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“Votes For Women” Exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery

MuseumsApril 5, 2019235Views 0Likes 0Comments

At 6 pm on a Thursday evening in early April, it's still 68 degree outside and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. As Washington Capital fans stream past the National Portrait Gallery, twenty-one people are still walking through "Votes for Women" exhibit in Washington, D.C. "Votes For Women" exhibit National Portrait Gallery As…

Seasons Greetings 2018 at the United States Botanic Gardens

MuseumsNovember 29, 2018221Views 0Likes 0Comments

Trains have always brought people together. They brought our nation together in the historic meeting of the transcontinental railroad. They allowed us to travel long distances quicker than we had before, allowing families that lived far apart to meet more often. Trains also bring people together each year at the United States Botanic Garden. It…

Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation

MuseumsOctober 12, 2018264Views 0Likes 0Comments

Like the artist herself, the exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is small and unassuming. There are only thirteen painting on three walls, even though Clementine painted thousands in her lifetime. The point, however, is not to flood you with information and art, but to allow the simple life in…

The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers

MuseumsNovember 14, 2017324Views 0Likes 0Comments

"The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers" is a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. It's aim is to take a look at the way America has shown workers in art through history. As you go through the exhibit, you see workers in many mediums including paintings, photographs, sculptures, and even video. Child laborers,…

A Less-Than-$20 Find at the American History Museum Gift Shop

MuseumsOctober 31, 2017277Views 0Likes 0Comments

As you may know, it's hard to find things in DC gift shops that cost less than your first-born child. We're always on the lookout for anything in the gift shops that would be within most people's budgets. I personally have always loved the Bradford dollhouse. It's bigger than me, and marvelously detailed. What's not…

Visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture

MuseumsSeptember 26, 2016350Views 0Likes 0Comments

"It's like art work on the building!" my 7 year old said as we admired the filigree wrapping the outside of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. With a distinctive style and prominent location on the National Mall, D.C.'s newest museum uniquely stands out. National Museum of African American History and…

National Gallery of Art with a Wheelchair

MuseumsSeptember 9, 2016229Views 0Likes 0Comments

Visiting the National Gallery of Art this week with my mom, I discovered firsthand the challenges others go through every day when navigating this world in a wheelchair. Our last experience like this was sixteen years ago when mom broke her ankle but wanted to see an exhibit at the Corcoran. That visit required rolling…