Fairfax Museums - Children's, Art & History Museums in Fairfax VA

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ANational Firearms Museum

  • 11250 Waples Mill Road
    Fairfax, VA 22030-7400
  • +1 703 267 1600
4.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Overview This National Rifle Association's museum houses one of the most extensive firearms collections in the country with more than 2,000 historic firearms displayed in 13 permanent galleries. Exhibits span the history of handheld firearms from ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Overview The National Firearms Museum in Fairfax displays more than 2,000 historic firearms spanning 600 years in its 15,000-square-foot facility. The museum's 14 galleries, located at the National Rifle Association Headquarters, trace the development of firearms and their relevance to America's heritage.... more on Virginia.org

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National Firearms Museum
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030-7400

BNational Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

  • Fairfax
    VA
  • +1 202 357 2700
  • The new Air and Space museum is pretty good - a HUGE building with lots of planes and spacecraft. The museum is free but parking is 12 bucks and there is no alternative parking options. Also the IMAX movies and simulator rides require tickets Expect to spend four hours or so to see everything, ce... more on TripAdvisor
  • We visited the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on our way to Washington (as it is a fair distance from the city centre, by Dulles airport). We had decided to go there for the numerous exhibits (and free entry), and were not disappointed. Among the exhibits were the Concorde, Enola Gay, SR-71 Blackbir... more on TripAdvisor

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CCourtyard Washington Convention Center

Courtyard Washington Convention Center
  • 900 F St nw
    Washington, DC 20004
  • +1 800 368 9000
4.0
182+ reviews, 6 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (15.9 miles from Fairfax)
  • My family and I stayed at this property a few weeks ago for our 4 day stay in Washington. Everything that you hear about the location is true - it is very centrally located. We walked to many of the attractions and the ones we could not walk to were easily accessible by pulic trans.. The staff wa... more on TripAdvisor
  • The location is very good, basically can walk to most of the attractions and can have plenty of dining places. The room is very ... more on MyTravelGuide

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Courtyard Washington Convention Center
900 F St nw
Washington, DC 20004

DFairfax Museum

  • 10209 Main St.
    Fairfax, VA 22030
  • +1 703 385 8414
  • Overview This museum focuses primarily on the city's Civil War battles. more on TripAdvisor

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Fairfax Museum
10209 Main St.
Fairfax, VA 22030

ECold War Museum

  • 10824 W 1st St
    Fairfax, VA 22030
  • +1 703 273 2381

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Cold War Museum
10824 W 1st St
Fairfax, VA 22030

FExtra Touch of Class

  • 12231 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr
    Fairfax, VA 22033
  • +1 703 273 2388

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Extra Touch of Class
12231 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr
Fairfax, VA 22033

GThe Science Place

  • 10431 Fairfax Blvd
    Fairfax, VA 22030
  • +1 703 277 3400

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The Science Place
10431 Fairfax Blvd
Fairfax, VA 22030

HLibrary of Congress

  • 101 Independence Ave SE
    Washington, DC 20003
  • 2027075000
4.5
18+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Location: Washington, Washington DC (17.2 miles from Fairfax)
  • I didn't really have any expectations going into this building. I had scheduled a tour through my representative and the tour-guide was the cutest old ... more on Yelp
  • The Library of Congress has both guided and self-guided tours. We took a guided tour from a docent named Patricia and it was great! She gave us a brief history of the Library's beginnings, it's main functions (research and copyrights), showed us their copy of a Gutenberg Bible and led us up to an... more on TripAdvisor

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Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003

IFolger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library
  • 201 East Capitol Street South East
    Washington, DC 20003-1004
  • +1 202 544 7077
3.5
6+ reviews, 2 sources
  • Four stars for the setting, and zero stars for the performance. more on Yelp
  • I love my man Bill Shakespeare. But aside from the reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, the Folger Shakespeare Library is actually quite boring. The ... more on Yelp

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Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street South East
Washington, DC 20003-1004

JCollingwood Library and Museum on Americanism

  • 8301 East Boulevard Drive
    Alexandria, VA 22308-1316
  • +1 703 765 1652
  • Overview Originally part of George Washington's River Farm, the Collingwood Library is now a unique library on Americana. With its extensive collection of books on American heritage and a genealogy section on loan from the Mayflower Society of Washington, the library features replicas of the Constitution ... more on Virginia.org

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Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism
8301 East Boulevard Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308-1316

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