Holiday Inn Washington Capitol - National Mall

Landmark planes and spacecraft overhead, and a gallery on how flight works with a plane kids can sit in.

All-suite hotel a short walk from the National Mall, with a heated indoor pool.

Free modern art museum full of strange, big works to talk about.

Artifacts and stories from Indigenous cultures, plus the imagiNATIONS activity center where kids get to try things with their hands.

Museum of spies where kids take on an undercover mission and crack codes, best for older kids.

Carved horses and an accessible chariot for riders who can't climb on, right between the museums.