I try to keep this list of historic house museums for District of Columbia current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information. If you are searching for museums near you, or close to where you will be traveling to, please change the display view to Map.
If you know of a historic house museum not in this list, please submit it.
Decatur House
- 202-218-4333
- 1610 H St NW, Washington, DC, USA
Built in 1818-1819, the Decaturs' home was the first private residence in the White House neighborhood. Thereafter known as Decatur… Read More
Dumbarton House
- 202-337-2288
- 2715 Q Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Built during the tumultuous presidencies of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the house has been restored to show it as… Read More
Dumbarton Oaks
- 202-339-6400
- 1703 32nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Dumbarton Oaks is situated on land that formerly was part of a 1702 land grant patented by Colonel Ninian Beall… Read More
Frederic Douglass National Historic Site
- 202-426-5961
- 1411 West Street Southeast, Washington, DC, USA
Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as a young… Read More
Heurich House Museum
- 202-429-1894
- 1307 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
The Heurich mansion was built in 1892-4 for German-American immigrant Christian Heurich (1842-1945), whose brewery was the largest in DC… Read More
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
- 202-686-5807
- 4155 Linnean Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), heir to the Post cereal fortune, was the founder of Hillwood Museum and Gardens, her former… Read More
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
- 202-673-2402
- 1318 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site commemorates the life of Mary McLeod Bethune and the organization she… Read More
Old Stone House
- 202-895-6070
- 3051 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Built circa 1766, Old Stone House is the oldest structure on its original foundation in Washington, DC. Read More
The Octagon Museum
- 202-626-7439
- 1799 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
The oldest museum in the United States devoted to architecture and design, the Octagon Museum enables the American Architectural Foundation… Read More
The White House
- 202-208-1631
- 1450 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
If you are the actual winner of the presidential election, you get to live here for 4 years. Read More
Tudor Place
- 202-965-400
- 1644 31st Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Tudor Place Historic House & Garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of Martha Washington, and the enslaved… Read More
Woman’s National Democratic Club
- 202-232-7363
- 1526 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Built in 1894, the home of the Woman's National Democratic Club, also known as the Whittemore House, was placed on… Read More
Woodrow Wilson House
- 202-387-4062
- 2340 S Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
When Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith retired from the White House in 1921 they made this house their home.… Read More












