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
Closest Metro stop: Federal Triangle, Blue/Orange lines.
- Carmichael Auditorium
National Museum of American History
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Closest Metro stop: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blu/Orange
lines.
- Jefferson
Auditorium
U.S. Department of Agriculture
14th and Independence Avenue, S.W.
Closest Metro stop: Smithsonian station, Independence
Avenue exit, Blue/Orange lines.
- Lisner Auditorium
George Washington University
21st and H streets, NW
Closest Metro stop: Foggy Bottom/GWU, Blue/Orange Lines.
- Marion
and Gustave Ring Auditorium
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW
Closest Metro stop: Smithsonian station, Mall exit,Blue/Orange
lines
- Meyer Auditorium
Freer Gallery of Art
Independence Avenue and 12th Streets, SW
Closest Metro stop: Smithsonian station, Independence Avenue
exit, Blue/Orange lines.
- Ronald
Reagan International Conference Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Closest Metro stop: Federal Triangle, Blue/Orange lines.
- S. Dillon Ripley Center
Discovery Theater
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Closest Metro stop: Smithsonian station, Mall exit, Blue/Orange
lines.
- National Zoological
Park
National Zoo - Visitor Center
3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Closest Metro stop: Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan OR Cleveland Park, Red
line.
- Smithsonian Castle
1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
Closet Metro stop: Smithsonian–Mall exit, Blue/Orange
lines)
- STUDY TOURS: bus pickup location (most 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
Closest Metro stop: Archives-Navy Memorial, Green/Yellow lines.
- Voice of America Bulding Auditorium
330 Independence Avenue, SW (enter on C St.; Wilber J. Cohen Building)
Closest Metro stop: Federal Center, SW, Blue/Orange lines.
Other locations (not shown on venue map)
:
- Meridian
House
Meridian House International Center
1630 Crescent Place, NW
- U. S. Department of Interior
18th & C Streets, NW (6 blocks from Metro station)
(Metro: Farragut West, Blue/Orange lines)
- Women’s National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
(Metro: Dupont Circle–Q St. exit, Red line)
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.
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.
Parking Options
Parking for Resident Associate Program events, although limited, is available
at meters. Metered parking in D.C. now includes
Saturdays and the hours of enforcement have been extended to 10 p.m. The cost
is $2 per hour in many areas, including the streets near the National Mall.
(No meters are being added to Jefferson Drive or Madison Drive on the Mall.)
Parking is also available at parking garages for special events, parking may
be available at the west parking lot of the National Museum of Natural History.
Colonial Parking Garages offer $5 parking to RAP members on weekday evenings
after 5:30 pm and all day on Saturday and Sunday at three locations. Be
sure to have your RAP membership card and event ticket with you. Please
note parking times and limits when attending events.
- Colonial Parking, 400 - 430 Tenth Street, SW
202.298.5636
- Colonial Parking, Holiday Inn Capitol (operated by Colonial Parking),
550 C Street, SW, entrance on 6th Street.
202.298.7054
- Colonial Parking, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
202.298.7298
Colonial parking lot hours vary. Please call for closing times and more
information. Click
here to view a map of Metro & parking locations
Member Parking for Weekend Bus Tours
For Smithsonian Resident Associate Members Only
Daytime Bus Tours on Weekends:
Weekend day bus tours depart from the Holiday
Inn Capitol at 550 C Street, SW
There is a Colonial Parking lot at the Holiday Inn Capitol (550 C St. SW),
accessed from 6th Street. The fee is $5 with a Resident Associate event ticket
stub; be sure to read the signs posted in the garage. Tentative parking and
departure locations for specific tours are provided on the ticket and may be
confirmed several days prior to each tour by calling the tour information line, 202-633-8687,
and selecting menu item 2.
Overnight Bus Tours on Weekends:
Parking at the Smithsonian is usually provided, on a space-available basis,
for Resident Associate members on weekend overnight tours. The location of
such parking and nearby pickup stops is included in the special information
mailed two weeks prior to each overnight tour. Please do not block other cars.
Weekend overnight tours now usually depart from the Constitution Avenue entrance
of American History.
Weekday Tours continue to depart from the DeSales St. side of the Mayflower
Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW