Fairfax, 703-267-1600; 9-4pm
National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, $6.50,

Theatre, Music and Live Entertainment

Arena Stage www.arena-stage.org
Carter Barron Amphiteatre www.nps.gov.rocr/cbarron.htm
Constitution Hall
Fords Theatre www.fordstheatre.org
Folger Shakespear Library www.folger.edu
Gala Hispanic Theatre www.galatheatre.org
Kennedy Center www.kennedy-center.org
National Theatre www.nationaltheatre.org
Shakespeare Theatre www.shakespearedc.org
Studio Theatre www.studiotheatre.org
Washington Ballet www.washingtonballet.org
Washington Opera www.dc-opera.org
Wolf Trap Foundation Performing Arts www.wolf-trap.org
MCI Center www.mcicenter.com

Presidential Memorials

Jefferson Memorial
Kennedy Center www.kennedy-center.org
Lincoln Memorial www.nps.gov/linc
Roosevelt (FDR) Memorial
Washington Monument www.nps.gov/wamo
Woodrow Wilson House Museum www.nthp.org/main/sites/wilsonhouse.htm

Index

North America | Carribean | Central America | European Union | EU Candidates | Europe - Atlantic | Europe East/South | EuroAsia | Arabian Pennisula | Muslimistans | South Central Asia | East Asia | South East Asia | South America | Africa (East/British) | Africa (West/French) | Africa (North/Arab) | Africa (Other) | Oceania-Pacific