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Unless you are in a residential area of the city, there is no such thing as reliably free and easy long-term parking. Please read parking signs carefully, even locals get confused sometimes.

Useful apps for parking include ParkMobile for street parking and SpotHero for garage spaces.

Visiting a friend in the city? Ask them for a free visitor parking pass from any MPD station.

Did you receive a ticket? Are you guilty? If so, pay it. Pictures and incorrect information doesn't matter.

Parking resources for:

• American / Catholic / Gallaudet / Howard / GWU / Georgetown University
• Cap One Arena / Nats Ballpark / Audi Field
• The Capitol / City Center / the National Mall / Union Market / the Wharf

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There is no parking, unless you find a spot on the street. Most people walk from a public parking lot or take public transportation.

All street parking, and they fill up fast. You're better off going to a metro station with parking garage, and metro-ing in. Alternatively, look for the adjacent neighborhoods and pay for parking there, then walk to the museum or museums of your choice. You're looking at about a mile walk or so, but contrarily you save yourself having to run in circles looking for the perfect parking spot.

Drive to New Carrolton, take Metro.

Is there a metro station that you’d recommend ?

To clarify, this is PAID public parking.

Take the metro or a bus

Lol yes. I shouldn't have assumed that visitors would know parking is paid.

There is a Smithsonian metro stop. It's on the Blue/Orange/Silver lines.

I meant a metro station to leave the car at?

Minnesota Ave is the closest DC stop on the metro route.

Or, you could do Rhode Island Ave, which is on the red line. Switch over to B/O/S at Metro Center.

Ok thanks I’ll look into that