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U.S. National Archives in Ward 2, District of Columbia

U.S. National Archives in District of Columbia is a museum (wheelchair accessible, National Archives and Records Administration, opening hours: Mon–Sun 10–17:30, free of charge, Web), Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest 700. U.S. National Archives is also known as Archives I. Ⓦ.

House Number
700
Street
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Alternate Name
Archives I
Building Type
office building
Operator
National Archives and Records Administration
Tourism
museum
Website
https://www.archives.gov/
Wheelchair Access
yes
Legend

Artworks

  • Heritage Sculpture (Artist: James Fraser, stone) – approx. 100 ft.
  • Guardianship Sculpture (Artist: James Fraser, stone) – approx. 150 ft.
  • Wandering Rocks (Artist: Tony Smith, steel) – approx. 250 ft.
  • Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash (Artist: Joan Miró, bronze) – approx. 250 ft.
  • Six-Part Seating (Artist: Scott Burton, granite) – approx. 300 ft.
  • Spider (Artist: Louise Bourgeois) – approx. 300 ft.
  • Typewriter Eraser, Scale X (Artist: Claes Oldenburg;Coosje van Bruggen) – approx. 300 ft.
  • Past Sculpture (Artist: Robert Aiken, stone) – approx. 350 ft.
  • Puellae (Artist: Magdalena Abakanowicz) – approx. 350 ft.
  • Future Sculpture (Artist: Robert Aiken, stone) – approx. 350 ft.
  • Aurora (Artist: Mark di Suvero) – approx. 350 ft.
  • AMOR (Artist: Robert Indiana, aluminium) – approx. 400 ft.
  • Orphée (Artist: Marc Chagall, stone;glass) – approx. 400 ft.
  • Untitled (abstract dancer) (Artist: Joel Shapiro, bronze) – approx. 400 ft.
  • Stele II (Artist: Ellsworth Kelly) – approx. 400 ft.

Bus stops

  • Constitution Av NW at 9th St NW – approx. 200 ft.
  • 9th St NW at Constitution Ave NW – approx. 250 ft.
  • 7th St NW and Constitution Av NW – approx. 300 ft.
  • National Archives Annex Shuttle – approx. 350 ft.
  • 7th Street Northwest & Constitution Avenue Eastbound – approx. 350 ft.
  • Pennsylvania Ave NW at 7th St NW – approx. 400 ft.
  • National Archives – approx. 450 ft.

Tourist information centers

  • National Archives Research Center at Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest 700 (20408-0001) – approx. 300 ft.
  • Federal Triangle Heritage Trail – approx. 400 ft.

