What you need to know:

• All tours are free.
• Most tours are walk-up but some require reservations. Be sure to double-check the listing before joining a tour. 
• Take Metrobus, Metrorail, and the Circulator to get to your tour, and check goDCgo.com to map out your route.
• Bring your camera and enter our Walkingtown photo contest! 
• Tours are held rain or shine.
• More info and tips to plan your day!

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

Anacostia by Bike - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 9 am - 12 noon
Meet and end at the entrance to the Washington Fish and Seafood Market Place, 1100 Maine Avenue, SW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

DC Green Buildings EcoTour (Bike Tour)
Saturday 9 am - 2 pm
Meet and end at National Geographic Society courtyard, 1145 17th Street, NW
Reservations required: www.WholenessforHumanity.com or 202-686-9813

Explore Florida Market/Capital City Market
Saturday 9 - 11 am
Meet outside New York Avenue Metro station (Florida Avenue exit)
Ends at Litteri’s Italian Deli, 517 Morse Street, NE

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Saturday 9 - 10:30 am
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Art on Line: The Story Behind the Artwork at Metro Stations - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 9:30 am - 12 noon
Meet and end inside Metro Center station at the F and 12th Streets exit, under the stained glass sculptures
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: Please bring Metro farecard.

Old Mount Pleasant
Saturday 9:30 - 11:30 am
Meet across from Columbia Heights Metro on 14th Street in front of CVS
End at Lamont Park (Mount Pleasant, 17th, and Lamont Streets)

Capitol Hill - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
Meet outside Eastern Market Metro station
End at Eastern Market, Seventh Street and North Carolina Avenue, SE 
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Embassy Row (sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP) (check out last year's preview at dcist!) - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
Meet outside the Dupont Circle Metro station, (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: American Sign Language interpreter will participate in this walk.

More than Monuments
Saturday 10 - 11:30 am
Meet at the corner of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW (north side of Constitution)
End at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

The National Mall: What the Memorials Don’t Tell You
Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
Meet at the foot of the Jefferson Memorial
End at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial

Peirce Mill to Turn Again
Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
Meet and end at Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive, NW

Southwest Waterfront
Saturday 10 - 11:30 am
Meet at Waterfront-SEU Metro station
End at the entrance to the Washington Fish and Seafood Market Place, 1100 Maine Avenue, SW

The Sumner School and Its Vanished Neighborhood
Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
Meet outside the Charles Sumner School Museum, 17th and M Streets, NW (Farragut North Metro station)

Victory at Fort Stevens
Saturday 10 - 11:30 am
Meet at Fort Stevens Battleground, 13th and Peabody Streets, NW
End at Battleground National Cemetery, 6625 Georgia Avenue, NW

Before Harlem, There Was U Street (check out last year's preview at dcist!) - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Meet and end outside U St/African Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit)
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Capitol Riverfront: the New Neighborhood Around the Ballpark
Saturday 10:30 am - 12 noon
Meet outside Navy Yard Metro station (M Street and New Jersey Avenue exit)

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Saturday 10:30 am - 12 noon
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Portrait Patrol: Pershing Park
Saturday 10:30 am - 12 noon
Meet and end at the General Pershing statue located in Pershing Park (Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, NW)
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Barry Farm, Anacostia
Saturday 10:45 am - 12:45 pm
Meet and end at Anacostia Metro station

Bringing Art to the Business District
Saturday 11 am - 12:30 pm
Meet at the Call Box in front of 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW directly across from the Farragut North Metro station (L Street exit)
End at 18th and G Streets, NW 

Congressional Cemetery
Saturday 11 - 11:45 am
Meet and end at 18th and E Streets, SE

Embassy Row (sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP) (check out last year's preview at dcist!) - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 11 am - 1 pm
Meet outside the Dupont Circle Metro station, (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Logan Circle
Saturday 11 am - 1 pm
Meet outside McPherson Square Metro station (14th Street exit)
Ends at the corner of 15th and P Streets, NW

Who Was Hortense Prout?  A Walk from Slavery to Freedom in Adams Morgan
Saturday 11 am - 12:30 pm
Meet at 18th Street and Columbia Road, NW (on the SunTrust Bank plaza next to the Saturday Farmers Market)
End at Walter Pierce Park, 2630 Adams Mill Road, NW 

Before Harlem, There Was U Street (check out last year's preview at dcist!) - CANCELLED
Saturday 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Meet and end outside U St/African Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit)
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Alley Living in Capitol Hill
Saturday 12 noon - 2:30 pm
Meet at the northeast corner of Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (next to the SunTrust Bank), three blocks from the Capitol South Metro station
End at Gessford Court, SE, near Eastern Market

