The Mall, Washington DC Photos

The large open area of The Mall contains monuments to Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson & others plus major national Museums including the Smithsonian.

See also: Subject index for Washington, Captions list for Washington, White House & Lafayette Square, US Capitol Building, Smithsonian & Related Museums, National Museum of American History, National Gallery of Art, National Air & Space Museum, Monuments to People & Events, US Holocaust Memorial, George Washington Memorials, Thomas Jefferson Memorials, Abraham Lincoln Memorials, Ulysses S. Grant Memorials, The Ellipse
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The Mall & Pennsylvania Ave. as seen from Capitol Hill.

Washington Monument (1848-84) at 555ft 5in is tallest masonry tower in the world.
Architect: Robert Mills, et al. On National Register.

Washington Monument.

Helicopter on lawn of The White House. White House & Lafayette Square, Washington DC

Washington Monument reflects on Tidal Basin.

Jefferson Memorial (1943) (Tidal Basin) modeled after Pantheon in Rome. Architect: John Russell Pope. On National Register.

Thomas Jefferson sculpture in his memorial by Rudulph Evens.

Jefferson Memorial tinted by setting sun.

Lincoln Memorial (1911-22) (west end of Mall). Architect: Henry Bacon & Daniel Chester French. On National Register. Abraham Lincoln Memorials, Washington DC

Lincoln Memorial detail of basins on staircase.

President Abraham Lincoln statue by Jules Guerin in his memorial.

Lincoln Memorial at night.

Vietnam Memorial (1982) by Maya Ying Lin.

Bronze soldiers carrying weapons look over Vietnam Memorial.

Korean War Memorial (1995) sculpted by Frank Gaylord. Architect: Cooper-Lecky Architects.

Smithsonian Building - The Castle (1855). Architect: James Renwick. On National Register. Smithsonian & Related Museums, Washington DC

Smithsonian Building - The Castle's many spires. Architect: James Renwick.

Smithsonian Building's Romanesque style.
Architect: James Renwick.

Carousel horses in front of Smithsonian Building. Architect: James Renwick.

Arts & Industries Building (1879-81).
Architect: Cluss & Schulze + Montgomery C. Meigs. On National Register.

Freer Gallery Of Art (1923) building. Architect: Charles A. Platt. On National Register.

Modern sculpture in front of the Freer Gallery.

Entrance of National Museum of African Art (1987). Architect: I. Junzo Yoshimura, Jean-Paul Carlhian II & Richard Potter.

Hirshhorn Museum (1967-74) round central patio. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Collection of commercial aircraft in Air & Space Museum. National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC

Reflecting pool (1976) mirrors Capitol Hill & was built to cover underground freeway. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

US Capitol Building from Grant Monument. US Capitol Building, Washington DC

Lion from Grant Memorial watches over Capitol Hill.

Grant Memorial (1922) by sculptures Henry M. Schrady & Edmond R. Amateis.

Union Cavalry charge figures at Grant Memorial (1922) by sculptors Henry M. Schrady & Edmond R. Amateis.

Charging canon caisson at Grant Memorial (1922) by sculptures Henry M. Schrady & Edmond R. Amateis.

Peace Monument by Franklin Simmons (1878).

National Gallery of Art (east building) (1971-8).
Architect: I.M. Pei Ass. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Henry Moore's Knife Edge Mirror (1976-8) at National Gallery of Art (east building).

Knife Edge Mirror (1976-8) by Henry Moore at National Gallery of Art (east building).

Tom's (1974) by Alexander Calder at National Gallery of Art (east building).

Pyramidal skylights by I.M. Pei for underground passage joining old & new buildings of National Gallery of Art.

National Gallery of Art (west building) (1940). Architect: John Russell Pope. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art (west building) rotunda.

Fountain in National Sculpture Garden with National Museum of Natural History in Background.

National Museum of Natural History (1911).
Architect: Hornblower & Marshall. Smithsonian & Related Museums, Washington DC

Smithsonian National Museum of American History building (1964) on the National Mall. Architect: Walker Cain of McKim, Mead & White. National Museum of American History, Washington DC

Undulating chrome sculpture at Mall entrance of National American History Museum.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (1993) (Raoul Wallenberg Place). Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

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