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After finishing the wandering round Hirshhorn, it was time to tackle the final museum of the day...the Freer Gallery on the other side of the castle. The first impression one gets looking at the entrance to the Freer Gallery is that it seems pretty small compared to the other museum facilities along the National Mall and indeed it is. But that appearance is very deceptive indeed because the Arthur M Sackler Gallery is physically connected…
I've made it to the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art and I must say that it was well worth the effort even with the building undergoing a fairly impressive amount of renovations. It appears that a lot of the Smithsonian facilities along the Mall (including my favourite National Air and Space Museum which was unfortunately closed during this visit) were taking advantage of the pandemic to push forward these big renovation projects to prepare the…
After wandering round the back of the Smithsonian HQ Castle, I realised that I hadn't brought something to drink and I was starting to feel it so I found a convenient little cafe on the Mall to fix that problem. As I was closer to Hirshhorn having come from the east-facing side of the Castle, I figured I'd visit there next and then make my way back to Freer which is not too far from…
After working out the extra night in Washington DC so that Katie and the kids can have an extra day at the beach (and they've really needed it because the weather has not been all terribly kind to them so far...some years at the coast are like that!), I'm finally off to the Mall for a decidedly easier day of museum hopping than the five museums I was planning for today! Today's goal is to…
When we started this journey to the north, Julia and the kids were already at the coast in Nags Head and the original idea was that I'd come round sometime in the afternoon on Saturday (13 Aug 2022) to collect the kids, Mistletoe and whatever cargo is being offloaded and return to Raleigh so that Julia could have a week at the coast in peace. What that plan didn't exactly count on was a blue-eyed…
After wandering round most of the National Archives building, I managed to find the entrance which was kind of tucked away out of easy view. Normally finding the queue to get in is pretty easy but as it turned out, there really was no queue to be found and I was able to walk right to the security screening checkpoint. Given the immense value of the main exhibits at the Archives, I understand the need…
