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Watergate at the National Portrait Gallery

ExhibitMarch 25, 2022674Views 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, 2022302Views 0Likes 0Comments

Are science and religion at war?

Celebrating President’s Day with Art

MuseumsFebruary 21, 2022386Views 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, 2022361Views 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, 2019527Views 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, 2019359Views 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, 2019265Views 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, 2018241Views 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, 2018285Views 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, 2017362Views 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,…