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Walter E. Washington Convention Center

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot (210,000 m2) state of the art convention center, located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city.

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 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 outside of a museum!

The center is located at 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington, DC 20001.