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USEUMS
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, 500 17th Street, Northwest (202/638-1439); open Monday and Wednesday to Sunday 10 to 5 (Thursday to 9).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Independence Avenue at 7th Street, Southwest (202/357-3091); open daily 10 to 5:30. Tours are held Mon.-Sat. at 10:30am, noon, and 1:30pm; Sun. at 12:30, 1:30pm, and 2:30pm.
- The Collection in Context: Paul Gauguin, discover the story of Gauguin's sculpture Cylinder Decorated with the Figure of Hina and Two Attendants, Jan.18-Oct.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 101 Independence Avenue, Southeast (202/707-8000); open Monday through Friday 8:30 to 9:30, Saturday 8:30 to 6.
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, 6th Street and Independence Avenue, Southwest (202/357-2700); open daily 10 to 6:30.
- Enola Gay, the forward fuselage of the B-29 which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Continues indefinitely.
- Flights of Fancy: Photographs by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, photographs of early flying machines taken between 1904 and 1912. Until March 31.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, between 7th and 9th streets, on Constitution Avenue, Northwest (202/501-5000); open daily 10 to 9.
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM, 401 F Street, Northwest (202/272-2448); open Monday through Saturday 10 to 4, Sunday noon to 4.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Constitution Avenue at 4th Street, Northwest (202/737-4215); open Monday to Saturday 10 to 5, Sunday 11 to 6.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, 950 Independence Avenue, Southwest (202/357-2700); open daily 10 to 5:30.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 8th and G streets, Northwest (202/357-2700); open daily 10 to 5:30.
- Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and their New York, paintings, pastels and prints by Robert Henri, George Luks, Everett Shinn and others depict early 20th century immigrants, workers and the middle class, in New York City. Through March 17.
- Gilded Age Watercolors and Pastels, watercolors and pastels by artists, including Childe Hassam and Winslow Homer. Through May 27.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest (202/357-2700); open daily 10 to 6:30.
- "Exploring Marine Ecosystems," a new permanent exhibit.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, F and 8th streets, Northwest (202/357-2700); open daily 10 to 5:30.
- Rebels: Painters and Poets of the 1950's, portraits of Beat poets annd artists-Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg-and art by New York artists of the same period including de Kooning and Rothko. Through June 2.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION, 1600 21st Street, Northwest (202/387-2151); open Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 5 (Thursday to 8:30), Sunday noon to 7 (weekends $6.50; seniors $3.25; under 18 free).
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY, 1050 Independence Avenue, Southwest (202/357-2700); open daily 10 to 5:30.
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