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Beginning a Year of Mount Vernon

MuseumsJune 30, 2022348Views 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, 2022380Views 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, 2022688Views 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, 2022313Views 0Likes 0Comments

Are science and religion at war?

Celebrating President’s Day with Art

MuseumsFebruary 21, 2022404Views 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, 2022383Views 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, 2019542Views 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…

Cherokee Days at the American Indian Museum

Events, MuseumsApril 12, 2019375Views 0Likes 0Comments

When you meet him, Vyrl Keeter introduces himself as a retired educator but after watching his passion as a Cherokee Nation culture keeper, you'd be right to wonder if he's ever really left education behind. This weekend at the National Museum of the American Indian, you'll find him sitting just off the atrium, the clack…

“Votes For Women” Exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery

MuseumsApril 5, 2019283Views 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, 2018250Views 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…