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Items including manuscripts, sheet music, letters and photographs highlight the lives of the Gershwin brothers. Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Bldg. 10 First St. SE, Washington, DC | 202-707-4604

American English as it changed from the British English of around 1812. National Museum of Language 7100 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD | 301-864-7071

Drawing from the personal papers, public appearances and films of Bob Hope and other entertainers, this exhibit looks into the interplay and impact of politics and entertainment in 20th-century American life. At the Jefferson Building. Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Bldg. 10 First St. SE, Washington, DC | 202-707-4604

Explore the evolution of flight, with displays, hands-on exhibitions and historic aircraft and spacecraft, from the Wright Brothers plane to Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis to the Apollo 11 command module Columbia. The museum also has a planetarium and IMAX theater, which for a fee shows educational films on flight and outer space. National Air and Space Museum - Smithsonian Institution Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

An ongoing work of portraiture by Byron Kim consisting of more than 400 panels representing the skin color, in oil and wax, of various artistic subjects. National Gallery of Art Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-737-4215

Shop furnishings, apothecary bottles and medicinal equipment speak to the role of medicine in early Alexandria. Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop 105-107 S Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA

An examination of the history of and pressing issues pertaining to cybersecurity. International Spy Museum 800 F St NW, Washington, DC | 202-393-7798

An exploration of life on the nation's waterways, and the central role marine transportation and waterborne commerce played in the establishment of major cities and trade routes. National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Memorabilia of the Virginia Piedmont, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the early years of Manassas. Manassas Museum 9101 Prince Williams St., Manassas, VA | 703-330-2787

Learn about the Holocaust, the mass genocide perpetuated by the Nazis in the years leading up to and during World War II, through artifacts, testimonials and interactive exhibits that detail the lives of children who lived through it, the rise of the Nazi party and the Nuremburg trials. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC | 202-488-0400