Washington DC is full of amazing free Smithsonian museums. We spent many hours during our time in DC soaking up history, art, aircraft, and even the beauty of tropical flowers.
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| A Monet painting in the National Art Gallery |
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| Also in the National Art Gallery, fancy and pretty. |
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| We went on a guided tour of the Italian Renaissance section of the art gallery, we learned a lot of interesting info. |
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| Serious business learning about paintings. |
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| In the rotunda of the art gallery, it is modeled after the Pantheon in Rome. |
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| Eating a delicious Potbelly sandwich by the fountain in the sculpture garden. |
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| Azalea tree! |
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| Exploring the Botanical Garden |
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| Amazing Orchid |
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| An actual Apollo Space capsule! It's neat to know this is what carried astronauts from space back to earth. It's on display at the Air and Space Museum. Again we took a guided tour and learned much more than we would have exploring on our own. |
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| Natural History Museum |
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| Statue from Easter Island, I never thought I'd see one of these in real life! Its one of only 2 that have been taken from the Island (as far as we know). |
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| This is the entrance to see the Star Spangled Banner inside of the American History Museum. It's huge! |
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| This is the National Archives! It's not a Smithsonian but it's close to the National Mall. |
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| This is where money is printed! |
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| Lots of old police cars on display on the National Mall. There is something going on on the mall just about every day! |
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