Black Georgetown Revisited
Saturday 12 noon - 1:30 pm
Meet at Georgetown Harbor at Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street, NW
Ends at Rose Park, 26th and P Streets, NW

Galleries 1054
Saturday 12 noon - 1:30 pm
Meet at corner of 31st and M Streets, NW

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Saturday 12 noon - 1:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Blagden Alley & Naylor Court: Alley Life in DC from the 1850s to the Present
Saturday 1 - 3 pm
Meet and end the corner of Ninth and N Streets, NW

Eckington - 100 Years of Capital Traction
Saturday 1 - 2:30 pm
Meet outside New York Avenue Metro station (Florida Avenue exit) in front of the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Headquarters, corner of N and Second Streets, NE
End at Rhode Island Avenue Metro station

Embassy Row (sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP) (check out last year's preview at dcist!) - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 1 - 3 pm
Meet outside the Dupont Circle Metro station, (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

History Before History: The Geologic Saga of Washington, DC - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 1 - 4 pm
Meet in the park across from the Harvard Towers apartment building, 1845 Harvard Street, NW, corner of Harvard Street and Adams Mill Road 
End in Woodley Park
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: This tour will involve walking on unpaved forest trails in addition to city streets. Please wear appropriate footwear. Some of the terrain is hilly. Total distance is about two miles.

Mount Vernon Triangle Development Tour
Saturday 1 - 2:30 pm
Meet and end at Mount Vernon Square (Eighth and K Streets, NW, south entrance of Carnegie Library)

Old Tenleytown (sponsored by WAMU-FM)
Saturday 1 - 3 pm
Meet and end in front of Best Buy, 4500 Wisconsin Avenue, corner of Albemarle Street, NW (Tenleytown Metro station, west exit)

The Sumner School and Its Vanished Neighborhood
Saturday 1 - 3 pm
Meet and end outside the Charles Sumner School Museum, 17th and M Streets, NW (Farragut North Metro station)

Temperance Tour (check out last year's preview at dcist!)
Saturday 1 - 4 pm
Meet at the Cogswell Temperance Fountain, Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
End outside the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S Street, NW 
Special Instructions: Please bring Metro farecard.

Capitol Hill - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Meet outside Eastern Market Metro station
End at Eastern Market, Seventh Street and North Carolina Avenue, SE
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: American Sign Language interpreter will participate in this walk.

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Saturday 1:30 - 3 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Moveable Feast - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Meet outside Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter Metro station 
End at the corner of 15th and U Streets, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org 
Special Instructions: Please bring Metro farecard; participants must pay for all food purchases.

Victory at Fort Stevens
Saturday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Meet at Fort Stevens Battleground, 13th and Peabody Streets, NW
End at Battleground National Cemetery on Georgia Avenue, NW

From the Beatles to XM Radio, the Evolution of NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue)
Saturday 2 - 3:30 pm
Meet and end at the New York Avenue Metro station (M Street exit)

More than Monuments
Saturday 2 - 3:30 pm
Meet at the corner of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW (north side of Constitution)
End at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
 
Historic Tour at Twin Oaks - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Saturday 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Meet and end at 34th Street and Woodley Road, NW (near the Washington National Cathedral)
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Washington Waterfront
Saturday 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Meet outside Waterfront-SEU Metro station
End at Seventh Street and Maine Avenue, SW

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Saturday 3 - 4:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Saturday 4 - 5:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

SUNDAY, APRIL 27

DC 8 WARDS EcoTour (Bike Tour) - CANCELLED
Sunday 9 am - 1:30 pm
Meet outside Eastern Market Metro station plaza
End at Tenleytown Metro station
Reservations required: www.WholenessforHumanity.com or 202-686-9813 
Special instructions: Please bring your own bike.

Art on Line: The Story Behind the Artwork at Metro Stations
Sunday 9:30 am - 12 noon
Meet and end inside Metro Center station at the F and 12th Streets exit, under the stained glass sculptures
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: Please bring Metro farecard.

Capitol Hill and the Landmark Eastern Market
Sunday 10 - 11:30 am
Meet at Eastern Market Metro station plaza (east side toward Eighth Street)
End at Eastern Market, Seventh and C Streets, SE

Georgetown - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Sunday 10 am - 12 pm
Meet in the park at 28th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (next to gas station)
End at Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: American Sign Language interpreter will participate in this walk. Some terrain is hilly.

