10 FREE THINGS 1 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN Indigenous history and art make this immaculately designed museum a modern marvel. Acclaimed Ho-Chunk artist Truman Lowe is honored with a retrospective through Jan. 2027. 3 5 2 MILKEN CENTER FOR ADVANCING THE AMERICAN DREAM The American Dream Experience offers cool features like Hologram Ambassadors, an interactive Word Cloud and a Tree of Generations with 1,000 OLED images. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Home to the only Da Vinci painting in the Americas, the two-building museum celebrates artistic triumphs by women artists with Women and the Index of American Design (Jan. 17–May 31) and Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris (Feb. 14–Aug. 30). 4 ALBERT EINSTEIN MEMORIAL Just off the National Mall, a four-ton bronze statue depicts the scientific genius at rest and reminding us with his papers that E = MC squared. WASHINGTON.ORG SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL ZOO Along with 2,200 other animals, giant pandas Qing Bao and Bao Li call the zoo home. Additional highlights include the sweet songs of the Bird House, the Lion-Tiger Hill exhibit and the Reptile Discovery Center. 11
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