Today we toured a few of the Smithsonian Museums. We have visited DC many times and have been to most all of the museums, but went to a couple we haven’t seen and one of our favorites. See below the descriptions.

Freer Gallery of Art
Houses one of the premier collections of Asian art, with objects dating from Neolithic times to the early 20th century, as well as the world’s most important collection of works by James McNeill Whistler.

Highlights: Chinese paintings, Indian sculpture, Islamic painting and metalware, Japanese lacquer, Korean ceramics, Whistler’s Peacock Room

National Air and Space Museum
Twenty-three galleries exhibiting hundreds of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts.

Highlights: 1903 Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, SpaceShipOne, Apollo 11 command module, Hubble Space Telescope test vehicle

National Museum of the American Indian
Home to one of the largest and most diverse collections of Native art and historical and cultural objects; exhibitions are designed in collaboration with Native communities from across the hemisphere.

Highlights: Who We Are, introductory film, in the Lelawi Theater; wall of gold objects; Geronimo’s rifle in Our Peoples gallery; Mitsitam Cafe featuring a Native-inspired menu

Life is good on Kokomo

Becky