Murals in Washington, DC Photo Gallery by Helen Betts at pbase.com

Murals in Washington, DC

Washington, DC, is said to have a rich variety of murals all over the city. I've already done a gallery of murals on Capitol Hill https://pbase.com/helenpb/pbasecomhelenpbcapitol_hil_murals and have decided to go further afield to look for more as I had so much fun tracking them down on the Hill.

'LOVE'	’XXIV Carrot’	'Let.Go.'	Good advice
Flying	Pulling	The whole picture	Untitled mural by Stom500
'Return of the Shaolin Pencil'	25 K Street NE	'Neighbors and Friends'	In honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Former church, now an arts and culture collective	The ‘mural church’	The Watermelon House	Another tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
‘Nellie’s Ducky’	Ben’s Chili Bowl tribute to Black Americans: 'The Torch'	‘The Wailin’ Mailman’	‘Washington -- The Gag’
Country mural	All eyes on the diners	‘Community’	'Birth Control Way'
Zebras galore	‘The Soulful Return of Marvin Gaye’	'Love Supreme,' aka the Friendly Food Market mural	‘Love Supreme’
‘Love Supreme’ conclusion: a real ‘urban’ mural	Mama Ayesha's Restaurant Presidential Mural	Liz Taylor keeping an eye on things	Nurturing Adams Morgan
‘E = mc2’	‘Toy Theater’	‘Calla Lily’	‘Every Day I See Something New’
‘You Are Welcome’	Now it’s Marilyn watching over the city	‘Great Wave of Georgetown’	‘Kindred’
‘Heart Wall’	‘Namaste’	‘Shop Small 2014’	‘La Cosecha’
100K Apartments mural	‘In This Together’	‘Madam’s Organ Mural’	‘Birdsong’
‘Resilience’	Another mural at the 100K Apartments	'Mother'	The one that got away
’28 Blocks’	Red Swan mural at Alethia Tanner Park	‘Giant Guardian of Tanner Park’	Along the Metropolitan Branch Trail
Red Swan mural in NoMa	Festive birds	100-foot dragon at the dog park	‘Four Harmonious Friends’
Surprise garage	How one thing can lead to another	Unlikely dinner on the Metropolitan Branch Trail	Eye of the dragon
Long dog on the MBT	Sea life on the Metropolitan Branch Trail	‘She Will Rise’	‘The Dusk of H Street’
Victim of rampant gun violence in DC	Reflection	‘Columbia Heights Community Mural’	‘Don’t Go’
Passing by	Blagden Alley garage doors	‘Guardians of the Four Directions’	Another Shaolin Pencil
Oldie but goodie	Here one day…	‘Dunbar Mural’ in Shaw	DC, hopefully the 51st state
Brightening up a construction site	Along the trail in Eckington	‘A system of politics and art’	DC-style power substation
Fishing at the Pepco substation	Tribute to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton	Relaxation in DC	Days long gone at the substation
The teacher	Community Paint Day	Frederick Douglass	Even utilities can be beautified
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Anacostia	Duke Ellington mural	Fourth time’s the charm	The rest of the picture
Funeral home mural	Decorating the ordinary	The barbershop mural	The bluebird of Capitol Hill
‘I’M SPEAKING.’	The surprise mural	The rest of the mural	Restaurant mural
Unexpected mural on a very long wall	Ben’s Chili Bowl, revisited	‘Lee’s Legacy’	Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has her own mural
Hearts and trashcans	3 famous women in a Capitol Hill alley	Garden gate	‘No taxation without representation’
Godzilla comes to Shaw	New mural at Pepco substation	Mural by Red Swan	Mural in progress
‘Together’	Fenced in	The other two	Building stairs
A whole new look	Part of the story	Unexpected mural	‘DMV Love’
U Street mural	The artistic parking lot	‘Shaw Love’	D.C. Jazz Heroes mural
Unexpected	Outdoor dining decor	Mural found	The hard-to-get-to mural
‘All Love’	‘Jasper 88’	Bonus find	Barbershop advertisement
‘Get in good trouble’	Eckington mural	‘North Capitol’	A heartwarming mural
The power of the pencil	Upgrade	Barber shop mural	Three in one mural
Back to the Oasis	‘Im late!’	Garage mural	Mystery mural
Hidden mural	Bizarre mural	Forgotten heart	Shadowy mural
One for posterity	Chance mural	Brightening up the H Street Corridor	Storefront mural
‘Up N’ Smoke’	Tribute	‘Alma Indigena’	‘I am a Berliner’
