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The station is located in the center of the National Mall, with one entrance at Independence Avenue and 12th Street, Southwest, and the other north of there in the Mall. It is named after its proximity to most of the museums and tourist attractions in Washington, particularly the Smithsonian museums. It is also very near some federal buildings, including the Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy. Near this station is where Metro had their first fatality, when a train derailed on January 13, 1982, the same day an Air Florida plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge. Service began on July 1, 1977.

Notable Places Nearby

• National Sculpture Garden
• Several Smithsonian museums, nearest are:
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Freer Galleryhouses a world-renowned collection of art from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Near East. Visitor favorites include Chinese paintings, Japanese folding screens, Korean ceramics, Indian and , and Buddhist sculpture. A highlight of th
  • Hirshhorn Museum
  • National Museum of African Art
  • National Museum of American HistoryThe National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology . It adopted its current name in 1980. The museum
  • National Museum of Natural HistoryThe National Museum of Natural History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, USA. Established in 1910, the museum's collections total over 125 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils
  • Smithsonian Institute Building (The "Castle")
• Tidal Basin (where the cherryA cherry is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard pit enclosing the seed. The cherry belongs to the Family Rosaceae, Genus Prunus (along with almonds, peaches, plums, and apricots). Sweet and tart cherries are differ blossoms bloom)
• United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a national institution located adjacent to The National Mall in Washington, DC, dedicated to documenting, studying, and interpreting the history of the Holocaust. It also serves as the United States' memorial
• Washington MonumentThe Washington Monument is a large white marble obelisk built on The Mall in Washington, DC as a memorial to the United States of America's first president, George Washington. The monument was designed by Robert Mills, a prominent American architect of th