Sunday, September 30, 1:00 - 3:00 pm: From the Freer|Sackler to the SW Waterfront
Visit the Freer Gallery of Art’s exhibition Whistler’s Neighborhood: Impressions of a Changing London and learn how city modernization affected social changes in nineteenth-century London. After the tour, walk down to DC’s south west waterfront to see a similar transformation of a modern neighborhood in flux.
Presented by Cultural Tourism DC member organization Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and led by Freer Gallery of Art's Lee Glazer and Maya Foo and Cultural Tourism DC's Maggie Downing.
Start Time:
September 30, 2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where to Meet:
Meet in the north lobby at the Freer Gallery of Art on the National Mall, 1200 Jefferson Dr., SW. End at Waterfront Metro station.
Neighborhood: National Mall, Downtown to Southwest Waterfront
Nearest Metro Start: Smithsonian, National Mall exit or D51 or 5A buses Metrobuses
Nearest Metro End: Waterfront or 70, A, P, or V buses Metrobuses
Special Notes:
Note: Bags will be checked upon arrival in the lobby of the Freer Gallery of Art. Large bags must be checked into lockers.
Fitness: Low, 1.5 miles
Wheelchair accessible (Accessible entrance located on the south side of the Freer on Independence Ave, SW.)
Tour Theme: Eye on the Arts
Handicap Accessible:
YES Price: $0.00
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