Libraries  |  Museums
Local Governments  |  Federal Government

Libraries

• AIA Library - Online Access to Library's collection, free admission on Saturdays for currently enrolled HU Architecture & Design majors > e-Architect
• A Historical Bibliography of Built Environment in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area
• Art Libraries in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia - Guide created by the University of Maryland Libraries 
• Dumbarton Oaks - Research Library with collections in Byzantine studies, History of Landscape Architecture, Pre-Columbian studies, ""housed in a nineteenth-century Federal-style house built on the crest of a wooded valley in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC"
• e-Architect: For Architects and the Architectural Profession
• The Historical Society of Washington, DC - History of the Washington Metropolitan area
• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washingtoniana Division & the Washington Star Collection Overview - Repository of local history and current local information section of the DC Public Library.
• The National Archives and Records Management |Gateway | Search NARA
• Organization of Black Designers (OBD) |DC Chapter homepage
• Research Materials for Architecture and the Built Environment Located in Metropolitan Washington, DC - Comprehensive A-Z listing produced by Katherine Cowan, Architecture Library Graduate Assistant in 1998-1999, maintained by staff of the University of Maryland Architecture Library
• Smithsonian Institution
• SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System | Online Catalog to resources held by SI 's libraries, archives, and other specialized research centers
• The Washington Design Center

Museums

• Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture - Smithsonian Institution affiliated. National resource devoted to the celebration and discussion surrounding the African American experience and community
• Art Galleries of Washington, DC - Comprehensive list created by Anna Maria Gambino-Colombo 
• Art Museum of the Americas - Art and cultural history of the Americas
• Columbus Memorial Library - Art/artist resources from the Americas and archive for the Organization of American States
• Baltimore Museum of Art - Baltimore, MD, Collection: Modern with Core Collection, which comprises of many works from artists Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso
• The Corcoran Gallery - The largest non-federal art museum in Washington, DC
• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - National Museum of Asian Art for the United States
• Freer Gallery Library / Online Catalog - Art and culture from Asia
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - US National Collection of 19/20th century - modern/postmodern Art from National and International Artists 
• The National Gallery of Art (NGA) - Federal repository of painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
• Online resources regarding the Architectural accomplishment of the NGA (Note: scroll to bottom of page to "Architecture" heading)
• National Building Museum - Dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning
• National Museum of African Art - Collection of art from the African continent Warren M. Robbins Library |Collection of books, periodicals, Children's literature, curriculum materials, maps, and videos on African art, history, and culture. Open to the public by appointment only
• Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives - "research and reference center for visual materials and is devoted to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of the visual resources that encourage and support the study of the arts, peoples, and history of Africa."
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Portrait Gallery - SI affiliated collection of photography, painting, drawing, and sculpture housed in the Neoclassical-style Old Patent Office Building (Currently closed and undergoing renovation)
• Renwick Gallery
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Metrorail Map
• Washington DC City Pages

Local Governments

The District of Columbia

• Department of Housing and Community Development

• District of Columbia Government

• District of Columbia Office of Zoning

• National Capital Planning Commission
• Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
• Office of Planning
• Washington, DC Neighborhoods

Maryland

• Maryland Electronic Capital
• Local Government Planning in Maryland

Virginia

• Commonwealth of Virginia
• Links to Local Government in Virginia

Federal Government 

• Bureau of Land Management
• Department of Energy
• The Library of Congress
• National Park Service
• US Census Bureau
• US Department of Housing and Human Development
• US Geological Survey

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