When I was a young girl (~10 ish), I came to the Museum of Natural History on either a school or Girl Scout Trip. The one thing I remember about that trip was finding jars and jars of creatures and embryos of all different species (including man). And I was just FASCINATED!! Soooo… I just had to come back and find them. :-)))
Well, we did not find the jars but we did find Henry:
And oh so many other creatures:
Can you imagine meeting any of those creatures in the wild – Yikees??
Haddonfield, New Jersey – never knew that!
Some really cool artifacts:
And a great section on gems and minerals – WOW!!
The Smithsonian Museums in Washington, DC is actually a collection of HUGE buildings based on a theme – Air and Space Museum, Native Peoples Museum, American History Museum, etc. Each museum is an adventure in itself and one day will never cover it. In 1998, Andy and I spent two days at the Air and Space Museum and still didn’t cover it. One of the items on my bucket list is to cover every one of the Smithsonian Buildings on the National Mall – and not get overloaded with all that information.
Most of the buildings also have an IMAX theater with a few films running every day. We decided on the IMAX film on the Arctic (narrated by Meryl Streep; music by Paul McCarthy). Wonderful film about the polar bears and the melting ice.
The inside of the building:
And one last look at Washington DC:
And that concludes our Washington, DC trip – we are pooped!! Tomorrow we head east to Delaware so stay tuned and…
ENJOY TODAY!
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