{"id":40721,"date":"2022-07-01T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omio.com\/window-seat\/?p=40721"},"modified":"2022-07-28T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:24:05","slug":"the-best-museums-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omio.com\/window-seat\/history-art\/the-best-museums-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"The Washington, D.C. Museums You Have to Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Capital cities are capital cities for a reason. They encapsulate the history of a nation and stand as a bellwether to that country\u2019s culture. Washington, D.C. is no exception. For more than 200 years, the city has been home to power struggles, inner conflicts, a city fire, and traitorous insurgencies. Definitely not something the American Founding Fathers had in mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explore the futuristic walkway at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Credit: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Washington<\/a>, D.C. boasts a plethora of iconic sites marked by the wings of history. From Martin Luther King\u2019s legendary \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech by the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 to the iconic White House, which has served as a residence for every sitting American president since 1800, Washington is a must for political history buffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young American Congress declared then swampy Washington, D.C<\/a>. the nation\u2019s capital on July 16, 1790, 14 years after American independence, as a compromise between Southern and Northern states. President George Washington chose the new district of Columbia for its strategic location straddling the original colonies of Maryland and Virginia. Inspired by the French\u2019s capital\u2019s leafy boulevards, Parisian architect Pierre Charles L’Enfant created an American capital that features the Capitol Building as its Arc de Triomphe. <\/p>\n\n\n

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