About this Event
Tour description:
Discover the art and architecture that made the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building a "symbol of a new day" during the Great Depression. Designed by local architect Waddy Wood and completed in 1936, the Interior’s headquarters structure features more Public Works Administration (PWA) artwork than any other Federal building. Your overview of the U.S. Department of the Interior past and present will provide context for the "Department of Everything Else" and explain how the agency has evolved since its founding in 1849. As part of this indoor tour, you will visit the museum and also see a selection of the more than 40 painted murals by New Deal-era artists, plus several of the 1941–1942 photomurals by Ansel Adams. For those in need of special assistance (such as an interpreter for the hearing impaired), please notify museum staff in advance; special needs will be accommodated whenever possible.
Tour Guide: Tracy Baetz; Chief Curator, U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
Ward: 2
TOUR INFORMATION
Tour Starting Location: U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC
Located inside the Department of the Interior headquarters. Enter the building via its C Street lobby on C Street, between 18th and 19th Streets, NW. All individuals over 18 years of age are required to present valid, government-issued photo identification to enter the building. Accepted forms of identification are REAL ID, Enhanced Driver's License, Enhanced ID card, Tribal ID, or passport. All visitors are subject to security screenings, including bag and parcel checks. The entry process usually takes less than 10 minutes. The Interior Museum is located just beyond the Visitor Processing Center. For additional answers to frequently-asked questions about visiting the building, please see https://www.doi.gov/interiormuseum/Plan-a-Visit.
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- Closest Metro or Bus Line: Metrorail: Farragut West Metro or Farragut North Metro (each is approximately 6 blocks away)
- Tour Ending Location: U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240
- Tour Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour Distance: 1 miles
- Fitness Level: Low Level (slow walking, flat terrain)
- Audio Enhancer: No
- ASL: Low Level (slow walking, flat terrain)
- Wheelchair Accessible: No
- Stroller Accessible: Yes
Event venue & nearby stays
U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, 1849 C Street Northwest, Washington, United States
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