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Goddard Space Flight Visitor Center

8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD | 301-286-3978

At the closest thing the area has to Cape Canaveral, you'll find exhibits showing off Hubble Space Telescope images as well and an actual chunk of the moon.

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National Colonial Farm

3400 Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek, MD | 301-283-2113

Take a look at how less prosperous colonial farmers lived on this mid-18th-century tobacco plantation.

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Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum

203 Amity St., Baltimore, MD | 410-396-7932

While he lived in this brick house, the writer penned "Berenice" and "Tales of the Folio Club."

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University of Maryland Observatory

Metzerott Road at University Boulevard, College Park, MD | 301-405-6555

The observatory offers a tour, a lecture and stargazing on the 5th and 20th of each month at 8 p.m in the winter and 9 p.m. in the summer.

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DC Mini Gallery

4702 14th St. NW, Washington, DC | 215-805-0935

Catch exhibitions and check out a selection of clothes and vinyl.

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National Children's Museum Launch Zone

112 Waterfront St., Oxon Hill, MD | 301-686-0225

Kids learn while exploring at this preview of the forthcoming National Children's Museum.

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National Bonsai & Penjing Museum

3501 New York Ave. NE, Washington, DC | 202-245-2726

The museum dedicated to Japanese and Chinese tree pruning techniques is on the grounds of the National Arboretum.

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National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

See the Star-Spangled Banner, Dorothy's ruby slippers and Julia Child's kitchen at the newly renovated museum.

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Art Whino - National Harbor

173 Waterfront Street, Oxon Hill, MD | 301-567-8210

The gallery brings some of the underground arts scene to the National Harbor.

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Conner Contemporary Art

1358 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC | 202-588-8750

Contemporary art from across all media.

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