Greenway Quartet: The Moongate
About the Tour
Meeting up with an old classmate from university has never been stranger. Your guide takes you right into the middle of a mysterious phenomenon that leaves her with more questions than answers in the first installment of this fictional walk series.
Join your guide at the Smithsonian Institution’s only gated park, the Enid A. Haupt Garden, where she shares with you the unsettling events of her and her classmate’s reunion.
Tour Producer
Kate Gorman
Kate Gorman is an artist, writer, and performer creating multisensory experiences and experimenting with how they are described and documented. A multiple-award winning artist, she has exhibited her work primarily in Washington, DC and Maryland. In addition to her visual and conceptual art practice, she is a content creator for the YouTube channel @walkingsalon where she makes videos on her printmaking and bookmaking processes and the artistic inspiration she draws from the built and natural environment, from places as close as her neighborhood to far away settings for films. Her work with VoiceMap has focused on producing compelling fictional experiences that highlight under-explored locations in the parks and gardens around the National Mall in Washington, DC.
- The Greenway series of VoiceMap walks was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship Program award by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in Washington, DC.
- 2026 is the 10 year anniversary of the Greenway series release
Preview Location
Location 6
Enid A. Haupt Garden Entrance
How VoiceMap Works
Major Landmarks
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Hirshhorn Museum
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Enid A. Haupt Garden
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Smithsonian Institution Building
Getting There
Route Overview
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Start location600 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA -
Total distance1km -
Final location1059-1107 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA -
Distance back to start location408.54m
Directions to Starting Point
Start at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station exit on the SE corner of Maryland Avenue and 7th Street.
L'Enfant Plaza Station can be reached via the Green, Yellow, Orange, Blue, or Silver lines on Metro Rail. It can also be reached via Metro Bus on the 74 and V1 lines, and has a Capital Bikeshare pickup/drop off point near the station.
Tips
Places to stop along the way
Hirshhorn Museum, National Museum of African Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Best time of day
Any time between dawn and dusk, the hours the Enid A. Haupt Garden is open.
Precautions
Exercise caution when crossing streets.
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