National Mall

The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. It is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the National Park System. The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year. The core area of the National Mall extends between the United States Capitol grounds to the east and the Washington Monument to the west and is lined to the north and south by several museums and a federal office building. The term National Mall may also include areas that are also officially part of neighboring West Potomac Park to the south and west and Constitution Gardens to the north, extending to the Lincoln Memorial on the west and Jefferson Memorial to the south. The National Mall proper contains the following landmarks, museums and other features (including opening year): 2. National Museum of American History (1964) 3. National Museum of Natural History (1910) 4. National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (1999) 5. West Building of the National Gallery of Art (1941) 6. East Building of the National Gallery of Art (1978) 10. National Museum of the American Indian (2004) (shown under construction) 11. National Air and Space Museum (1976) 12. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1974) 13. Arts and Industries Building (1881) 14. Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") (1849) 15. Freer Gallery of Art (1923) 16. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (1987) 17. National Museum of African Art (1987) Not marked on the above image: Above the Smithsonian Institution Building Joseph Henry statue (1883) Below the Smithsonian Institution Building Andrew Jackson Downing Urn (1856) Above the Arts and Industries Building Smithsonian Carousel (1967) To the left of the National Museum of American History Site of the present National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016) To the left of the Freer Gallery of Art Jamie L.

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