Travel With Us
Travel with us to art museums and other points of interest in the Mid-Atlantic region! Bus trips are typically offered several times throughout the year. Get information about upcoming trips.
Hop aboard to visit three amazing DC museums in one day! The National Building Museum focuses on topics such as architecture, engineering, and landscape architecture through exhibitions, educational programs, and special events. The National Portrait Gallery tells the story of America by portraying the people who shape the nation’s history, development, and culture. The Smithsonian American Art Museum shares the stories of our nation through American art and craft to inspire reflection, spark dialogue, and build connection.
- Space is limited, and registration is first-come, first-served.
- Fee includes motor coach transportation and snacks on the bus.
- The bus will be depart Frederick promptly at 8:00 am, and we expect to return between 5:00 and 6:00 pm.
- Lunch will be on your own at either the National Building Museum’s Konbini by Daikaya cafe, the Courtyard Café at The National Portrait Gallery, or any of the other numerous restaurants within walking distance.
- Please be prepared to walk about 10 minutes from the National Building Museum to the Portrait Gallery / American Art Museum after the latter open at 11:30 am.
- Accessibility information can be found on the museum’s websites:
- Please refer to each museum’s visitor guidelines before leaving home. Note that there will be security screening at entrances.
- You will receive information regarding parking and the trip itinerary in a reminder email at least one week before the trip. Please make sure emails from Delaplaine staff are coming to your inbox and not getting trapped by your spam filter.
- Questions? Accessibility requirements? Please email Corey Frey, our Exhibitions Manager.
Travel to Philadelphia to explore the unique Barnes Foundation! Founded by Albert C. Barnes in 1922, this museum holds 4,000 historical objects and over 900 paintings primarily from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modernist movements. Dr. Barnes aimed to make connections between artworks across cultures, movements, media, and time periods, and although the museum was relocated to City Center Philadelphia in 2012, Dr. Barnes’s carefully curated layout is precisely replicated in the new museum. See works by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and van Gogh as well as special exhibition Rochelle Feinstein: The Today Show, with more than 30 of Feinstein’s mixed-media works examining abstraction, culture, and public life.
- Space is limited, and registration is first-come, first-served.
- Fee includes motor coach transportation and snacks on the bus.
- The bus will be depart Frederick promptly at 7:00 am, and we expect to return between 6:30 and 7:30 pm.
- Lunch will be on your own at either the Garden Restaurant (reservations encouraged) or Reflections Café. Click here for more info.
- Accessibility information can be found on the Barnes Foundation website.
- Please refer to the museum’s visitor guidelines before leaving home.
- Visit our homepage or call 301-698-0656 x366 for information on weather related closings.
- You will receive information regarding parking in your confirmation email and in a reminder email at least one week before the trip. Please make sure emails from Delaplaine staff are coming to your inbox and not getting trapped by your spam filter.
- Questions? Accessibility requirements? Please email Corey Frey, our Exhibitions Manager.
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Delaplaine members receive a $20 discount on Artobus registration! If you would like to join or renew your membership before registering, click here.