Community Museum
Metro Stop: Naylor Rd
- Green Line
Carver Theater, first home of the Anacostia Community Museum. (Source: Smithsonian Archives)
Founded in 1967 as the “Anacostia Neighborhood Museum,” the Community Museum is centered around local history. Specifically, it focuses on issues surrounding Anacostia and the African American history of Southeast. Though its focus is quite local, the site is actually part of the Smithsonian Institution. In fact, it is the only Smithsonian museum focused on the local community and is the home to artifacts from figures like Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper, and Marian Anderson.