washington part 2: museum overload...

I will admit it...I'm something of a museum aficionado...ok then, make that nerd.

Having done a fair bit of consulting work for a number of our national cultural institutions I know how dedicated the people who work in these places are, and how much they value the visitor...so, you know...I had to see as many as I could. Would have been rude not to. In no particular order, I blitzed...
The National Gallery of Art (my absolute favourite)...such beautiful spaces...

  The American History Museum...frocks, hats, shoes and a muppet or three

Julia's kitchen...cool as...

The Natural History Museum...gems and giants (the sparkles won hands down!)

and...I kid you not...an entire hyperbolic crochet coral reef...that took 8000 hours to put together (not counting the time it took to crochet!). Perhaps that time could have been put to better use :)

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (I showed you the sculpture yesterday)The George Washington Masonic Memorial...I confess, and no offense, but that one was a bit creepy...I think I've read too much Dan Brown :)

       ...cool looking globe though...back there...top left!

The Torpedo Factory...an art space with a whole heap of artist's studios...

The Sackler Gallery (but only for five minutes because it was closing and I therefore have no photos...which you're probably glad about!)...so I'll leave you with the wharf in old town Alexandria instead...

And that's it for Washington. Tomorrow...New York views. And if you can hang out until...oh, say Thursday or Friday...I might show you what I bought there :))
all images by me