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Experience history from around the world at The Walters Art Museum. Opened in 1934, this public art museum has a large collection of art and artifacts on display. Check out the massive permanent collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artifacts, medieval ivories, illuminated manuscripts, Renaissance bronzes, Old Master and 19th-century paintings, Chinese ceramics and more.

Walk the streets of the Mount Vernon neighborhood during the annual Artscape. This artistic neighborhood hosts the largest free arts festival in the United States. Check out the works of various visual and performing artists, from painters to sculptors, dancers, musicians, opera singers and more, during this three day summer festival.

Founded in 1959 after the District of Columbia made plans to abandon the streetcar services, the National Capital Trolley Museum opened a decade later to the public. The museum´s permanent exhibitions collect and preserve artifacts from the era of electrical street railways. Learn more about the history of this transportation and take your own streetcar ride when you visit.