Today was spend checking out the Smithsonian museums, at least a coule of them. Our first stop of the "castle." This was the origianl Smithsonian museum and the home of the caretaker. the Smithsonian was established after a weathly Englishman donated, upon his death, his fortune to the USA for the purpose of higher learning and research. He also donated his mineral collection and library. This building was constructed and the first museum was created.
Over the years additional donations have been made and numerous other museums were created around the National Mall.
The next stop was the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It was in this building that I discovered many people are easily amused. I found nothing in here that was interesting. I'm sorry but we're just not cut out for high brow, modern art. Paintings of stripes on canvas that a two year old could create are not my cup of tea.
We quickly moved on to the highlight of the day. We spent the whole afternoon at the Air and Space Museum. We didn't even see half of what there is to see. Moon landings, rockets, Orville and Wilbur Wright's airplane, IMAX, and much more kept us occupied all afternoon. You have to see it to believe it. Whole rockets and airplanes inside this building. Real artifacts from space flights. John Glenn's space suit. Moon Rocks. I could go on for hours. We're already planning to extend our stay here and see this museum again.
We learned one lesson the hard way. Don't eat at the museums! We shared a sandwich, chips and soft drink at the Castle and that cost us $13.00. Later, at the Air and Space Museum we ate again and found the food court had a McDonalds. The problem is the Chicken McNuggets meal was just under $8.00. Ann had the McNuggets (not the meal) and that was $4.29. Just for McNuggets. I had a very small pepperoni pizza for $6.29 and our shared soft drink was $1.99. Bring $$$ or leave the mall for lunch.
Bus and Metro ride home and we rested our tired feet watching the new shows on ABC. All in all, a good day. Tomorrow we go on a Whitehouse Tour!
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Stephanie loved the Smithsonian. Her favorite was the Wizard of Oz / Ruby Slipper exhibit. She thought it was magical to see the slippers that Dorothy (Judy Garland)really had on her feet :-)She brought home several photos of them. She was shocked at all of the security in Washington, she indicated that even in fast food places you'd see guards. She was in 5th grade when she went.
Keep on Keeping on and keep on sharing! Thanks, Dianna
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