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I spent three days touring the National Mall before Covid hit, but we saw a lot and spent considerable time in the major museums there (like 3-4 hours each in Air and Space, Natural History, and Gallery of Art). That's obviously not feasible if you only have half a day, but if you have the time for a jaunt through one major museum, I'd recommend Natural History. I've never cared for jewelry, but some of the gemstones there blew my mind. They had one called the "Flame Topaz" that was one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen.

Also, it's cool how just about everything there is free to enter (and the only place with a line was Air and Space) and hot dog vendors were everywhere, so you could eat cheap n quick too. The only real expense we dealt with were the ubers to Alexandria and back.