| Cultural Tourism DC | |
| Size: | 200px |
| Formation: | Kathryn S. Smith, |
| Merged: | Events DC, |
| Region Served: | DC metro area |
Cultural Tourism DC was an independent non-profit coalition of more than 230 culture, heritage, and community-based organizations in Washington, DC. Cultural Tourism DC and its members develop and present programs in Washington for area residents and visitors. Member organizations represent cultural and community organizations throughout Washington, DC; they include large institutions such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and U.S. National Arboretum to smaller ones such as the Frederick Douglass House and the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. In 2022, Events DC acquired Cultural Tourism DC and CTDC wound down its operations as a standalone entity.[1]
Cultural Tourism DC (CTDC) offered a range of guided and self-guided walking tours of historic neighborhoods in Washington, DC. These Neighborhood Heritage Trails relate the history of DC's communities through poster-sized street signs displaying text, maps, and historic photos. The 1to walking tours can be navigated with an accompanying free guidebook; a few of the tours also offer an accompanying audio walking tour guide. As of 2018, CTDC had created Heritage Trails for 18 DC neighborhoods, the most recent of which is in Eckington:[2] [3]
Additional heritage trail markers are in other DC neighborhoods as part of the African American Heritage Trail, which highlights more than 200 significant sites from African American history around the city.[4]
Other notable events organized by Cultural Tourism DC included: