The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum

One of the premier women’s history sites in the country, the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, is the the headquarters for National Woman’s Party (NWP) and a historic house and museum of the U.S. women’s suffrage and equal-rights movements .  The house which balances its roles as a museum and a headquarters offers many sculptures and portraits of women involved in the suffrage and equal rights movements. The museum also containsSusan B. Anthony’s desk and a banner used during the first U.S. protests demanding women’s enfranchisement.

The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum is located at 144 Constitution Ave., NE, and the public entrance is on 2nd Street, NE, next to the Hart Senate Office Building. It is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5:00 pm. The nearest Metro stop is Union Station , red line which is the same to go to our lovely Washington DC lodging in Dupont Circle.

Jonathan, Innkeeper
American Guest House in Washington DC

 

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