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Dumbarton Oaks

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Off the beaten path

URL

www.doaks.org

For the last 75 years, this historic Georgetown estate has been the site of a research library and museum celebrating the arts and humanities. Dumbarton Oaks boasts galleries filled with Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and European art, as well as acres upon acres of meticulously tended historic gardens.

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