Many articles deal with what one can do on a tour of a city.
This article tells one what one can do on one's own.
This is such a vast city it cannot be done in one article.
This E-zine will deal with only the Smithsonian Museum.
Here are some of the top Museums within this esteemed institution one will not want to miss even one.

• African American History and Culture
• African Art Museum
• Air and Space Museum
• Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
• American Art Museum
• American History Museum
• American Indian Museum
• Anacostia Community Museum
• Arts and Industry Building
• Freer Gallery of Art
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• National Zoo
• Natural History Museum
• Portrait Gallery
• Postal Museum
• Renwick Gallery
• Sackler Gallery
• The Castle

1. The African American History and Culture Museum, currently under construction, is temporarily in the American History Museum.
   It contains articles of African History and Culture.
   
2. The African Art Museum contains art from the whole of Africa.
   
3. The Air and Space Museum contain over 300 airplanes, spacecraft and articles of flight.
   
4. The Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center, located at Dulles Airport and contains many aircraft, including; Space Shuttle Discovery, B-29 Super fortress Enola Gay, Concorde, Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing Stratoliner.
   
5. The American Art Museum contains art and artifacts from the Colonial period through the current period.
   
6. The American History Museum contains many delightful objects of history, including among other things; Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the national anthem; Washington's uniform; Jefferson's lap desk.
   
7. The American Indian Museum contains the largest collection in the U.
   S.
   of Indian art and objects of Indian history.
   
8. The Anacostia Community Museum contains exhibits showing the impact of government, modernization, social issues and environmental issues on American Culture.
   
9. The Arts and Industry Building was the first building in the Institute and currently closed for remodeling.
   
10. The Freer Art Gallery contains spectacular artwork from Asia.
    
11. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden show current and emerging artist, along with a lovely garden area.
    
12. The National Zoo houses over 2,000 animals from over 200 species.
    
13. The Museum of Natural History contains displays from the earliest of human origin and its development.
    
14. The National Portrait Gallery is an impressive display of Presidents, famous persons, actors, along with visionaries and villains!
15. The National Postal Museum contains the history of the U.
    S.
    Postal service, including artifacts, early mail airplanes and delivery vehicles.
    
16. The Renwick Gallery contains arts and craft exhibits from the 19^th to the 21^st Centuries.
    
17. The Sackler Gallery contains Asian art from the earliest times to the current times.
    Exhibits change constantly.
    
18. The Castle is the home office and information structure; it contains a copy of the Federal City and information on the other museums in different languages.
    

As one can see, just the Smithsonian contains more museums than one can see in a week, never mind a day.