‘Just Paper & Tea’	Mushrooms in Blues Alley	Kintaro mural	Lucky find
Restaurant mural	Sammy’s Liquors is for the birds	Sammy’s Liquors, the rest of it	Ventilation shaft gets a new life
‘Empower the women around you’	Construction decoration	Parking lot murals (1)	Parking lot murals (2)
DCity Smokehouse	Big Wheel Bikes	Georgetown waterfront mural	‘Hostages & wrongful detainees: Bring them home’
Neptune in DC	‘Reseeded: A Forest Floor Flow’	The hidden-away mural	‘District Alley’
Ratzilla fights for DC statehood	Honoring the newest Supreme Court justice	The mural building	‘Amplify Black Voices’
‘Save the Elephant[s]’	‘Great Wave of Capitol Hill’?	‘Leafly’	Ceiling murals
The first of 15	National Association of University Women mural	Getting ready for new murals	The slugger
‘Entrepreneurship Is a Boxing Match’	El Tamarindo	Another side of El Tamarindo	Patients’ rights
Art Allery	‘H Street Ecosphere’	‘Officiant of the Sea’	‘H St. Throwback’
‘Astro Link’	‘Always Growing’	‘DC Dreaming’	‘Saturday Morning’
‘Power and Strength’	Permanent	'Wings'	Too close for comfort
‘Coming Together’	New DC Statehood mural	Apartments for the ‘bold hearted’	Former Wendy’s now a canvas for murals
The rest of the former Wendy’s	Pepco substation gets a final mural	Mural by Stevie Shao	Hidden mural
I guess they ran out of walls	Out of place	Mural or decoration?	Murals headquarters
Lost Generation Brewing Company	Railroad mural	Surprising old mural	Unexpected parking lot ‘resident’
In praise of reading	Statehood mural in Georgetown	‘Living Timeline: Paul Robeson’ (1)	‘Living Timeline: Paul Robeson’ (2)
Aristide Bruant mural	When you want a bigger garden…	‘Perfect’	Perfect mural for a liquor store
'A style anthology of D.C.'	The puzzle	Disco mural	Yet another PEPCO mural
Love letter	One way to disguise an ugly concrete wall	New places, new murals	MasPaz mural in Adams Morgan
‘Each Blessed Step’	‘Facing the future, together’	‘Welcome to Washington DC’	Causa/Amazonia
Mural at Nest DC	Tagged	‘Sergio Stuff’	Drive-by mural
The Hill Café	‘Votes for Women’	Exotic mural	‘A Survivor’s Journey’
‘Statehood for DC’	Container mural	‘Fiddleheads Salon’	‘The New Drink’
Cherry-blossom restaurant	‘little wild things city farm’	City Winery	‘Egret, Salmon, Honey Bee’
‘Tin-Can Telephone’	DC bird mural	‘Speak your dreams into existence’	Chance mural
‘Sisterhood service’	Calle Libre DC – Festival for Urban Aesthetics	Calle Libre murals again	‘Big Dog’ mural at canine-friendly pub
‘Homeless Lives Matter’	Daru	Cycling cows	Advertising mural
Metropolitan Branch Trail mural	Protective mural	Squiggly mural	Metrorail tracks mural
Not your everyday mural	High voltage mural	Murals in inexplicable places	'Mother Nature shows us: anything big starts out small.'
Interesting cast of characters	‘Eckington’	‘Love dc’	Something for everybody
‘NoMa in Space’	Map of NoMa	DC statehood mural	‘You Are Not Alone’
Metropolitan Branch Trail	‘NoMa in Color’ mural	Colorful mural in the ‘NoMa in Color’ display	Last mural from the 2023 display
NoMa mural	Mural behind a wire fence	Garage mural	Schoolyard mural
‘All My Hopes & Dreams’	Electric mural	‘Respect’	Caribbean mural
Mural by Red Swan up close and personal	Tail end	‘It’s Your World’	‘Love is the answer’
‘Great Black Music: Ancient to the Future’	‘Remember’	‘Southwest Soldiers,’ Kaliq Crosby	‘SW,’ Jesse Kirsch
‘By the Pond,’ Chelsea Ritter-Soronen	The far end of the pond	‘Dorothy,’ Sasha Primo	‘Community Garden,’ Ham and Cheese Studio
‘Cultura,’ CRI	‘SWDC – Many Parts to the Whole,’ Jarrett Ferrier	‘SWDC Past, Present, and Future,’ RoMiMoSa’	‘Jazz Cats,’ Luther Wright
‘Peak Bloom,’ Rose Jaffe	‘Deadrise,’ David Carmack Lewis	Virginia Avenue SE underpass art #1	Virginia Avenue SE underpass art #2
Virginia Avenue SE underpass art #3	Virginia Avenue SE underpass art #4	Virginia Avenue SE underpass art #5	Surprise park and mural
The far end of the mural	‘Let’s Rethink High School,’ Chris Pyrate	‘Deaf AAPI Experience’	‘Washingtonian Mural’
‘Satellites of Hope,’ 2024, Joel Bergner

