And the larger air and space collection at Dulles. Silver line from Smithsonian takes an hour or so.

Does the flight depart at 630 or begin boarding at 630? If its the later metro is probably ok, but if your boarding starts at 6:00 then probably need to take an Uber.

“The first Secretary of the Smithsonian, Joseph Henry (1846-1878) and family lived in the East Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building. The Music Room of the Henry apartments is furnished with Rococo Revival and wicker furniture.”

From the Smithsonian website itself.

All? No. There's Smithsonians outside of DC, like in New York City.

To do all the Mall ones? Yeah, totally doable if you prepare, and you can probably even get some non-Smithsonian time in the National Gallery of Art.

But with a week, you have all the time in the world. Just probably won't get the Castle done because it's scheduled for maintenance.

16th/U was location, and yes, remodeled .

i'm sure most luxury apartments are seldom empty too. i don't doubt that your apartment was that expensive, and maybe rightfully so, but it likely was either in a particular area or with extra amenities (in-unit laundry, gym, pool, renovated appliances) that justified that price.

I think you -could- but I don’t know how satisfying it would be. Check out the free highlights tours offered by the museums. I live here and that’s a great way to get a taste of the museum’s offerings in like an hour without getting overwhelmed.

DC has lots of great museums, but also fun neighborhoods and other things to see. (Ballpark, hockey, waterfront, Capitol building, embassies, bars, restaurants!) You might miss something awesome by just limiting yourself to museums for a week.

That was market price from 2011 for 10 years . Different groups of tenants and never empty

cool, that's really expensive and in no way representative of the norm

Did you see my comment about my 4BR/3FB condo? Each bedroom was $1450, and Master bedroom was $1650

Great! What neighborhood?

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i live in a rent-controlled studio apartment with laundry in the basement in cathedral heights for $1350/mo (including $30 pet rent), 1.8k as a 'base' for a decent studio is ridiculous.

new challenge. do all including NYC ones in 24 hours. hit all the DC ones in the day, get to dulles see the one there, fly to NYC hit the next two in the morning?

edit: better call is to hit NYC first, take the train down, hit all the ones in DC (including a speed dash to anacosta) then get out to dulles to end it.

I haven't been to them all in 6 years.

If you want to spend 4-5 hours you can’t see the 18 museums that are in DC. Check the website and see which exhibits interest you and concentrate on trying to get to those. Plus if you only do the Smithsonian’s you will miss out on other greats that have been mentioned. I’ve lived here 21 years and worked in museums for 15 years and still haven’t seen every to thing I want to see.

Front and back exits, locking storage room for my bike, working carbon monoxide and fire detectors, sweet farmhouse sink, shared laundry with the tenants upstairs, patio out back where I can grow things...

To be clear though not part of Smithsonian NGA is still federally funded.

I mean it depends on what you want to do and what you enjoy. You could spend half a day (or more) in one that really interests you or you could see one exhibit and leave quickly. Most of them are close together so that will help

And don't forget the Anacostia Museum

And one is out by Dulles

5 + 10% are huge increases Landlords are guaranteed a certain return which is over 12% think . HUGE PROFIT

Landlords may only raise the rent by the amount specified by the DCRA each year, which is based on the Consumer Price Index. Increases in rent-controlled apartments cannot exceed 10 percent. For tenants who are elderly or disabled, allowable increases are more limited and cannot exceed 5 percent.

If a unit becomes vacant, the law does allow property owners to raise the rent on rent-controlled units, even if the last increase was less than one year ago. The owner may then increase the rent by 10 percent or up to 30 percent to match the rent of a comparable unit. But then no other increases are allowed for a full year.

https://gordonjamesrealty.com/resource/raising-the-rent-in-washington-dc/

DC has rent control, but if landlords aren’t making a 12% profit they can file a hardship petition and raise rent

https://ggwash.org/view/43149/dc-has-rent-control-but-if-landlords-arent-making-a-12-profit-they-can-file-a-hardship-petition-and-raise-rent

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> The National Gallery of Art isn't part of the Smithsonian

You're right, I did not know that and I've been there many times! It's so massive you kind of assume it's got to be a federally funded thing at least.

You are definitely right about Museum fatigue. Walking 2 miles in a museum feels like 2-3x that just because of how long you are on your feet, and then the hunger and fatigue kind of hits you all at once.

Lots of scammers out there willing to take a deposit