It’s not exactly a holiday to get super worked up over when you live in the District, where the world’s greatest empire holds its treasury, which is available for anyone to see for no cost. And many of the exciting fall shows haven’t opened yet, meaning that the special exhibition schedule is light. Nevertheless, there are still a few hours of Free Museum Day left and a few spots in the District where that actually gets you something.

One of those museums is the Kreeger Museum, a private nonprofit collection located in a gorgeous Philip Johnson building in tony Foxhall. Worth a visit for the building alone, the collection features a good sampling of Modernist works from the 19th and 20th century. Tuck that fiver back into your pocket, since admission to the soi-disant Jewell on Foxhall is totally on FMD’s dime today.

Another favorite destination that would normally set you back a Lincoln is Dumbarton House, the museum aspect of the library research center (and garden). Dumbarton Oaks is home to the District’s best selection of Byzantine and Pre-Colombian artifacts, including one rather famous work of suspect provenance. Located up the street from Tudor Place and Dumbarton House and around the corner from Decatur House, Dumbarton Oaks anchors the city’s crucial stuffy-museum district. And no one can say what street it’s actually situated on. If this weren’t enough to convince you, the museum’s also staging a temporary exhibition of contemporary sculptor Charles Simonds, whose installation/intervention could not seem any more out of context in Dumbarton’s posh gardens.

A full list of institutions participating in Free Museum Day is here. But note that all those museums on the National Mall don’t really have any choice in the matter.