I think 10 if they were with another responsible, like-minded friend. Totally solo, I'd say 11 or 12, depending on child and their comfort level

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Anonymous wrote:At 11 or 12 I'd let them go with a friend.

I was going to say this, although my kid might be better behaved solo than with a friend to get into mischief.

The only place mine ever had issues was eating, because they would buy too much in places like National History Museum and not realize how expensive everything was they put on those trays until they got to the cashier. The boys never got into mischief anywhere else but rang up some big food bills when they were around 11.

Anonymous wrote:I think 12 and the 'Americans infantilize their kids' poster is insufferable.

Yes, that poster gave me the creeps.

In 5th grade we would take a group and they would periodically check in. A parent would be in the same building and they wouldn’t be alone, always with friends.

Age 11-12

Prefer with a friend but that would be ok for me at that age.

I think 12 and the 'Americans infantilize their kids' poster is insufferable.

Anonymous wrote:13. Younger if they are with a couple of friends and you know they won't wander off with someone.

As a non profit staff member who works in a similar environment, some people with nothing better to do sometimes hang out in public spaces and watch for the naive.

Exactly, but they think that others don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:15 and up.

You cannot be serious. They can't walk around a museum alone until the year before you unleash them on the Beltway in your SUV?

15 years old can drive in DC?

You need a reading comprehension intervention, stat.

You need a manners class, stat.

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Anonymous wrote:15 and up.

You cannot be serious. They can't walk around a museum alone until the year before you unleash them on the Beltway in your SUV?

15 years old can drive in DC?

You need a reading comprehension intervention, stat.

13. Younger if they are with a couple of friends and you know they won't wander off with someone.

As a non profit staff member who works in a similar environment, some people with nothing better to do sometimes hang out in public spaces and watch for the naive.

Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old takes a metro by himself and goes into any museum he wants. Are you people for real when you say "15 or 16"? No wonder there are so many infantile HS students in this country.

You want a cookie?

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My 12 year old takes a metro by himself and goes into any museum he wants. Are you people for real when you say "15 or 16"? No wonder there are so many infantile HS students in this country.

Anonymous wrote:5th grade with a friend

needs to work on friendship skill if he doesn't have 1 friend

Friendship skills? This is random and irrelevant to OP’s question.

5th grade with a friend

needs to work on friendship skill if he doesn't have 1 friend