Event Logistics

Event Venues

The following is a list of the most frequently used locations for our programs.

1. S. Dillon Ripley Center
   1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
   Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
2. Discovery Theater
   S. Dillon Ripley Center
   1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
   Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
3. Baird Auditorium and Computer Lab for Learning
   National Museum of Natural History
   10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
   Metro: Federal Triangle, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
4. Holiday Inn Capitol
   STUDY TOURS: bus pickup location (most local tours)
   550 C Street (at 6th and C Streets), SW
   Metro: L’Enfant Plaza, 7th & Maryland Avenue exit
   Blue/Orange/Silver or Yellow/Green Lines
5. Lisner Auditorium
   George Washington University
   21st and H Streets, NW
   Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
6. Marion & Gustave Ring Auditorium
   Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
   7th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
   Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
   L'Enfant Plaza, 7th & Maryland Avenue exit, Blue/Orange/Silver or Green/Yellow Lines
7. Meyer Auditorium
   Freer Gallery of Art
   12th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
   Metro: Smithsonian station, Independence Avenue exit, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
8. Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
   Smithsonian American Art Museum
   8th and G Streets, NW
   Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown, Red or Green/Yellow Lines
9. Rasmuson Theater
   National Museum of the American Indian
   4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
   Metro: L'Enfant Plaza, Maryland Avenue/Smithsonian Museums Exit
   Blue/Orange/Silver or Green/Yellow Lines
10. Renwick Gallery
    Grand Salon
    1661 Pennsylvania Avenue (at 17th Street), NW
    Metro: Farragut North, Red Line
    or Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
11. Smithsonian Castle
    1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
    Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
12. US Navy Memorial Foundation Auditorium
    701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter, Green/Yellow Lines
13. Voice of America Bulding Auditorium
    330 Independence Avenue, SW
    (enter on C St.; Wilbur J. Cohen Building)
    Metro: Federal Center SW, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines
14. Warner Bros. Theater
    National Museum of American History
    14th and Constitution Avenue, NW
    Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange/Silver Lines

Other locations not shown on venue map

1. Mayflower Hotel
   STUDY TOURS: bus pickup location (most overnight tours)
   1127 Connecticut Ave NW (Bus pickup on DeSales Street )
   Metro: Farragut North, Red Line
2. National Building Museum
   401 F Street NW
   Metro: Judiciary Square, F Street exit, Red Line
   Gallery Place-Chinatown station, Red/Yellow/Green Lines
3. National Zoological Park (National Zoo)
   3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
   Metro: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan
   Connecticut Ave & Woodley Rd. exit, Red Line

Metro Notes

Call 202-637-7000 to check on the last train to your destination.

Maps

Accessibility Maps
Entrances, curb cuts, designated parking and more

Anacostia Museum
Fort Stanton Park, Washington, D.C.

National Mall
Smithsonian museums on or near the National Mall

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Near Washington Dulles International Airport
Chantilly, Va.

Venues
Most frequently used locations for events