Review: The D.C. Museum Where Everything Is for Sale
Museum Where Everything Is for Sale The Mansion on O Street showcases consumerist artifacts, and none if it is taxpayer-funded like many of the city's other museums. Located in a series of converted row houses in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, the museum is, in both form and function, a glowing tribute to messy consumerist spontaneity. Inside the museum, you'll find not neat, curated exhibits, but a long series of rooms connected via "secret" doors.
- ▪Museum Where Everything Is for Sale The Mansion on O Street showcases consumerist artifacts, and none if it is taxpayer-funded like many of the city's other museums.
- ▪Located in a series of converted row houses in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, the museum is, in both form and function, a glowing tribute to messy consumerist spontaneity.
- ▪Inside the museum, you'll find not neat, curated exhibits, but a long series of rooms connected via "secret" doors.
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Entertainment Review: The D.C. Museum Where Everything Is for Sale The Mansion on O Street showcases consumerist artifacts, and none if it is taxpayer-funded like many of the city's other museums. Christian Britschgi | From the August/September 2026 issue Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/06/ministhemuseumonO-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" alt="ministhemuseumonO | The Mansion on O Street; ajay_suresh/Wikimedia" /> (The Mansion on O Street; ajay_suresh/Wikimedia) If you need a break from the "free" (taxpayer-funded), "patriotic" (statist) museums…
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