Streets nearby

9th Street Northwest
The Westin Washington, DC Downtown, Starbucks, Lado Interntional Institute, 9th & G St NW, Zaytinya, No Kerb-Cut, Café Riggs, 9 St NW at G St NW, Oya Restaurant & Lounge, Atrium Cafe, maman Penn Quarter, Wells Fargo, 9th St & Pennsylvania Ave NW, Methodist Protestant Church, Zola Wine and Kitchen, Cafe Riggs, 9th St NW at Constitution Ave NW, Queen of Sheba, Zepplin, 9th Street NW and F Street Northwest, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Ella's Wood-fired Pizza, eVgo, Happy Bud, TG Cigar Lounge, The Gentlemen's closet, The DC Chi Pie, Brij, Oak Berry, Sunoco, Amazon Hub Locker+, Darryl Carter, FVCbank, Long View Gallery, 9th Street & N Street, Lost and Found, All Purpose, Fossette Focacceria, Unconventional Diner, Dogtopia, TallBoy, Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL), 9th & N St NW, Family Ethiopian Restaurant, Colonial parking, Hush Boutique, 9th St NW at P St NW
0.1 mi
Smithsonian Pollinator Garden Path
Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center Natural History
0.1 mi
7th Street Northwest
7th St NW and Madison Dr NW, Thinker on a Rock, Tom's, 1974, America, Bread for the City, Ivy & Coney, Grand Cata, Unleashed, The Passenger, Compass Coffee, Qui Qui, Play DC, Tobacco Vape, Honoring Individual Power & Strength (HIPS), Jake's Tavern, Lalibela Ethiopian, Capitol Medical Supply, 7-Eleven, Baan Mae, Duccini's Pizza, 7th St NW at P St NW, 7th St NW at N St NW, 7th Street NW at Pennsylvania Av NW, Archives, 7 St NW at Pennsylvania Av NW, 7th St NW at M St NW, Mount Vernon Square, Subway, Central Lock, Happy Cleaners, Mid Town Convenience Store, Red Sun Nails, Midcity At The Crossroads, 7th St NW at L St NW, Reren Lamen & Bar, New Da Hsin Trading, Zumo Thai, Smashburger, 7th St NW at H St NW, 7th St NW and Constitution Av NW, National Archives Annex Shuttle, Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza, 4, Mí Vida, 7th St NW at E St NW, Stele II, Aurora, Untitled (abstract dancer), AMOR, National Portrait Gallery, Hertz, Gallery Place, Starbucks, Capital One, Chopt, Auntie Anne's, Häagen-Dazs, Clyde's Of Gallery Place, Raising Cane's, Arosto Pizza, Rocket Bar, HipCityVeg, Jackpot, Wasai, T-Mobile, Xfinity, Chipotle, 90 Second Pizza, Chick-fil-A, Smoothie King, 7th St NW at G St NW, Kinship, Pearl's Bagels, Flirt Cocktail Bar and Social Club, FedEx Office, EagleBank, MyEyeDr., 7th St NW at Massachusetts Ave NW, Lincoln Westmoreland Child Development Center, Shaw–Howard University, Elbo's Market, Shaw-Howard University Metro Station, United House of Prayer, Shaw Community Ministry, 7th St NW at R St NW, Bank of America, The UPS Store, InnerCity Collaborative Community Development Corporation, Motown Square, Doro Soul Food, 7th St NW at S St NW, 7th St NW at Rhode Island Ave NW, Pitango, PubKey, Carmine's, Bindaas, China Chilcano, District Architecture Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company - Klein Theater, 3, The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, Seoul Spice, Freeds Optical Gallery, Pua, Chili Bistro, 7th St NW at I St NW, TD Bank, Daguerre Memorial, Dunkin', 7th St NW at F St NW
0.2 mi
6th Street Northwest
Joy Luck House Bakery & Cafe, Chinatown Express, Izakaya, Daikaya Ramen, Bonkers' Chinese Burger, Spice 6, Golden China, Earth Grocery & Cafe, 6th St NW at Massachusetts Ave NW, 6th St and Indiana Ave NW, Bambini, China Boy, Psychic Of Washington DC, 6th St NW at I St NW, Temple Of Cun Yum, Denson, Springfield Baptist Church, Springfield Baptist Church Child Development Center, Robinson Funeral Home
0.2 mi
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Cycle Track
0.2 mi
Indiana Avenue Northwest
Firehook Bakery, Metropolitan Police Headquarters, Abraham Lincoln Statue, Brigadier General Albert Pike Statue
0.2 mi
Hirshhorn Museum Tunnel
Clamdigger, Brushstroke, Horse and Rider, Young Girl on a Chair, Seated Woman, Eros, Inside Eros, Seated Woman on a Bench, Seated Yucatan Woman, Working Model for "Three-Way Piece No. 3: Vertebrae", Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop, Cubi XII, Draped Reclining Nude, For Gordon Bunshaft
0.2 mi
7th Street Southwest
The Great Warrior of Montauban, Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross, Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points, Figure for Landscape, 7th St SW at Independence Ave SW, Delta Solar
0.3 mi
Jefferson Drive Southwest
National Air and Space Museum, Jefferson Dr & 14th St SW, Joseph Henry, Arthur Vining Downing Statue, Smithsonian Metro, GeodeticMarker, Smithsonian Castle, Untitled, Agricola I, Sphere No. 6, Spatial Concept: Nature, Post-Balzac, Voltri XV, Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore), Smithsonian, Smithsonian / Jefferson Dr and 12th St SW, Dunkin', National Museum Of Asian Arts, Mitsitam Cafe, Totem Poles, Buffalo Dancer II, King and Queen, The Drummer, Walking Man, Monumental Head, Self-Portrait with Model at Bergamo, Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Nymphs"), The Burghers of Calais, Crouching Woman, Monument to Balzac
0.3 mi
D Street Northwest
Subway, Louisiana Ave NW at D St NW
0.3 mi
5th Street Northwest
Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain, Bartaco, Chipotle, 5th St and K St NW, Dryy, European Wax Center, Zipcar, Market To Market, Irish Channel, Absolute Noodle & Sushi Bar, D'Leña, Select Reserves, Popular Cuts, Papa John's
0.3 mi
C Street Northwest
Superior Court of the District of Columbia- Clerk of the Court, District of Columbia Superior Court Child Care Center, Superior Court of the District of Columbia - Moultrie Courthouse, Superior Court of the District of Columbia - Criminal Division, Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters, She Who Must Be Obeyed
0.3 mi
4th Street Northwest Cycleway
Moondog, 4th St NW at Madison Dr NW
0.3 mi
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Pennsylvania Av NW at Constitution Av NW, Good Company Donuts and Cafe
0.3 mi
Madison Drive Northwest
National Gallery of Art, 4th St and Madison Dr NW, Infinity, Museum of Natural History, Museum of American History, Chair Transformation Number 20B, Cheval Rouge, Cubi XXVI, House I, Moondog, Graft, Untitled
0.3 mi
Constitution Avenue Northwest
Heritage Sculpture, Spider, Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash, Constitution Av NW at 9th St NW, Wandering Rocks, Constitution Avenue NW and 6th Street NW (National Gallery of Art West Bldg), Constitution Avenue & 6th Street Stop, Constitution Avenue & 14th & 15th Streets Northwest Mid-block Westbound, 15th St and Constitution Ave NW, Milk River, Constitution Ave NW at 22nd St NW, Constitution Ave NW at 7th St NW, Departmental Auditorium, Andrew W Mellon Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue & 14th Street Northwest Eastbound, Constitution Ave NW at 20th St NW, Constitution Ave NW at 19th St, Albert Einstein Memorial, Constitution Ave NW at 21st St NW, Poets' Bench, Inuksuk, Guardianship Sculpture, Puellae, Six-Part Seating, 7th Street Northwest & Constitution Avenue Eastbound, Captain Nathan Hale Sculpture, Constitution Avenue & 10th Street Northwest Far-side Eastbound, Constitution Ave NW at 12th St NW, Constitution Ave NW at 10th St NW, Constitution Avenue NW and 10th Street NW (Museum of Natural History), Man Controlling Trade, Constitution Ave NW at 6th St NW
0.4 mi
4th Street Northwest
Cascade Café
0.4 mi
4th Street Southwest
0.4 mi
6th Street Southwest
The Young Man, Graduate School, Rice Bar, The Gallery Store, 6th Street SW and K Street SW, 6th St SW at K St SW
0.4 mi
4th Street Southwest Cycleway
4th St SW & Independence Ave SW
0.4 mi
Maryland Avenue Southwest
Zipcar, Cosmo, L'Enfant Plaza - Entrance A (7th St & Maryland Av), 7th Street & Maryland Avenue SW (L'Enfant Plaza) Northbound, Maryland Avenue & 7th Street SW Far-side Eastbound, Wells Fargo, 7th St SW at Maryland Av SW, Rice Bar, Potbelly, ARTECHOUSE, Flippin' Pizza, The American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists, Starbucks
0.4 mi

