Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Washington, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 10 km
Ascend 205 m
Descend 200 m

Explore Washington in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Washington

Sight 1: U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is Federal Reserve Notes for the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank. In addition to paper currency, the BEP produces Treasury securities; military commissions and award certificates; invitations and admission cards; and many different types of identification cards, forms, and other special security documents for a variety of government agencies. The BEP is one of two U.S. agencies in currency production in the case of printing paper currency; the other is the United States Mint, which mints coinage. With production facilities in Washington, D.C., and Fort Worth, Texas, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the largest producer of government security documents in the United States.

Wikipedia: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (EN), Website

753 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery TimothyJ / CC BY 2.0

The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country.

Wikipedia: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (EN), Website

579 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: 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.

Wikipedia: Cubi XXVI (EN)

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: 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.

Wikipedia: Chair Transformation Number 20B (EN)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Cheval Rouge

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Cheval Rouge is an abstract sculpture by Alexander Calder.

Wikipedia: Cheval Rouge (EN)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: 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)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Captain Nathan Hale Sculpture

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

Wikipedia: Captain Nathan Hale (statue) (EN)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

564 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: 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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291 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

729 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Louis Daguerre Statue

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Louis Daguerre Statue

The Daguerre Memorial is a bronze and granite sculpture by Jonathan Scott Hartley in Washington, D.C. It was erected in memory of Louis Daguerre.

Wikipedia: Daguerre Memorial (EN)

1061 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 12: Bearing Witness

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Bearing WitnessTim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

Bearing Witness is an outdoor 1997 sculpture by Martin Puryear, installed outside the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Twenty plus years after its construction the sculpture follows the characteristic style of Puryear and remains standing with minimal maintenance twenty plus years after its construction. The meaning of the sculpture is left up to interpretation, although many observers read into the inspirations Puryear may have had when designing the work.

Wikipedia: Bearing Witness (sculpture) (EN)

1116 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 13: Canova Lions

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The Canova Lions, located in front of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., are copies of a pair of lions sculpted by Antonio Canova in 1792 for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St Peter's in Rome. The originals were sculpted from marble; these were cast in bronze from molds of the originals. The pieces were installed in 1860.

Wikipedia: Canova Lions (EN)

216 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: DAR Museum

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DAR Museum

The DAR Museum, run by the Daughters of the American Revolution, is an art and history museum in Washington, D.C. The museum is located in Memorial Continental Hall, just down the street from DAR Constitution Hall, where some of the museum's concerts take place.

Wikipedia: DAR Museum (EN), Website

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: DAR Constitution Hall

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DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall. Later, the two buildings were connected by a third structure housing the DAR Museum, administrative offices, and genealogical library. DAR Constitution Hall is still owned and operated by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. It has been a major cultural center of the city since its construction, and houses its largest auditorium.

Wikipedia: DAR Constitution Hall (EN)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Art Museum of the Americas

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Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), located in Washington, D.C., is the first art museum in the United States primarily devoted to exhibiting works of modern and contemporary art from Latin America and the Caribbean. The museum was formally established in 1976 by the Organization of American States (OAS) as the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Artists represented in the AMA's permanent collection include Carlos Cruz-Diez, Candido Portinari, Pedro Figari, Fernando de Szyszlo, Amelia Peláez, and Alejandro Obregón.

Wikipedia: Art Museum of the Americas (EN)

686 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Albert Einstein Memorial

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The Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue by sculptor Robert Berks, depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand. It is located in central Washington, D.C., United States, in a grove of trees at the southwest corner of the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences at 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W., near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Two replicas exist at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Wikipedia: Albert Einstein Memorial (EN)

618 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1920) is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), sculpted by Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. Located in the Lincoln Memorial, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., United States, the statue was unveiled in 1922. The work follows in the Beaux Arts and American Renaissance style traditions.

Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln (French 1920) (EN)

973 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 19: Arlington Memorial Bridge

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The Arlington Memorial Bridge, often shortened to Memorial Bridge, is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge with a central bascule that crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. First proposed in 1886, the bridge went unbuilt for decades thanks to political quarrels over whether the bridge should be a memorial, and to whom or what. Traffic problems associated with the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in November 1921 and the desire to build a bridge in time for the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington led to its construction in 1932.

Wikipedia: Arlington Memorial Bridge (EN), Heritage Website

1491 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 20: Bernardo de Galvez

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Bernardo de Galvez

Bernardo de Gálvez is a bronze equestrian statue of Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, sculpted by Juan de Ávalos of Spain.

Wikipedia: Bernardo de Gálvez (statue) (EN)

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