If you are making the trip to Chantilly a family vacation, please make arrangements in advance on your own for child care—only nursing babies and teens will be admitted. What works well for many families is to alternate with your spouse caring for the children; refer to this and other websites for local attractions—shrines, museums, and historical sites. Although we love children, this is a day for parents, teens and adults only.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue NE
Washington, DC  20017-1566
P: (202)526-8300 / F: (202)526-8313
(FREE tours of Shrine available throughout the day).
www.nationalshrine.com
info@nationalshrine.com

Franciscan Monastery
1400 Quincy St NE
Washington, DC  20017
P: (202)526-6800 / F: (202)526-9889
www.myfranciscan.org
carlos@myfranciscan.com
FREE daily tours: 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm (donations encouraged)
Grounds open 10am - 5pm every day.
Fifteen minute walk from ‘Brookland’ Metro.

Sully Plantation (built in 1799 for Richard Bland Lee)
3601 Sully Road (Route 28 North)
Chantilly, VA  20151
(703)437-1794
Closed Tuesdays! Tours of main house every hour on the hour - last tour 3pm.
Gift shop on-site. Separate building(s) open for tours at different times.
Admission: Adult - $5; Child (5-15) - $3; Seniors (60+) - $3; Students (16+) - $4.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully

*(Also visit the very helpful main Fairfax County Parks website for information on all county parks and activities: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ ).

National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air & Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA  20151 (right up the road from the conference site!)
(202)633-1000
10am-5:30pm every day. Admission is FREE, but there’s a $12.00 fee for parking.
www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy

National Air & Space Museum - National Mall Building, Washington, DC
Independence Ave. at 4th Street SW
Washington, DC  20560
10am-5:30pm every day. Admission is FREE. Public parking lots nearby.
(202)633-1000
www.nasm.si.edu

Smithsonian Institute (DC) (the world’s largest museum complex)
www.si.edu/museums/
Includes:
National Zoo (National Zoological Park)
National Air & Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of the American Indian
National Portrait Gallery
National Postal Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
Smithsonian Institution Building - the Castle
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Anacostia Community Museum (U.S. African American communities History)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
(Others are closed for renovations).

National Aquarium (DC)
(in lower level of U.S. Dept. of Commerce bldg.)
www.nationalaquarium.com
(202)482-2825
Admission charged ($2-5). Open 9-5 daily

Arlington National Cemetery
www.arlingtoncemetery.org
www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/index.htm
8am - 5pm, 365 days a year. Open until 7pm 4/1 - 9/30 each year.
Ample paid parking on site ($1.25/hr for first 3 hours, $2/hr for each additional hour after that)
Accessible from Memorial Drive, as well as from Metro rail train.
Average of 20 funerals per day! Cemetery offers access to over 2 dozen memorials and historical sites which include:
- Arlington House (Custis/Lee mansion)
- Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial
- John F. Kennedy grave site
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Manassas National Battlefield Park / Bull Run Park
12521 Lee Highway - Henry Hill Visitor Center (8:30am - 5pm)
Manassas, VA  20109
(703)361-1339
www.nps.gov/mana/
Park Headquarters - PH: (703)754-1861, FX: (703)754-1107
Open: Dawn to Dusk every day
MANA_Infor_Request@nps.gov

Splash Down Water Park (at Ben Lomond Park)
7500 Ben Lomond Park Drive
Manassas, VA  20109
Hours: Thur & Fri 3-6pm ($4.50/person). Sat & Sun 11am-6pm (approx. $11-$15/person)
(703)361-4451
www.splashdownwaterpark.com

U.S. Capitol (The United States Capitol building)
Info: (202)225-6827
Tours: Mon-Sat 9am - 4:30pm
www.aoc.gov/cc/visit/index.cfm

Lincoln Memorial
www.nps.gov/linc/
Info: (National Park Service) - (202) 426-6841
Open 24/7/365. Free.
Park Ranger present to answer questions 9:30am - 11:30pm each day
National Mall & Memorial Parks, 900 Ohio Drive SW, Washington, DC 20024

Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Information on all National Park Service sites: (202)426-6841; www.nps.gov/
Open 24/7/365. Free admission.
No official tours but Park Rangers are on duty to answer questions 7 days a week from 9:30am - 11:30pm.
Free public parking is very limited.
www.nps.gov/thje/

The Planetarium of the National Park Service
(Planetarium is located at Rock Creek Park)
5200 Glover Road NW
Washington, DC  20015
www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/planetarium.htm

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial / Theodore Roosevelt Island - McLean, VA
INFO: www.nps.gov/this - (202)426-6841 - Open dawn to dusk.