Event Logistics
View Event Logistic FAQ for:
Event Venues
Most frequently used locations for events (numbers correspond
with the venue map):
- Baird
Auditorium and Computer Lab for Learning
National Museum of Natural History
10th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro: Federal Triangle, Blue/Orange lines.
- Carmichael Auditorium
National Museum of American History
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange
lines.
- Jefferson
Auditorium
U.S. Department of Agriculture
14th and Independence Avenue, S.W.
Metro: Smithsonian station, Independence
Avenue exit, Blue/Orange lines.
- Lisner Auditorium
George Washington University
21st and H streets, NW
Metro: Foggy Bottom/GWU, Blue/Orange Lines.
- Meyer Auditorium
Freer Gallery of Art
Independence Avenue and 12th Streets, SW
Metro: Smithsonian station, Independence Avenue
exit, Blue/Orange lines.
- Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and G Streets, NW
Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown, Red, Yellow/Green lines
- Rasmuson Theater
National Museum of the American Indian
4th Street and Independence Avenue SW
Metro:L'Enfant Plaza, Blue/Orange or Green/Yellow lines
Maryland Avenue/Smithsonian Museums Exit
- Renwick Gallery
Grand Salon
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW at 17th Street
Metro:Farragut North (Red line) or Farragut West (Blue/Orange lines)
-
Marion and Gustave Ring Auditorium
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW
Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit,Blue/Orange
lines
- Ronald
Reagan International Conference Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Metro: Federal Triangle, Blue/Orange lines.
- S. Dillon Ripley Center
Discovery Theater
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Metro: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange
lines.
- Smithsonian Castle
1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
Metro: Smithsonian–Mall exit, Blue/Orange
lines)
- STUDY TOURS: bus pickup location (most local tours)
Holiday Inn Capitol
550 C Street, SW (corner of 6th & C)
(Metro: L’Enfant Plaza–7th & Maryland Ave. exit,
Yellow/Green/Blue/Orange lines)
- US Navy Memorial Foundation Auditorium
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial, Green/Yellow lines.
- Voice of America Bulding Auditorium
330 Independence Avenue, SW (enter on C St.; Wilber J. Cohen Building)
Metro: Federal Center SW, Blue/Orange lines.
Please note: The Mall entrance to the Smithsonian Metro
station closes at 10 p.m. The other entrance, at Independence Avenue and
12th Street, S.W., closes at midnight (closes at 2 a.m. on Fridays and
Saturdays), as do the Gallery Place and Federal Triangle stations. To be
sure not to miss the last train to your destination, call Metro at 202-637-7000 for
schedules.
Other locations (not shown on venue map):
- Greenberg Theatre
4200 Wisconsin Ave.
(Metro: Tenleytown AU, Red Line)
- Katzen Arts Center
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
(Metro: Tenleytown AU, Red line)
- STUDY TOURS: bus pickup location (most overnight tours)
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW (Bus pickup on DeSales Street )
(Metro: Farragut North, Red Line)
- Meridian
House
Meridian House International Center
1630 Crescent Place, NW
- National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
(Metro: Judiciary Square, Red Line )
MAPS
Venues
Most frequently used locations for events
National
Mall
Smithsonian museums on or near the National Mall
Accessibility
Maps
Entrances, curb cuts, designated parking and more
Anacostia
Museum
Fort Stanton Park, Washington, D.C.
National
Zoo
3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
Steven
F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Near Washington Dulles International Airport,
Chantilly, Va.