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NMAI on the National Mall
Fourth Street & Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20560
202-633-1000
HOURS
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. daily; closed December 25. (Exhibition spaces, café, and stores begin closing at 5:15 p.m.)

ADMISSION
Admission is free, and the building is fully accessible.
DIRECTIONS [MAP]
The National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., is located on the National Mall between the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum and the U.S. Capitol Building.

Metro
L’Enfant Plaza (Blue/Orange/Green/Yellow lines).
Exit Maryland Avenue/Smithsonian Museums.

Bus
Lines 30, 32, 34–36—Friendship Heights/Southern Avenue

Parking
The museum does not have parking. Parking is available by meter on the surrounding streets and in local paid parking garages. There are nine bus drop-off-only spaces on Maryland Avenue; accessible from 3rd Street.

The George Gustav Heye Center
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
212-514-3700
HOURS
10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily; Thursdays until 8 p.m.

December 24 - 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
December 25 - Closed
December 31 - 10 a.m.–5 p.m.


ADMISSION
Admission is free, and the building is fully accessible.
DIRECTIONS [MAP]
The National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, is located at One Bowling Green adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park, New York, New York.

Subway
Eastside IRT: 4 and 5 trains to Bowling Green.
Westside IRT: 1 train to South Ferry.
BMT: R and W trains to Whitehall Street;
M, J and Z trains to Broad Street.

Bus
M1 - South Ferry; M6 M15 - South Ferry.

Parking
There is no parking at the Museum. There are nearby parking garages on Second Place, Third Place, and West Thames—three northwest blocks from the Museum.