12 Destination Museums Worth Planning Your Next Trip Around

Of this collective of 19 separate Smithsonian museums, the 11 located directly on Washington DC’s National Mall include the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History, and the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, opened in 2016. A living history of the US, theses museums offer various portraits of American culture, arts, and legacy, as well as an archive of various ethnic groups’ visions of the American dream.