No trip to DC is complete without a trip down to the mall to see the museums. The Mall was hopping and I managed to squeeze in 3 museums in one day! I started at the National Portrait Gallery, which I am ashamed to say I had never been to before. Sadly the Obama portraits are still on tour, but I saw a ton of other amazing portraits of former presidents and other famous Americans.
I took a quick spin through the sculpture garden on my way down the mall. I was tempted to jump into the fountain to escape the heat and humidity, but refrained!
I was bummed to have just missed the futures exhibit at the Smithsonian Castle, but one piece was still installed outside. The actual "fail" of the day was that I had planned to go to the new African American History and Culture museum but it's still thehot ticket in town and you actually need...tickets. So alas, no entry for me.
I "plan b'ed" the rest of the afternoon and wandered around the Museum of American History and the Natioanl Gallery of Art. Both had some new exhibits since I was there last, plus the tried and true pieces on display.
I forgot how amazing it is to be able to walk up and down the mall and go in and out of the museums. It was such a college perk to have free access to these national treasures. This trip, the arctic level air conditioning was an added bonus!
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Nice shots :)
You are a museum rock star!!! What a wonderful day!
I love those museums.
Lovely pictures from your day! I have always wanted to go to DC and visit ALL the museums and monuments.
How lovely! I love sculpture gardens!
Incredible! My total cup of tea!
I do the same thing in Paris, walk in the museums... I wake up early, I walk around before the heat and then I go to the museum or the libraries to enjoy the fresh air conditioning. Your pictures are excellent
I love hitting up all of the Smithsonian museums too! We always visit the sculpture garden!
So very nice. I would love to do that one day. Very cool.
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