Dupont Underground

Useful Information

Location:	19 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC (38.910450, -77.043591)
Open:	During exhibitions. [2020]
Fee:	normally free. [2020]
Classification:	Underground Museums
Light:	Incandescent
Dimension:	Ar=1,400m²
Guided tours:	n/a
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	yes
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Address:	Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC 20036 E-mail:
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History

1949	opened as a trolley station.
1962	underground platforms and tunnels were closed off when the city’s streetcar system shut down.
1960s	designated as fallout shelter.
mid-1990s	a short-lived food court on the West platform.
2016	repurposed as Dupont Underground.

Description

Dupont Underground is an art gallery in the capital Washington DC. It is a non-profit community arts organization run almost entirely by volunteers. The special thing is that they use the abandoned subway station below Dupont Circle for their exhibitions. The gallery is not only underground, it is more or less one-dimensional, in other words it is very long and straight and has no side branches. Both ends are staircases offering access to the former subway station. All, except one on the northwest side of Dupont Circle, were closed.