Dwight Rankine		29-Mar-2025 12:19
A very beautiful gallery, Helen Betts. I hope these mural stay until time fades them away. BBV

Denise J T Lee		31-Jan-2025 02:39
An eye opener ! Never knew these murals existed in DC, so many of them. Why not, right? It's the capital city of a free country. Glad to see great talents are everywhere. Thanks ! ~V~

Alexander Kazakov		26-Jan-2025 11:01
Excellent gallery! V

Ika Zinka Eferl		04-Dec-2024 14:51
Great series on murals. Great works. V

Nirvan Hope		08-Nov-2024 05:12
Wow - amazing how many, how interesting and such a wide variety. I had no idea there were so many there. You've created an important work of art history with this gallery.

Marjan Schavemaker		02-Sep-2024 15:11
Never realized so many murals in DC, great , it makes the city colorful and most of them are really artistic, thanks for sharing, Helen! It’s getting time I come back to DC and look for them 😉👌

Jeremy		27-Jun-2024 12:35
Big collection of murals here! And good that you have a description of each of the murals. Amazing how you tracked so many of them down. Will take time to view through the individual murals ...

Dan Opdal		15-Apr-2024 19:33
Wonderful Collection! V

William Barletta		13-Jan-2024 01:21
This is an amzing collection ~V~

Frank Gines		11-Sep-2023 23:37
Excellent gallery of your DC mural images ! they are well taken and presented love it.V

endre novak		19-Jul-2023 17:36
Thais is quite a collection here, superb finds.

M Paula Neumann		04-Jul-2023 16:29
Fabulous images of these fascinating murals. I have only seen a few of them. You do get around!

Kevin D Warren		28-Jun-2023 20:20
Your DC mural gallery is quite impressive. Fine photography and amazing how many murals there are!

Buz Kiefer		22-Jun-2023 20:31
A noteworthy gallery of murals found on a variety of walls in Washington, D.C. An impressive body of work that continues to grow. Well done. V

Bart Aldrich		25-Apr-2023 11:15
An amazing collection, Helen! V

Jola Dziubinska		30-Mar-2023 17:28
Wonderful gallery, great murals, well photographed. V.

Ursula Miller		22-Mar-2023 20:33
Fantastic gallery!

Long Bach Nguyen		28-Jan-2023 17:08
Excellent gallery and images Helen

A.G. Arao / noyphoto		08-Jan-2023 08:31
An abundance of creativity and artistry! Very well photographed! Is there a D.C. Murals Bus Tour? If not, there should be one. -V-

carabias		04-Nov-2022 21:59
A beautiful gallery and excellent work! V

Bill Klein		22-May-2022 19:55
This gallery truly shows the heart of DC, Helen! BBV!

Graeme		05-Feb-2022 11:04
You have such an amazing collection of murals in this gallery, Helen. Thanks for sharing them with us.V!!!

Philip P		29-Nov-2021 14:50
An awesome collection!

Don		23-Oct-2021 05:54
You've shown us a wonderfully creative side to a city we hear about only in other contexts.

Jan Bakker		21-Oct-2021 15:37
Fine pieces of art. Like them a lot!

Arnie Peterschmidt		17-Oct-2021 03:30
This is quite a project, well done! V!

