Washington, D.C.– Behind the Scenes Look

While we were at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum, we got a behind the scenes tour of the largest shell collection in the world. Anna’s friend did his fellowship at the Smithsonian this summer so he gave us a look into what he studied. There were rows and rows and more rows of shells. It was unbelievable the number of shells in there. Also, I took a picture of his office. It overlooked all of the National Mall. I would never get anything done here. There are too many people to watch out those windows.

Washington, D.C.–National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Washington, D.C.–The Castle

The Smithsonian Institution Building is also known as “The Castle”.

Look what we found. Very excited and surprised to see this in The Castle. Roll Tide!

Washington, D.C.–Freer Gallery of Art

The Freer Gallery of Art is part of the Smithsonian. It is a gallery of Asian art.