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Anacostia Community Museum

Anacostia Community Museum

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Closed until late spring
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Closed Dec. 25

Location

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1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC

ticket Free, no passes needed

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About

Located in the Anacostia neighborhood, this museum examines, documents, and interprets the impact of historical and contemporary social issues on urban communities.

Highlights

Dynamic rotating exhibitions explore various aspects of urban community life, including modernization, cultural encounters, environmental change, gentrification, employment, and globalization.

MetroAccess

To provide an address for MetroAccess Paratransit, please use 1901 Fort Place, SE.

We encourage the use of Metrorail and Metrobus.

Metrorail

Metro Station: Anacostia (Green Line); transfer to W2 or W3 bus

Nearest Accessible Metro Entrance:
Anacostia
Shannon Place between Martin Luther King Jr Ave. and Firth Sterling Ave. SE
Howard Rd., north of Anacostia Freeway SE

Check Metrorail's Elevator and Escalator Service Status page for service disruptions.

Free on-site parking is available. These spaces do not require advance reservations.

Shopping

Explore the Anacostia Community Museum online store.

See Getting Here for information on accessible parking and public transportation.

Accessibility Information and Programs

  • Smithsonian accessibility for visitors
  • Museum accessibility details

Disability access service requests: ACMtours@si.edu

Ethel Payne’s Hat

"A Wa Ka" quilt

Anacostia Pharmacy, 1945

Chuck Brown's Gibson Guitar

Patent Model, Multiple Effect Vacuum Evaporator

1990 Census Poster of Marian Anderson

Madame Evanti's Custom Built Fischer Piano

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Fort Jay G.I.

Bomba Drum

World War I Military Hat

Tongue Plane Made by Cesar Chelor

Woman doing laundry

Building with Barry Farm support posters

View from my Studio

Group portrait of African American men in Masonic regalia

McBrady's Delicately Perfumed Brown Face Powder

World War I Army Hat

Anacostia Aztecs baseball players (Berry, Johnson, Scott) sitting in dugout

Sports Night Baseball Cap

Wood Carving of Praying Hands

Women and Children

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Decorative Gourd with Zigzag Design

J. William's Reliable Market (interior)

Moveable Porcelain Baby Doll

Goodman League basketball game

Talking Drum

May Day celebration at Birney School

Anacostia Green Line Metro Flag, 1985

Benson's Campaign Trunk

Bachelor Benedicts Debutantes

Family photo of Qualls family member

Tree Bark Container with Handle

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