Walter E Washington Convention Center, USA

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Venue Name: Walter E Washington Convention Center
Category: Venue
Location: Walter E Washington Convention Center – 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington DC 20001 USA
Phone: 202-249-3000
Email: communicationsandmarketing[at]eventsdc.zendesk.com
www: eventsdc.com
Timings: 09:00 AM – 17:00 PM

Walter E Washington Convention Center: About

The Walter E Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot (210,000 m²) convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city’s convention arm, Events DC. Designed in a joint venture by the Atlanta-based architecture firm Tvsdesign, Washington, D.C.- based architects Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planners PC and Mariani and Associates, the convention center is located in a superblock bounded by Mount Vernon Square and 7th, 9th and N streets, N.W. It is served by the Mount Vernon Square station on the Yellow and Green lines of the Washington Metro. It was completed in 2003.

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3 million square foot multi-purpose facility located in the heart of the nations capital.

The center is noted for its extensive permanent collection of contemporary art, the largest of any convention center in the United States and one of the largest public art collections in Washington, D.C. outside of a museum, including works by Sam Gilliam, Sol LeWitt, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Sarah Sze, and Carrie Mae Weems.

About the Walter E. Washington Convention Center

From international policy conferences and industry conventions to pop culture festivals, black-tie fundraisers, and even presidential inaugural balls, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center unites locals and visitors from around the world to experience the best of the nation’s capital. With a prime location in the heart of downtown’s convention and entertainment district, visitors will find plenty to do with access to the hottest restaurants & bars, shopping, hotels and live sports.

Award-Winning Convention Center:

Over the past year, Events DC implemented several transformative changes and physical improvements at the Center with an eye toward to the future and help drive the economic recovery of the District of Columbia. The Center was the first convention center in the United States to implement BIOPROTECT™ by SurfaceGuard, a NASA developed technology designed to kill COVID-19, and was the first convention center in the Northeast Corridor to achieve GBAC STAR™ certification, which was recently recertified for 2022.