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===Within the National Mall proper=== {{center|'''2002 Satellite image'''}} [[File:National mall (east) satellite image.jpg|thumb|upright=3|center|National Mall proper and adjacent areas (April 2002). The Mall had a grassy lawn flanked on each side by unpaved paths and rows of American elm trees as its central feature. (Numbers in the image correspond to numbers in the list of landmarks, museums and other features below.)]] The National Mall proper contains the following [[landmark]]s, [[museums]] and other features (including opening year):<ref name="foundation statement"/><ref name="National Register Nomination Form"/> {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} :2. [[National Museum of American History]] (1964)<ref>Numbers preceding names of landmarks correspond to numbers in 2005 satellite image of the National Mall (proper).</ref> :3. [[National Museum of Natural History]] (1910) :4. [[National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden]] (1999) :5. [[National Gallery of Art|West Building of the National Gallery of Art]] (1941) :6. [[National Gallery of Art|East Building of the National Gallery of Art]] (1978) :10. [[National Museum of the American Indian]] (2004) (shown under construction) :11. [[National Air and Space Museum]] (1976) :12. [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] (1974) :13. [[Arts and Industries Building]] (1881) :14. [[Smithsonian Institution Building]] ("The Castle") (1849) :15. [[Freer Gallery of Art]] (1923) :16. [[Arthur M. Sackler Gallery]] (1987) :17. [[National Museum of African Art]] (1987) {{Div col end}} [[File:A j downing urn 006.JPG|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Andrew Jackson Downing Urn]] in May 2012]] Not marked on the above image: :Above the Smithsonian Institution Building :*[[Joseph Henry]] statue (1883)<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web |url=http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000449.htm |title=HENRY, Joseph: Memorial at the Smithsonian "Castle" in Washington, D.C., by William Wetmore Storey |publisher=dcMemorials.com |date=2011-07-24 |access-date=2012-04-16 |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117002133/http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000449.htm |url-status=live }} * {{cite web|last1=Rosales|first1=Jean K.|last2=Jobe|first2=Michael R.|url=http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=6|title=Joseph Henry statue|work=Who Is That Man, Anyway?|publisher=KittyTours|year=2001|access-date=2012-04-16|archive-date=November 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127172205/http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=6|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/HistoryCultureCollections/SIL7-154/pdf/SIL007-154.pdf|title=Program for dedication ceremony for the Joseph Henry statue|work=Smithsonian Institution Libraries Digital Library|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|date=1883-04-19|access-date=2010-10-27|archive-date=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919171352/http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/HistoryCultureCollections/SIL7-154/pdf/SIL007-154.pdf|url-status=live}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=213 |title=Joseph Henry statue marker |work=Markers Attached to Sculpture series |publisher=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database |access-date=2010-10-27 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020025347/http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=213 |url-status=live }}</ref> :Below the Smithsonian Institution Building :*[[Andrew Jackson Downing Urn]] (1856)<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/downing-urn/|title=The Downing Urn|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316232605/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/downing-urn/|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000453.htm|title=DOWNING, Andrew Jackson: Urn on the east side of the Arts & Industries Bldg in Washington, D.C. by Robert E Launitz, Calvert Vaux|publisher=dcMemorials.com|year=2008|access-date=2010-03-17|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221015833/http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000453.htm|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=13425|title=Andrew Jackson Downing marker|publisher=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database|access-date=2010-10-27|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918165537/https://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=46600|url-status=live}}</ref> :Above the Arts and Industries Building :* Smithsonian Carousel (1967)<ref name="Smithsonian carousel"> Multiple sources: * {{cite web|last=Toda|first=Mitch|url=https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/favorite-smithsonian-carousel|title=A Favorite - The Smithsonian Carousel|date=2013-04-13|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202549/https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/favorite-smithsonian-carousel|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcarousel.com/|title=Welcome to The Carousel on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.|publisher=nationalcarousel.com|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202534/http://www.nationalcarousel.com/|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|last=Benson|first=Chris|url=https://carousels.org/psp/NationalMall/#|title=The NCA Photo Show Project Presents: The 1947 Allan Herschell Carousel at The National Mall, Washington, DC|access-date=2018-09-16|publisher=National Carousel Association}} * {{cite book|last=Nathan|first=Amy|title=Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xoh9uxFK4WYC&pg=printsec|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Paul Dry Books|year=2011|pages=3, 15β19, 220β224|isbn=9781589880719|lccn=2011029073|oclc=669754920|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date=2018-09-16}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.si.edu/guides/english.htm|title=Carousel|work=Welcome to the Smithsonian: Kid Stuff|access-date=2010-01-22|date=August 2006|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|quote=Outdoors on the National Mall, across Jefferson Drive from the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian carousel operates seasonally|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212123602/http://www.si.edu/guides/english.htm|url-status=live}} * Coordinates of the Smithsonian Carousel: {{coord|38|53|20.93|N|77|01|28.44|W|type:landmark|name=Smithsonian Carousel}}</ref> : To the left of the National Museum of American History :* Site of the present [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/unit/african-american-museum|title=National Museum of African American History and Culture|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113084547/https://www.si.edu/unit/african-american-museum|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Washington,_D.C_Mai_2009_PD_005.