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Thirty-two models of 19th century patents. Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Sip on exotic $4 sojutinis (martinis made with soju, a Korean rice liquor) or liquor drinks and $3 Kirin, Sapporo and Tiger beers. Fill up on steamed or pan-fried dumplings ($3) filled with shrimp, meat or vegetables. Mandu 453 K St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-588-1540

Radius offers a $5 beer-and-pizza happy hour between 5 and 7 every weekday, all day on Saturday and Sunday and all night on Mondays. Radius Pizza 3155 Mount Pleasant St., Washington, DC

The lower half of George Washington's dentures, as well as the first president's last remaining tooth, are displayed. Mount Vernon 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria, VA | 703-780-2000

Rare artifacts and pieces of mail sent or salvaged from the doomed vessels. National Postal Museum - Smithsonian Institution 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC | 202-633-5555

Internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker exhibits her rubber tire-based sculpture outside the museum along New York Avenue as part of a series of changing installations of contemporary works by women artists. National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-783-5000

A collection of stone and gilt bronze Buddhist sculptures highlight two flourishing ages, the late Six Dynasties and the High Tang (6th to 8th century). The exhibition's dramatic focus is the monumental Cosmological Buddha: a life-size stone sculpture covered in intricate representations of the earthly realms. It is the only one of its kind on the world. Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

The entire museum space -- walls, floor, escalator sides -- will be wrapped in text-printed vinyl by the artist, immersing visitors in a hall of voices that address conflicting perceptions of democracy, power and belief. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian Institution Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

An ongoing exhibit that looks at the Baltimore's role in the War of 1812, including Rembrandt Peale portraits of Baltimore Defenders and the original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner. Maryland Historical Society 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore, MD | 410-685-3750

A large collection of railroad cars, equipment and artifacts showing the role of trains during the Civil War. The museum will also feature narrated train rides to Camp Carroll for an additional cost. B&O Railroad Museum 901 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD | 410-752-2490