Ika Zinka Eferl		13-Oct-2021 07:00
Great collection of this amazing mural gallery! V

Raymond Ma		18-Jul-2021 00:07
What a wonderful collection. So much artistry, beauty and meaning in these murals. Great job to photograph them all so well Helen. ~V~

Mairéad		13-Jul-2021 16:16
A fantastic gallery showcasing some wonderful street art. Very nicely captured. V

Jean-Claude Billonneau		11-Apr-2021 07:12
Très belle galerie qui montre bien la diversité des peintures murales de cette ville. BV.

Jeff Real		10-Apr-2021 13:43
I so enjoy seeing this part of the city through your eyes, Helen! Really quite amazing! V

Richard Chu		22-Feb-2021 19:14
Interesting murals well documented! V

Claude Gagnon		17-Feb-2021 13:47
Fantastic work for your beautiful gallery Helen :)) V

lou_rozensteins		12-Jan-2021 23:47
An impressive collection! I like the colour.

Liz Bickel		09-Jan-2021 06:09
Outstanding gallery!!! I keep meaning to comment. I would vote again if I could.

larose forest photos		07-Jan-2021 17:16
Astonishing number of murals. I think it is great to enliven a city this way, and most of them are quite beautiful. Love this gallery of well-photographed shots. VV

frank_1112		06-Jan-2021 06:38
Beautiful gallery

Marjan Schavemaker		05-Jan-2021 18:08
Great gallery, Helen! V

Pierre		03-Jan-2021 14:23
Bravo pour cette formidable galerie de magnifiques murales, une splendide présentation de chacune d'elles! V

barbarajoy		28-Dec-2020 22:00
These are all marvellous Helen! What fun you have had tracking them all. Hope your Christmas was a happy one. Stay safe and well. From our summer to your winter, our thoughts and greetings! Barbara

Jean D		24-Dec-2020 04:59
Superb collection of murals. Very pleasing to view. ~V

Milan Vogrin		22-Dec-2020 17:16
Great collection!V!

A.G. Arao / noyphoto		15-Dec-2020 20:25
Helen, these murals are truly impressive and fascinating "finds." They are superbly photographed. Thank you for sharing them in this awesome gallery. Well done! Bravo!

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		15-Dec-2020 07:39
A beautiful collection murals, well done Helen. V

joseantonio		15-Dec-2020 05:10
interesting gallery with so many beautiful mural examples.V

Don Mottershead		13-Dec-2020 21:56
Excellent murals, expertly photographed and very interesting and well-researched information. Thanks for your work on this. V

Kevin Warren		09-Dec-2020 20:27
I must say this is quite a collection Helen. Great work throughout!

Nestor Derkach		07-Dec-2020 16:26
Impressive gallery amazing that you found so many beautiful murals and then photographed them with care and presented them perfectly with impressive resolution. Great Gallery Helen. Vote +

janescottcumming		02-Dec-2020 23:09
A wonderful gallery. Can't wait until we can travel again and I can see some of these in person. V

Industrial Heritage		30-Nov-2020 10:32
Great gallery. Street art makes you look at a city in a different way and often brings you to places you would not visit.

François Fauchard		27-Nov-2020 13:39
Interesting and well-photographed works ! V

Yohanan David		27-Nov-2020 06:00
This gallery is a wonderful outdoor art museum! V

Raymond		25-Nov-2020 21:10
As Paul Gauguin once said: Colors are the language of dreams

danad		24-Nov-2020 11:03
Great series on murals. Diversity, colors and some great works. V.

KAI-WING LEUNG		24-Nov-2020 01:05
Amazing mural gallery! V

A.G. Arao / noyphoto		23-Nov-2020 17:00
Terrific gallery. Fascinating murals. And, as Dan, said, superbly photographed. -V-

Dan Greenberg		22-Nov-2020 19:01
These are a lot of fun and superbly photographed. Keep finding and posting these, Helen. I am enjoying them a lot. ~BV~

John Hamers		22-Nov-2020 17:07
Great collection of these beautiful murals with rich variety. You captured them very nicely !!V

Dave Petersen Photography		22-Nov-2020 13:41
A most interesting and unique gallery showing locations and art work I have never seen in my visits to Washington. Amazing art work beautifully captured in this visual tour. I hope you are able to continue adding to this gallery. V+

Zoltán Balogh		11-Nov-2020 08:40
It is already a great and really interesting gallery, Helen! V

fotabug		10-Nov-2020 02:48
Wow, you are off to a good start! Keep this project going. Enjoyable.

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