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|2009 view from the United States Capitol facing west, over the [[Ulysses S. Grant Memorial|Grant Memorial]] and Capitol Reflecting Pool in the foreground, and across the National Mall towards the Washington Monument]] : To the left of the Freer Gallery of Art :* [[Jamie L. Whitten Building|Jamie L. Whitten Building: U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building]] (1930)<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/jamie-l-whitten-federal-building-washington-dc|title=Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, DC|publisher=[[General Services Administration]]|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126182800/https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/jamie-l-whitten-federal-building-washington-dc|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.da.usda.gov/buildings.htm|title=Histories of the USDA Headquarters Complex Buildings|year=2004|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|access-date=2009-05-10|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425013908/http://www.da.usda.gov/buildings.htm|url-status=live}} * {{cite web |last=Milner |first=John D. |date=June 22, 1973 |title=U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/74002175_text |work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory β Nomination Form: For Federal Properties (Form 10-36) |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[National Park Service]], [[United States Department of the Interior]] |access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121045720/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/74002175_text|url-status=live}} * {{cite web |last=Marzella |first=Bill |date=August 5, 2015|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000845.pdf|title=U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)|work=United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (NPS Form 10-900)|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[National Park Service]], [[United States Department of the Interior]] |access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222013023/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15000845.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:National Mall - walking path.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Facing east on the National Mall, as viewed near the 1300 block of Jefferson Drive, [[Southwest, Washington, D.C.|S.W.]] in April 2010. Rows of American elm trees line the sides of a path traversing the length of the Mall.]] With the exception of the [[National Gallery of Art]], all of the museums on the National Mall proper are part of the Smithsonian Institution. The [[Smithsonian Gardens]] maintains a number of gardens and [[landscape]]s near its museums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/plan-your-visit/our-gardens/|title=Our Gardens|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316192943/https://gardens.si.edu/plan-your-visit/our-gardens/|url-status=live}}</ref> These include: {{div col}} * Common Ground: Our American Garden (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/common-ground/|title=Common Ground: Our American Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316201035/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/common-ground/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Enid A. Haupt Garden]] (1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden|title=Enid A. Haupt Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316225008/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/haupt-garden/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Freer Gallery of Art]] Courtyard Garden (1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/freer-courtyard-garden|title=Freer Gallery of Art: Courtyard Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316211306/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/freer-courtyard-garden/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] (1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/museums/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden|title=Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513223115/https://www.si.edu/museums/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden|url-status=live}}</ref> *Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/folger-rose-garden/|title=Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316224026/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/folger-rose-garden/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Mary Livingston Ripley]] Garden (1978)<ref>Multiple sources: * {{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/ripley-garden/|title=Mary Livingston Ripley Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316222800/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/ripley-garden/|url-status=live}} * {{cite web |url=http://wvgardengate.homestead.com/Mary_Livingston_Ripley_Garden.htm |title=Mary Livingston Ripley Garden |first=Marie|last=Nesius|publisher=Kanawha County Master Gardeners, West Virginia |year=2004 |access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=November 8, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108023308/http://wvgardengate.homestead.com/Mary_Livingston_Ripley_Garden.htm |url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|url=https://tclf.org/landscapes/mary-livingston-ripley-garden|title=Mary Livingston Ripley Garden|year=2020|publisher=The Cultural Landscape Foundation|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322181228/https://tclf.org/landscapes/mary-livingston-ripley-garden|archive-date=March 22, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[National Air and Space Museum]] landscape (1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/nasm-landscape/|title=National Air and Space Museum Landscape|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316220932/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/nasm-landscape/|url-status=live}}</ref> *Native landscape at the [[National Museum of the American Indian]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/native-landscape-nmai/|title=Native Landscape at the National Museum of the American Indian|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316214121/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/native-landscape-nmai/|url-status=live}}</ref> *Pollinator Garden (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/pollinator-garden/|title=Pollinator Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316223333/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/pollinator-garden/|url-status=live}}</ref> *Urban Bird Habitat (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/urban-bird-habitat/|title=Urban Bird Habitat|work=Smithsonian Gardens|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316195445/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/urban-bird-habitat/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Victory garden|Victory]] Garden (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/victory-garden/|title=Victory Garden|work=[[Smithsonian Gardens]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|access-date=2010-03-18|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316215835/https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/victory-garden/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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