Area Attractions
Whatever the reason for your visit to GW, and no matter how long you stay, you’ll never run out of things to do. At the edges of our Foggy Bottom Campus, you’ll find the White House, the Department of State, the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and a number of other cultural, government and entertainment venues. Washington’s most popular attractions are just a walk or a Metro ride away from the campus.
Museums
Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries line the nearby National Mall. They include the museums of American history and natural history, the Air and Space Museum and the National Gallery of Art. The National Archives and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum are in the same area.
Government Buildings, Monuments and Memorials
Along with the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress, you can easily visit the Washington Monument, the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials and the Vietnam, Korean War and World War II memorials. Many U.S. government agencies and departments offer tours for visitors.
Washington, D.C., Neighborhoods
You can spend time exploring our historic Foggy Bottom or Mount Vernon/Foxhall neighborhoods. From both, Downtown, Penn Quarter, Capitol Hill and Georgetown shops and services can be reached on foot, Metro subway, Taxi, or by bus. The Adams Morgan and U Street/Shaw neighborhoods are a melting pot of cultures and home to popular entertainment, clubs and restaurants. The National Zoo, the National Mall and Rock Creek Park are among the city’s many green spaces.
Performing Arts
Washington hosts professional symphonic, opera, theater and ballet companies, including the Folger Shakespeare Theatre. The city is filled with clubs offering a wide range of popular music. GW’s own Lisner Auditorium is D.C.’s busiest and best-known venue for the performing arts.
George Washington
You can explore the Virginia haunts of GW’s namesake by visiting Olde Towne Alexandria, roaming Washington’s Mount Vernon home and traveling to his birthplace at Ferry Farm, near Fredericksburg.
D.C. Sports
Washington is a great sports city. Depending on the season, you can take in baseball with the Washington Nationals, football with the Redskins, basketball with the Wizards, hockey with the Capitals and soccer with D.C. United. If you’re fortunate enough to visit during basketball season, you can’t miss GW’s own Colonials!
Great Side Trips
If you’re traveling to and from GW by car and have the time to wander beyond the city, a number of outstanding attractions are just a day-trip away. They include Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the historic port of Annapolis, Md., beautiful Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park and beaches in Maryland and Delaware.
The GW Experience
Students
GW student entrepreneurs may apply for spots in entrepreneurship incubator.
A Home Away from HomeTwins study medicine and public health at George Washington.
Student Co-Produces New AlbumGeorge Washington student José Curbelo helped produce an album of northern Uruguayan music for Smithsonian Folkways.
A Call to ServiceGW students traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico as part of the fourth annual Alternative Winter Break program.
Faculty
GSPM professors teach practical skills to emerging politicians in Egypt.
South African Youth Perform at GWLatest collaboration between Professor of Theatre Leslie Jacobson and the Bokamoso Youth Centre premieres Friday.
A Life-Changing CourseToday’s reading by Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of “The Far Euphrates,” is the first of six from visiting artists in this spring’s Jewish Literature Live course.
Alumni
New scholarship program enables graduates to put a face and name to donations.
Fifteen alumni and one doctoral student will conduct research around the globe with 2011-12 Fulbrights.
Furry Friend Gets Kids Excited About LearningGeorge Washington alumna helped create a curriculum for elementary school students centered on the dog who used to serve as the postal service’s mascot.
