Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. claims the National Museum, where Marcus Brody curates artifacts that fuel archaeological rivalries and military interest. Brody invokes the city during tense talks in Indy's office, positioning it as a bastion of preserved history—vaults likely holding traces of the vanished Peruvian idol. The capital's institutional pull sharpens the plot's edge, bridging campus routine to national stakes under autumn light.