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PARTY ANIMALS

Party Animals, sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), is considered to be DC’s largest public art project. Artists were chosen by the DCCAH and painted donkey and elephant sculptures representing …

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NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Discover a new world of dreams at National Children’s Museum, now open in downtown DC! Combining science center content with a children’s museum experience, our hands-on space inspires young innovators under 12 to explore science, …

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ROUTE ZENITH

The largest neon work in North America, this neon and glass sculpture was created by Artist Keith Sonnier in close collaboration with the building’s architect, James Ingo Freed. The work is integrated into the Atrium’s …

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PAINTINGS OF REAGAN BUILDING

A gift from the Embassy of Latvia, the painting by Latvian artists Aleksejs Naumovs and Kristaps Zarins is now on permanent display on the Ground Level by the 14th Street entrance. The painting is of …

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OSCAR STRAUS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

The Oscar Straus Memorial Fountain, dedicated in 1947 as a tribute to the diplomat and Secretary of Commerce and Labor, has been restored and returned to its original location at the 14th Street entrance of …

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FEDERAL TRIANGLE FLOWERS

Created by artist Stephen Robin, Federal Triangle Flowers are comprised of two parts – a single stem rose and a lily. The cast-aluminum flowers are located between historic Ariel Rios Building and the Reagan building, …

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BEARING WITNESS

Created by artist Martin Puryear, this 40 foot hammer-formed bronze sculpture sits on Woodrow Wilson Plaza, just west of the plaza’s 13th Street axis. The height of Bearing Witness draws the viewer from Pennsylvania Avenue …

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BERLIN WALL

On permanent display at the building, this large section of the Berlin Wall was donated by the citizens of Berlin and the employees of Daimler-Benz in recognition of President Ronald Reagan’s leadership which contributed to …

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BAS RELIEF OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON

Located at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the congressionally-authorized memorial bas relief of former President Woodrow Wilson (by artist Leonard Baskin) overlooks the Woodrow Wilson Plaza.