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5 Favorite Pieces from the New “Entertainment Nation” Exhibition

ExhibitDecember 16, 2022209Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week, a new permanent exhibition opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Here are our five favorite objects on view: 1. Joe Louis' gloves from his 1938 victory over a Nazi icon 2. Orson Welles' typewriter. Writing is the foundation of entertainment after all. 3. R2D2 and C3PO. The iconic characters from…

“All American: The Power of Sports”

ExhibitOctober 4, 2022239Views 0Likes 0Comments

February 22, 1880- upstate New York. The US men's hockey team beat the Soviet team in the most famous hockey game in American history. The Miracle on Ice Twenty-one years later, America was still reeling from the 9/11 attack when President George W. Bush came to New York and threw out the first pitch of the…

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Sports

ExhibitSeptember 22, 2022262Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jackie Robinson was the cover photo of Time Magazine 75 years ago today. Jackie Robinson on the cover of Time Magazine His rookie appearance earlier on April 15, 1947 began the integration of Major League Baseball. Player #42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers would end that year with the Rookie of the Year award. From today it…

Beginning a Year of Mount Vernon

MuseumsJune 30, 2022323Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's been 4 years and 3 months since we last visited Mount Vernon. We last went for free on Presidents Day. The problem with free is that all the other freeloaders like us showing up. It clogs the place up. Full parking lots, long lines, and winter weather stole some of the fun from the…

Orchid Display at National Portrait Gallery

Exploring the Annual Smithsonian Orchid Exhibit

Exhibit, MuseumsApril 1, 2022346Views 0Likes 0Comments

Colorful blooms and interesting stories. Every year, the Smithsonian Gardens and United States Botanical Gardens co-host an orchid show. They feature hundreds of varieties in a different stunning display each year. This year, the show is being held in the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery. Take time to visit the display between viewing…

Watergate at the National Portrait Gallery

ExhibitMarch 25, 2022656Views 0Likes 1Comment

This new exhibition "Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue" reminds us that it's always the cover-up that gets you. A political crime was committed at the Watergate. The President's aides tried to cover it up. It brought down the President of the United States of America. Fifty years later, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery opens this show…

"Discovery and Revelation" exhibition at American History

“Discovery and Revelation” at American History

MuseumsMarch 21, 2022285Views 0Likes 0Comments

Are science and religion at war?

Celebrating President’s Day with Art

MuseumsFebruary 21, 2022370Views 0Likes 2Comments

At the heart of the National Portrait Gallery's second floor resides the "America's Presidents" exhibit. It contains a variety of artwork, from oil paintings to photographs to sculptures. Each one shows a president in a unique and different light. This is the only complete collection of presidential portraits outside of the White House and a…

A Visit with the Gutenberg Press at Museum of the Bible

MuseumsFebruary 14, 2022325Views 0Likes 1Comment

Inky fingers and a gifted mind changed the world. Not through a financial success, but a spiritual one. A culture changing force.

International Spy Museum Reopens

MuseumsMay 11, 2019499Views 0Likes 0Comments

The International Spy Museum is an all new experience. Its dramatic new building in a new section of town is just the first sign of change. The International Spy Museum With a larger space and new emphasis on science and technologies it is substantially different than the previous iteration that focused almost purely on human intelligence…