H Street NE Alley Tour
Sunday 10 am - 12:30 pm
Meet outside New York Avenue Metro station (south exit at M Street, NE)
End at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1300 H Street, NE

More than Monuments
Sunday 10 - 11:30 am
Meet at the corner of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW (north side of Constitution)
End at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part I
Sunday 10 am - 12:30 pm
Meet at the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Mount Vernon Place, NW
Ends at Azi’s Café, 1336 Ninth Street, NW
 
Takoma Park
Sunday 10 am - 12 noon
Meet at Takoma Metro station
End at Carole and Laurel Avenues, NW

Chevy Chase DC
Sunday 11 - 11:45 am
Meet and end outside the Avalon Theater, 5612 Connecticut Avenue, NW (one block south of Chevy Chase Circle)

Drawing Wisconsin
Sunday 11 am - 12 noon
Meet and end at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Georgetown campus, 1801 35th Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
 
Gallaudet University Campus Tour
Sunday 11 am - 12:30 pm
Meet and end at Gallaudet University, EMG Building lobby in the Visitors Center (Eighth Street and Florida Avenue, NE entrance)

Georgetown - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Sunday 11 am - 1 pm
Meet in the park at 28th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (next to gas station)
End at Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: Some terrain is hilly.

Drawing Wisconsin
Sunday 12 noon - 1 pm
Meet and end at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Georgetown campus, 1801 35th Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

History of Brookland 
Sunday 12 noon - 1:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station 

A Walk into the Past: Illuminating the Invisible
Sunday 1 - 2:30 pm
Meet at the Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street, NW (Gallery Pl-Chinatown Metro station, H Street exit)
End at the corner of 7th and F Streets, NW at the south entrance to Gallery Pl-Chinatown Metro station

Blagden Alley & Naylor Court: Alley Life in DC from the 1850s to the Present
Sunday 1 - 3 pm
Meet and end the corner of Ninth and N Streets, NW

Drawing Wisconsin - CANCELLED
Sunday 1 - 2 pm
Meet and end at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Georgetown campus, 1801 35th Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Georgetown - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Sunday 1 - 3 pm
Meet in the park at 28th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (next to gas station)
End at Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: Some terrain is hilly.

History Before History: The Geologic Saga of Washington, DC - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Sunday 1 - 4 pm
Meet in the park across from the Harvard Towers apartment building, 1845 Harvard Street, NW, corner of Harvard Street and Adams Mill Road 
End in Woodley Park
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org
Special Instructions: This tour will involve walking on unpaved forest trails in addition to city streets. Please wear appropriate footwear. Some of the terrain is hilly. Total distance is about two miles.

Mount Vernon Triangle Development Tour
Sunday 1 - 2:30 pm
Meet and end at Mount Vernon Square (Eighth and K Streets, NW, south entrance of Carnegie Library)

Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part II
Sunday 1 - 3:30 pm
Meet at the northwest corner of Seventh and R Streets, NW
Ends at Nellie’s Sports Bar, 900 U Street, NW

Capitol Hill and the Landmark Eastern Market
Sunday 1:30 - 3 pm
Meet at Eastern Market Metro station plaza (on the east side toward Eighth Street)
End at Eastern Market, Seventh and C Streets, SE

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Sunday 1:30 - 3 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Interfaith EcoTour (Bike Tour)
Sunday 2 - 4 pm
Meet outside Tenleytown Metro station (corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Albemarle Street, NW)
End at Gandhi Statue Memorial, Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Reservations required at www.WholenessforHumanity.com or 202-686-9813
Special instructions: Please bring your own bike.

More than Monuments
Sunday 2 - 3:30 pm
Meet at the corner of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW (north side of Constitution)
End at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

A Musical Tour of Mount Pleasant (check out a preview at dcist!)
Sunday 2 - 4 pm
Meet across from Columbia Heights Metro station on 14th Street in front of CVS
End in Lamont Park

Historic Tour at Twin Oaks - THIS TOUR IS FULL
Sunday 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Meet and end at 34th Street and Woodley Road, NW (near the Washington National Cathedral)
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Penn Quarter
Sunday 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Meet outside Archives-Navy Mem’l -Penn Quarter Metro station
End at Third and G Streets, NW
Special Instructions: American Sign Language interpreter will participate in this walk.

East Washington Heights
Sunday 3 - 5 pm
Meet and end at Hillcrest Recreation Center, Camden and 32nd Streets, SE

Gallaudet University Campus Tour
3 - 4:30 pm
Meet and end at Gallaudet University, EMG Building lobby in the Visitors Center (Eighth Street and Florida Avenue, NE entrance)

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Sunday 3 - 4:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

History of Brookland (sponsored by Abdo Development)
Sunday 4 - 5:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Capital Sites/Capital Sites@Nite
Sunday 4 - 7 pm
Meet and end at the Bike and Roll kiosk in front of the Old Post Office Pavilion, 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Special instructions: Bike rental available.

For support of the Capitol Hill and the Landmark Eastern Market tour, we thank the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, the Flea Market at Eastern Market, and the Capitol Hill Community Foundation.

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