30 July 2010

Down on the Mall



As the weather for today was thunderstorms predicted, we decided to do something that was at least in part indoors - a trip to the Mall to visit the (relatively) new National Museum of the American Indian.

This was a truly gorgeous museum, both inside and out, though hard to photograph. I love the layouts of more modern museums - they really are a pleasure to be inside.

The content of the museum was excellent as well, though as I had to keep an eye on the kids and make sure they weren't getting lost or being too obnoxious, I didn't get to read quite as much of the information as some (male) members of the party. Still, I was able to read quite a bit and look at most of the items in the display cases in the three main sections of exhibits.


We did get our promised rain as well, though we managed to stay inside the museum for long enough for it to tail off to a gentle drizzle. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have cooled things down very much!

1 comment:

black bear cabin said...

lol about the "male" in the party getting to read all the info :) typical! sounds like you guys are having fun! that D.C. weather can be pretty unbearable at times...thankfully there are a lot of fun things to do inside! Have you guys done the Ford Theatre thing...its really cool! Of course, since your mom lives there, its probably all old hat...its just something i thought was really neat :)