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For the first time in its 50-year residence at the Smithsonian, the 45-carat gem has been taken out of its setting, giving the public a rare look at its bare beauty. National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC

The museum displays the serial killer's car. National Museum of Crime & Punishment 575 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-393-1099

A display of items from polar expeditions--including the first successful attempt to reach the North Pole in 1909 by Robert Peary at the Public Vaults National Archives and Records Administration Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets NW, Washington, DC

Various displays about the history of crime, crime-fighting and punishment in the United States National Museum of Crime & Punishment 575 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC

White House Visitor Center 1450 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC | 202-208-1631

Collections of medical equipment, photographs, camp re-creations and memorabilia related to medical care during the Civil War. National Museum of Civil War Medicine 48 E. Patrick St., Frederick, MD | 301-695-1864

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

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

An exhibition looking at how money has changed from Colonial days to the present. National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000