Areas nearby

Federal Triangle
450 ft

Apartment buildings nearby

565 Penn Residences
0.2 mi

Artworks nearby

Granite Sea
0.1 mi
Four-Sided Pyramid
0.1 mi
Chief Justice John Marshall Statue
0.3 mi
George Gordon Meade Memorial
0.4 mi

Buildings nearby

Woolly Mamoth Theatre Company
0.2 mi
H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse
0.2 mi

Cafes nearby

Pavilion Café
500 ft

Construction sites nearby

Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
0.2 mi

Fast food restaurants nearby

Refreshments
0.3 mi

Fountains nearby

Cogswell Temperance Fountain Memorial
0.1 mi
Acanthus Fountain
0.3 mi

Ice rinks nearby

Ice Rink (seasonal)
500 ft

Museums nearby

National Gallery of Art
0.1 mi
East Wing National Gallery of Art
0.3 mi

Office buildings nearby

Central National Bank
0.2 mi
Federal Aviation Administration (USA)
0.4 mi

Parks nearby

Pollinator Garden
350 ft
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
350 ft
Federal Triangle Park
0.2 mi
L'Enfant Square
0.3 mi
Henry Park
0.3 mi
John Marshall Place Park
0.3 mi
Seaton Park - West
0.4 mi
Federal Aviation Administration Memorial Park
0.4 mi

Subway lines nearby

Washington Metro - Green and Yellow Line
0.1 mi

University buildings nearby

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center
0.2 mi
Year built 1934
Founded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Located in Washington, D.C.
Country United States
Native name National Archives and Records Administration
Official name National Archives
Described by Open GLAM Survey