Detail view of unique English slate roof, dormer window, exquisitely crafted gutter, and leaded glass windows in the copper-clad oriel bay over the New Hampshire Avenue entrance

The WNDC museum is housed in a landmark nineteenth-century residence, originally built for Sarah Adams Whittemore, an opera singer and member of the distinguished Adams family of Massachusetts. The building, designed by Harvey Page, is informally called "the Whittemore house." Significant interior features include the Arts and Crafts foyer and stairwell, and an elaborate plaster ceiling in the former music room, now the Hamlin Room.

In addition to its permanent collection, the museum features special exhibits. Our first exhibit, The Kennedys: A Legacy of Style and Substance, was launched in the spring of 2002 in conjunction with Cultural Tourism DC’s promotion of Jacqueline Kennedy’s Washington.

The WNDC museum features political campaign memorabilia, portraits, photographs, political cartoons, antique furnishings in handsomely appointed rooms, and art exhibits.

The WNDC Museum is two short blocks from the Q Street exit, Dupont Circle station, on Metro's Red Line and is conveinently served by Metrobus.

Detail of Entrance Hall newel-post made of English oak

The Woman's National Democratic Club Museum
1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Tours by appointment only, Call (202) 232-7363
E-mail: info@democraticwoman.org