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guide to the57th InaugurationThe Schedule Page 2Getting around Pages 3-5Museums Pages 6-9Food trucks Page 10The event map Page 11Follow @washingtonpost on Twitterfor updates throughout the day.Use the hashtag #imthere on Instagramand Twitter to share your reasonsfor going to the inauguration.Read stories from others at wapo.st/imthere.Save this guide for use offline by opening it in yourphone’s PDF reader (iBooks, Evernote, etc.)
The schedule4 a.m. Metro opens2Schedulesubjectto change6:30 a.m. Public entry points openon parade route11:30 a.m. Inaugural Program beginsNoon Swearing in, inaugural address2:30 p.m. Parade begins9 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Washington Post wants to know how you feelabout the inauguration. Stop by our lobby at1150 15th St. NW to submit text or video updatesto the #imthere project. Children can write a letterto President Obama about what his goalsshould be for his second term.
Getting around3On the Metro H ours: 4 a.m. to 2 a.m.Rush-hour service 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. S top closures: Smithsonian,Archives and Mount Vernon Square. Y ellow Line: Trains going north willend at Gallery Place-Chinatown. Weekday peak fares until 9 p.m. Metro garages: Normal parking fees. M etrobus: Weekday rush-hour servicein the morning; early rush-hourservice in the afternoon. M etroAccess will have the same hours.For more information, go to wmata.com/inauguration or @MetroInaug on Twitter.
Getting around4By MARC train Reserved trains on special schedules. Round-trip tickets 25. No regular MARC tickets willbe accepted. Operating inbound to Washington’sUnion Station from 7:30 p.m.to 11 a.m. and 1:30 to 7 p.m.,Penn and Brunswick lines. Penn Line service will not operatenorth of Baltimore’s Penn Station. Passengers can board MARC Trainsat selected stops.For more information,go to mta.maryland.gov.
Getting around5By bicycle No bikes, large coolers or containersallowed on Metrorail. Capital Bikeshare corrals willbe set up from 7 a.m. to 5 p.mMonday at 17th and K streets NW(Farragut Square), and 12th Streetand Independence Avenue SW(USDA building). A bike parking lot will be set up on16th Street NW between I and Kstreets Monday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.Bring your own lock.For more information,go to capitalbikeshare.com.
Museums6Visitors in town for Inauguration Day,take note: If you are looking for a placeto warm up, grab coffee and, ahem,use the facilities, the museums onthe Mall are a place to take refuge.The entrances on the Mall side of themuseums will be closed, so please usealternate entrances.Opening early7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. S mithsonian Castle1000 Jefferson Drive SW8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Freer and Sackler Galleries12th Street and Independence Avenue SW A frican Art Museum950 Independence Avenue SW
Museums7 Hirshhorn MuseumIndependence Avenueand Seventh Street SWRegular Hours10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Air and Space MuseumSeventh Street and IndependenceAvenue SW A merican History Museum14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Natural History Museum10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW10 a.m. to 5 p.m. N ational Gallery of Art – West Buildingonly Seventh Street andMadison Drive NW
Museums8Closed American Indian Museum Renwick Gallery National Gallery of Art – East Buildingfood options Try the Air and Space, Natural Historyor American History museums, or theSmithsonian Castle.Some highlights Th e American History Museum willhost a broadcast of the swearing inat 11:30 a.m. in Flag Hall. Afterward,visit the “First Ladies” exhibition onthe third floor; there, you’ll find twodozen gowns from women including
Museums9Jacqueline Kennedy and Laura Bush,as well as one fairly recent addition:Michelle Obama’s edgy Jason Wuinaugural gown from 2009. The National Portrait Gallery(Eight and F streets NW) will displayShepard Fairey’s iconic collagedportrait of President Obama andChuck Close’s sprawling 2012tapestries of the president’s visageon its second floor.
Food trucks10 The inauguration committee wanted tomake sure food trucks were permittedwithin the security perimeter so peoplecould have easy access to mealsduring the parade along PennsylvaniaAve. The city has not designatedspecific locations yet, but the foodtrucks permitted for the parade routeinclude the Fojol Bros.’s Benethiopia,Borinquen Lunch Box, Capital Chicken& Waffles, Caribbean Cafe, CarnivoreBBQ, Cirque Cuisine, Crepe Amour,Crepes Parfait, Curbside Cupcakes,El Farolito, Franky Tyler BBQ, GoodiesFrozen Custard, Pepe, Make My Cake,Fojol Bros.’s Merlindia, SidewalkSweetsations, Surfside, SweetbitesMobile Cafe and the Big Cheese.
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