Friday rolled around, and we decided that our weekly field trip would be more exploration than education. On the agenda: scout out the Smithsonian Museum of American History and wander around the National Gallery of Art.
The rain has been torrential over the past week, so we dropped Daddy off at school and then drove to the Metro station. 45 minutes later, we took the escalator up and found ourselves looking upon the Mall. Pretty cool, huh?
Upon arriving at the American History museum, we were greeted by President Washington himself. However, we all agreed that there is something a teensy bit awkward about George Washington in a toga... Just sayin'.
Being a school for girls, we oo-ed and ah-ed our way through the First Ladies exhibit. But, as Katie said, dimmed lighting in museums may add a cool effect, but it's not conducive to photography. Sorry for all of you hoping to drool over inauguration ball gowns.
Of course, no first lady wore these, but we thought Mrs. Becky would enjoy a picture of "the real thing." (We miss you!)
The last exhibit we enjoyed was a collection of musical instruments. Without a doubt, this guitar was one of the most stunning pieces there.
Next stop was the National Gallery of Art, one of our family's favorite attractions in D.C. Absolutely breathtaking, overwhelming, and magnificent!
We spent most of our time, wandering about (with expressions of complete stupor, I'm sure) the 16th and 17th century Dutch and Finnish collections, with a little bit of time in the Renaissance art. But, of course, a picture is worth a thousand words...
Throughout the museum, modern artists stood at their easels imitating the great master's works.
This specific one puzzled us all, as the artist chose to add his or her own flair!
The sun came out as we, reluctantly, left the Gallery of Art. We had a quick picnic of cucumber sandwiches, grapes, and peanuts, before heading back to the Metro station.
A lovely first little jaunt into D.C. Here's to many more lovely field trips!
2 comments:
Our trip to the National Portrait Gallery was one of our favorite things to do in DC when we were touring. It doesn't close until 9 I think and so we went at 7 and pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. They were also doing a big dinner there and there was live music practice going on so we got to see the galleries to the sound of violin music and breathe in the lilies in a silver vase we found in one of the rooms. It was pretty awesome.
AWESOME!
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