Shopping
After making history at the Inauguration, you will need to buy gifts and souvenirs to take home. We think some of the city's
most unique spots are the shops at the many museums. The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian boasts two shops, with gifts ranging from Pendleton wool blankets to exquisite handmade turquoise
jewelry. At the International Spy Museum, you'll find loads of gadgets for your resident sleuth, while the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery features Joto kimono purses, Ikibana bonsai shears, and Cambodian silks.
With its marble floors and barrel-vaulted ceilings laced with 22-karat gold leaf, Union Station ranks among Washington's finest architectural gems. But the working train station also houses souvenir shops and specialty
boutiques, as well as chains such as Ann Taylor, Chico's, and Jos. A. Bank.
Head next to beautiful Georgetown, where exclusive boutiques, antiques stores, and furniture showrooms line the cobblestone
streets. More than 500 businesses are located within a five-block radius of the intersection of M Street NW. and Wisconsin
Avenue. Serious shoppers also make the trek to Tysons Corner, Virginia, 14 miles west of downtown. The area's three shopping
malls - Tysons Corner Center, Tysons Galleria, and Shops at Fairfax Square contain more than 400 stores.
