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The Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights and other documents and artifacts chronicling American history. National Archives and Records Administration Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-357-5000

American history through the country's first ladies and their gowns, holiday traditions and the evolution of money, as well as the flag that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner." National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculpture, and a sculpture garden. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian Institution Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

European and American paintings, sculpture and decorative arts from the 13th through the 19th centuries and a sculpture garden. National Gallery of Art Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-737-4215

Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD | 410-547-9000

displays of textiles and carpets from around the world. Textile Museum 2320 S St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-667-0441

The collection includes "Treasures of European Decorative Art and Sculpture," "The European Landscape," the Salon Dore French gilt room, 16th-century Italian earthenware, 17th- to 20th-century European paintings and 18th- to 20th-century American paintings. Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-639-1700

Exhibits of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Byzantine silver, medieval armor, Faberge eggs and 16th- through 19th-century paintings and sculpture. At Hackerman House: Chinese and Japanese porcelains, Japanese decorative arts, early Buddhist sculpture from China, and Southeast Asian art. Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD | 410-547-9000

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC | 202-488-0400

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC