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Originally Posted by YYCSledge
i don't expect to have a whole lot of time to explore. so i appreciate all the insights into the museums and monuments. We are staying downtown washington, about 10 minutes from capital one arena.
I'm confident we will grab some tickets to the commandors game on sunday. So really it's just fly in thursday, friday night on the town after the flames game and saturday exploring the area, sunday football and a quick trip back on the monday.
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Well the Smithsonian museums are all on the national mall. Realistically you can see all of that and the monuments on the same day. You can be a bit picky about which museums you want to visit, or see a bunch of them as they're all free. The White House is also a must and isn't very far from that part of town.
The national art gallery is right by the arena, and personally was my favorite museum. I believe it's one of the only Smithsonian museums outside of the national mall area.
If you have time, do check out Arlington Cemetary and Georgetown. Speaking from experience, those are very memorable parts of the DC area for me.