FREE Tour on the Urban Design of Washington, DC, from Civil War and Reconstruction to 1801
Come see Washington's newest museum: The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. The tour is FREE, but a donation of $8.00 is suggested at admission.
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Time of Tour: 5:15-6:00 p.m.
Exhibitions to tour: "Seat of Empire: Planning Washington, 1790-1801" and "The Civil War and the Making of Modern Washington"
Washington, D.C., underwent remarkable changes, both physically and politically, as a result of the American Civil War. The Civil War and the Making of Modern Washington examines the city’s transformations from the beginning of the war to Reconstruction through maps, prints, and illustrations of the federal buildings, barracks, hospitals, hotels, and markets constructed to accommodate a ballooning population. The exhibition also explores Washington’s role as a laboratory for social and political changes during this transformative period in American history.