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A privately-owned museum founded by David Green, founder of Hobby Lobby, that displays the history and impact of the Bible.
The Museum of the Bible is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, owned by Museum of the Bible, Inc., a nonprofit Christian missionary organization established in 2010 by the Green family. The museum documents the narrative, history, and impact of the Bible. The museum, which opened on November 17, 2017, exhibits around 1,500 objects and artifacts, ranging across 4,000 years of history. Carlos A. Campo has overseen the museum since his appointment as CEO in June 2024. The museum states that it had 453,000 guests in 2024, bringing total admissions to date past 3 million.
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In Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
The Voice of America is an international multimedia news broadcast facility operating around the clock, famous around the world, especially for broadcasts conducted throughout Nazi-occupied Europe and later the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. The tours here are another one of those undiscovered gems—you get to watch televised broadcasts going out all over the world, and you'll see that one room where all presidential handshakes with foreign heads of state are filmed. The 30-45 minute tours are conducted in English on weekdays at noon. Tours are walk-in only, for up to 10 people. Arrive 10 minutes early for security screening. You will need to have your passport or state-issued ID to enter.
Built in 1875, this church served as the center of the European Catholic community and its working bell tower remains one of the area's principal landmarks. Visiting a mass can be rewarding if only to enjoy the impressive music ensemble and excellent acoustics.
This church hosts extremely popular and crowded weekly live music nights: Blue Monday Blues and Friday Jazz, both featuring local musicians.
A formerly white Romanesque church now hosts art exhibits, events, and the congregation of the Friendship Baptist Church.
A highly acclaimed not-for-profit theater devoted to modern and contemporary American theater, with an emphasis on politically engaging, intense, and often edgy drama. A major renovation was completed in 2010.