On Tuesday we toured the United States Capitol building.
The architecture was beautiful!
The ceiling was unique!
The wall of the dome was painted with various scenes from American history. The artists kept dying before its completion, so quite a few different ones worked on the painting!
Famous paintings
Hmmm...what are we looking at?
The top of the dome was so intricate...
This room was full of statues given by all the different states.
It was beautiful!
Can't remember the name of this statue. Sorry.
On our way to the car for lunch, we passed the Library of Congress. Too bad we didn't go in, we could have re-created a scene from National Treasure 2!
Supreme Court building
Our next stop was the National Archives Building. Flash photography was not allowed, so the pictures are a bit dark.The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
Fountain at one of the Smithsonian Art Museums.
Us in front of the fountain. ;)
While the rest of the family went to the Air and Space Museum, I joined Melody at one of the many art museums. She really wanted to go, and by this point, we had seen so many museums that the Air and Space Museum didn't appeal to us all that much.
Melody told me what paintings she wanted to see, and I looked at the map and directed us to the correct rooms.
She was thrilled to find some of the original paintings of a few of her favorite artists!
Renoir's "Oarsmen at Chatou"
"Londes, le Parlement, effet de soleil dans le brouillard" Monet
Some of these paintings are ones that she is actually using as examples in some of her upcoming art classes. She'll have fun telling her students that she was able to see the real thing!
Here is a photo of me to prove that I was actually in a real art museum! *gasp* Something I wasn't sure I'd ever do... :)
When we were done at the art museum, we headed over to find the rest of the family. Like I said, we were pretty much "museumed out" by this point, so we didn't take too many pictures. We found ourselves reading about the displays, but not really comprehending anything that our eyes took in! I guess that meant it was time to head home!
1 comment:
I'm getting a bit worried about you guys. First you crash through the Canadian border without passports while carrying contra-ban, and now you are daydreaming about recreating a certain scene at the Library of Congress! If I remember correctly, that involved a wanted fugitive and the memorable line "Oh look, my tax dollars at work, coming to arrest us." So, who would play Abigail and drive the get-away car?
Anyway, it seems you may be slipping into a life of crime. Please tell me your next trip won't involve holding up a bank or something. However... Jase and Mel could make a fun Bonnie and Clyde!
-Martha
P.S. Love all the photos of the dome!
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