Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum Offers Free Summer Shuttle Service from the National Mall

Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum Offers Free Summer Shuttle Service from the National Mall

WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UPDATE ADVISORY: Due to the Triathlon Sunday, June 21, Shuttle Anacostia will not make its regular stop at the Smithsonian Castle at 1000 Jefferson Drive. For this day only, the stop will be relocated to Independence Avenue in front of the gate just before the entrance leading to the National Museum of African Art. The National Air and Space Museum stop will also be relocated to Independence Avenue across the street from the entrance to the Air and Space Museum nearer to Sixth Street. Visit anacostia.si.edu to view the regular schedule.

A free summer shuttle to transport visitors between the National Mall and the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum offers weekend service through Sept. 20. A door-prize promotion invites Mall visitors to ride Shuttle Anacostia to "Spend a Day at the Museum" in Anacostia and become eligible to win two free tickets to the movie "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" for use on that weekend.

Shuttle Anacostia picks up riders on Saturdays and Sundays from the Smithsonian Castle, the National Air and Space Museum and the Anacostia Metro Station beginning at 10 a.m. Riders can also visit the Frederick Douglass Historic Site, which is included as a stop on the shuttle as it loops back to the Castle.

Interested visitors are directed to shuttle stops marked by promotional signage featuring mannequins and displays from the exhibitions currently on view at the museum, "Jubilee: African American Celebration" and "Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia."

One door prize will be awarded each weekend to a lucky shuttle rider who will receive an admission voucher to be exchanged at the box office for two tickets to a showing that weekend of "Night at the Museum" at the National Air and Space Museum's Lockheed Imax theater. For more information on Shuttle Anacostia, the promotion and museum exhibitions and programs, visit http://anacostia.si.edu/.

The Anacostia Community Museum was opened in southeast Washington in 1967 as the nation's first federally funded neighborhood museum. Renamed in 2006, it has expanded its focus beyond African American culture to documenting, interpreting and collecting objects related to the impact of historical and contemporary social issues on communities. For more information, the public may call (202) 633-4820, (202) 633-1000 or (202) 633-5285 (TTY). Web site: anacostia.si.edu.

Source: Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

CONTACT: Marcia Baird Burris of Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum,
+1-202-633-4876, +1-202-320-1735 (cell), bairdburrism@si.edu, Media Web site:
http://newsdesk.si.edu/; anacostia.si.edu

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