Museums, Museums, and More Museums

Today we spent almost the whole day in one of the fifteen museums that make up the Smithsonian.
The American History Museum was packed with AMAZING exhibits!

Here is our families favorites....

Dad: Seeing the Star Spangled Banner flag in all its glory...the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our countries national anthem during the war of 1812
Mom: Julia Childs Kitchen, totally recreated with all of her things...refrigerator, pots and pans, and stove and oven etc.  Totally cool exhibit! Over in the Natural History Museum seeing all the rare and beautiful gems made into jewelry, this is where the Hope Diamond is on display...
Katherine: the first ladies ball gowns
Elizabeth: the exhibit on all the our different presidents, Dorothy's red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz and the huge dollhouse
Mary: Getting to see a real Matchlock Gun (We just read the book called "The Matchlock Gun" a very amazing story indeed!)
Caroline: Seeing cousin Brent (he is 24!) who joined us at the museums and the LIVE butterfly exhibit
Thomas: getting to see a huge helicopter that was in the Vietnam War

 

The daily adventure~our trip into the city via the metro...

Katherine and Lizzy figuring out the route!

The Natural History Museum