A Day of Art

Yesterday, while I was meeting with folks at the National Archives, N and the girls explored the National Gallery. It was fun to see works of art that we've seen in books. Both girls actually liked the modern art the best. I got there in time to see a beautiful exhibit of late nineteenth-century paintings. We sat for a long time in the Gallery Cafe relaxing and people watching.

We then went to the National Building Museum which had an exhibit of David Macaulay's sketchbooks. There were sketching stations throughout the exhibit so the girls tried their hand at a perspective drawing. It was fun because we've actually had dinner with David Macaulay and have recently spent a lot of time with his book and video about Rome. While the exhibit was fun, we were pretty disappointed with the National Building Museum. There were very limited exhibits. Lou said "I wanted to learn how to build an igloo or something!" She had been particularly excited about visiting because they are now in their "How People Live" block at school where they study different homes from around the world.

We finished our day at National Geographic's Explorer's Hall where we saw an exhibit about frogs. We trudged back to our hotel to meet our friends for swimming and dinner. PHEW!