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Indian is on your right-hand side. The curving
exterior, fashioned from amber kasota limestone,
blobs like an amoeba.
National Museum of the
American Indian
The National Museum of the American
Indian (www.americanindian.si.edu; cnr 4th St
& Independence Ave SW; h10am-5:30pm; c)
uses native communities’ voices and
their own interpretive exhibits to tell
respective tribal sagas. The ground-
floor Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe (www.
mitsitamcafe.com; mains $8-18; h11am-5pm)
is the best dining option on the Mall.
The Walk » Walk west across the Mall, following
Jefferson Ave. After about 2000ft you’ll reach the
doughnut-shaped Hirshhorn Museum.
Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum (www.hirshhorn.
si.edu; cnr 7th St & Independence Ave SW;
h10am-5:30pm, sculpture garden 7:30am-dusk;
c) houses the Smithsonian’s modern
art collection. Just across Jefferson
Dr, the sunken Sculpture Garden
feels, on the right day, like a bouncy
jaunt through a Lewis Carroll-style
Wonderland. Young lovers, lost tourists
and serene locals wander by sculptures
such as Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais.
The Walk » Walk up 7th Ave towards
Pennsylvania Ave. Turn left on Pennsylvania Ave
and you’re at the National Archives.
National Archives
It’s hard not to feel a little in awe of the
big documents in the National Archives
(www.archives.gov; 700 Constitution Ave NW;
h10am-7pm mid-Mar–early Sep, to 5:30pm
early Sep–mid-Mar). The Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution and the
Bill of Rights, plus one of four copies
of the Magna Carta: viewed together,
it becomes clear just how radical the
American experiment was for its time.
The Walk » Getting back to the Library of
Congress is easy – just head down Pennsylvania
Ave towards the Capitol Building, skirt the Capitol
and there you are. But feel free to explore the
National Mall while you’re down here.