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The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) is a large underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists and an expansion space for the US Congress.It is located below the East Front of the Capitol and its plaza, between the Capitol building and 1st Street East.The complex contains 580,000 square feet (54,000 m2) of space below ground on three floors. The overall project budget was doller621 million.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., at Judiciary Square, honors 20,267 U.S.law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty throughout history.The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund was established by former U.S.Representative Mario Biaggi (D NY), a 23 year New York City police veteran who was wounded in the line of duty over 10 times before retiring in 1965.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art was one of the oldest privately supported cultural institutions in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.The museum main focus was American art.In 2014 the museum closed, leaving its 17,000 work collection to the National Gallery of Art.Prior to its dispersal, the permanent collection included works by Rembrandt Peale, Eug?ne Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Edward Hopper, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Gene Davis, and many others.Founded in 1869 by William Wilson Corcoran, the Corcoran was the oldest and largest non federal art museum in the District of Columbia.Its mission was dedicated to art and used solely for the purpose of encouraging the American genius.

The Woodrow Wilson House was the residence of the Twenty Eighth President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson after he left office. It is at 2340 S Street NW just off Washington, D.C.Embassy Row.On February 3, 1924, Wilson died in an upstairs bedroom. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The National Trust for Historic Preservation owns the house and operates it as a museum.

The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the United States.It has the world largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period (1500 1750).The library was established by Henry Clay Folger in association with his wife, Emily Jordan Folger.It opened in 1932, two years after his death.The library offers advanced scholarly programs national outreach to K 12 classroom teachers on Shakespeare education and plays, music, poetry, exhibits, lectures, and family programs.It also has several publications and is a leader in methods of preserving rare materials.

The Smithsonian Castle, located near the National Mall in Washington, D.C.behind the National Museum of African Art and the Sackler Gallery, houses the Smithsonian Institution administrative offices and information center.The building is constructed of Seneca red sandstone in the faux Norman style (a 12th century combination of late Romanesque and early Gothic motifs) and is nicknamed the Castle.It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, located in Washington, D.C., and focuses on American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to the 21st century.It is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was begun in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and originally housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art (now one block from the White House and across the street from the Old Executive Office Building).When it was built in 1859, it was known as the American Louvre.

The Howard Theatre is a historic theater, located at 620 T Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.Opened in 1910, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.In its heyday, the theater was known for catering to an African American clientele, and had played host to many of the great black musical artists of the early and mid twentieth century.The Howard Theatre was billed as the Theater of the People, and supported two theatrical organizations, the Lafayette Players and the Howard University Players. In September 2010 extensive renovations were started to restore the theater to its former glory. The theater reopened on April 9, 2012 to headline acts like Wanda Sykes, Blue Oyster Cult, and Chaka Khan, all appearing in the first month since reopening.

The Willard InterContinental Washington is a historic luxury Beaux Arts hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.Among its facilities are numerous luxurious guest rooms, several restaurants, the famed Round Robin Bar, the Peacock Alley series of luxury shops, and voluminous function rooms. It is two blocks east of the White House, and two blocks south of the Metro Center station of the Washington Metro.

The Organization of American States (Spanish Organizacion de los Estados Americanos, Portuguese Organizacao dos Estados Americanos, French Organisation des Etats Americains), or the OAS or OEA, is an inter continental organization founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states.Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS members are the 35 independent states of the Americas.