Anacostia in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Welcome to the Go-Go Museum & Caf้.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 22, 2025
1. Welcome to the Go-Go Museum & Caf้. Marker
Welcome to the Go-Go Museum & Caf้.
Go-Go is Washington, D.C.'s "Official Music" genre created by Chuck Brown in the 1970s.
This museum, like go-go music is rooted in Call & Response. Come inside. Meet our heroes. See our fashion. Taste our food. Experience our music.
For the response, we need to hear from you. Tell us how our feel. Tell us what you think. Let's make go-go forever.
Erected 2025 by Go-Go Museum & Caf้.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.
Location. 38° 52.019′ N, 76° 59.324′ W. Marker is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Anacostia. It is on Martin Luther King Junior Avenue Southeast just north of U Street Southeast, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1920 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington DC 20020, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: ADACI (within shouting distance of this marker); Booth's Escape (within shouting distance of this marker); Barry Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); A Neighborhood Oasis (about
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Also see . . . About Page for the Go-Go Museum & Caf้.
Our Story The Go-Go Museum & Caf้ is the official site for the appreciation and study of go-go music, history and culture from its headquarters in the historic Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Go-go music is a brand of funk, R&B, hip-hop, and Afro-Latin rhythms created in the 1970s by "Godfather of Go-Go" Chuck Brown and his Washington D.C. fans. On February 19, 2020, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed DC law 23-71 Go-Go As Official Music of the District of Columbia Designation Act and selected the Go-Go Museum as a key site for its implementation in her Go-Go Peoples Plan.(Submitted on February 22, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, December 20, 2025
3. Inside the Go-Go Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 396 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 22, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on December 25, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.
