Washington DC family weekend planner
Best museums in Washington DC
Family-friendly museums in Washington DC: hands-on science, art, history, and children's museums, plus their upcoming free days and family programs. Browse 30 family-friendly spots and 9 upcoming events on FamHop.
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Upcoming museums
- Storytime · Thursday, June 25, 2026
National Building Museum Children & Youth Programs, Washington · Free
- Family Museum Program · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Smithsonian Events, Washington · $
- Family Museum Program · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Smithsonian Events, Washington · $
- Storytime · Thursday, July 2, 2026
National Building Museum Children & Youth Programs, Washington · Free
- Family Museum Program · Saturday, July 4, 2026
Smithsonian Events, Washington · $
- Family Museum Program · Sunday, July 5, 2026
Smithsonian Events, Washington · $
- Storytime · Thursday, July 9, 2026
- STEAM Saturday · Saturday, July 11, 2026
- Storytime · Thursday, July 16, 2026
Top-rated museums
- Museum of the Palestinian People · Washington
- National Museum Of American Jewish Military History · Washington
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- National Museum of Women in the Arts · Washington
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- Planet Word · Washington
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- Renwick Gallery · Washington
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- The Phillips Collection · Washington
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- Dacor Bacon House Museum · Washington
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- DAR Museum · Washington
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- DC History Center · Washington
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site · Washington
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- GWU Museum and Textile Museum · Washington
- Interior Museum · Washington
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- Museum of Illusions · Washington
- National Portrait Gallery · Washington
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum · Washington
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- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery · Washington
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- Arts and Industries Building · Washington
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- Freer Gallery of Art · Washington
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- Hirshhorn Museum · Washington
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- LabX · Washington
- National Building Museum · Washington
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- National Gallery of Art · Washington
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture · Washington
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- National Museum of African Art · Washington
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- National Museum of American History · Washington
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- National Museum of Natural History · Washington
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- Navy Memorial Visitor Center · Washington
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington
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- U.S. National Archives · Washington
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- Museum of the Bible · Washington
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