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THINGS TO DO IN WASHINGTON, DC
 
Arlington National Cemetery – (703) 697-4967. Open daily 8am-7pm. Free admission. Choice of self-guided walking tour or paid shuttle tour. Metro: Arlington Cemetery.
 Corcoran Gallery of Art – (202) 639-1780. Open Wednesday-Monday 10am- 5pm (to 9pm on Thursday). Admission: adults $5, senior citizens and students $3, ages 13-18 $1. Free admission Mondays and Thursdays after 5pm.
FDR Memorial – (202) 619-7222. Open daily. Free. Park ranger in attendance 8am-midnight.
Ford’s Theatre – (202) 347-4833. Group rates available for 20+ people. Tours through the National Park Service. Purchase tickets through tickets.com, 1-800-955-5566, and Box Office at 511 10th St NW. Metro: Metro Center.
International Spy Museum – 800 F St., NW; (202) 393-7798. Through photographs, films, videos, and artifacts, historical incidents such as the burning of the White House in 1814, explosions in New York harbor in 1916 that dusted the Statue of Liberty with shrapnel, protests against the Vietnam war such as the explosion of a bomb at the U.S. Capitol in 1971, the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center, and the September 11 attacks are revisited. A timeline and audio tour give these events perspective.
Jefferson Memorial – (202) 426-6841. Open daily. Free. Park ranger in attendance 8am-midnight.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – (202) 467-4600. Hours and prices vary according to performance event. Free performances daily at 6pm. Call for specific show information. Free shuttle service from the Foggy Bottom Metro station.
Lincoln Memorial – (202) 426-6841. Open daily. Free. Park ranger in attendance 8 a.m.-midnight.
 National Museum of the American Indian – (202) 514-3700. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; Thursdays until 8 p.m. Closed on December 25. The Museum Shops are open every day from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Free Admission.
National Aquarium – (202) 482-2825. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: adults $3.50, children under 10 $1.00, Seniors and Military $3.00, Children under 2 free. Shark, alligator, or piranha feeding daily at 2pm.
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