Restricted Items

 

For Security and Safety Reasons the following are NOT allowed within the Washington Monument.

• Smoking;
• Food and drink (except sealed food, water, & baby formula in clear plastic containers);
• Grooming tools such as: fingernail clippers and tweezers
• Bags larger than 18 x 16 x 8 inches;

• Animals (except service animals);
• Glass or ceramics;
• Weapons (including any object with a blade or point including pocket-knives, scissors, nail-clippers, tweezers, etc);
• Ammunition;
• Mace or aerosols (Sunscreen, Deodorant, Bug Repellant, etc);
• Lighters;
• Vaporizers/E-Cigarettes;
• Explosives or highly flammable substances