The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened on September 8, 1971 on the Potomac River, designed by Edward Durell Stone as a living memorial to President Kennedy. Its Opera House, the centre hall of the building, opened with the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. The Opera House is home to Washington National Opera and hosts the annual Kennedy Center Honors.

Getting there

The Kennedy Center is in Foggy Bottom, served by the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station with a free shuttle to the centre.