Dr. Snow Goes to Washington

Hey, remember that time that I went to Washington? Since I’m on holidays right now, I actually managed to put all my photos into Flickr so now I can show you some of the cool stuff I saw.

I spent the lion’s share of my day that I had for sightseeing at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, where I saw mummies:

Mummy at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

including this mummified bull:

Mummified bull at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

And these mummified cats (though some of the mummified cats didn’t actually contain any cat remains! (read the signs below the mummies)):

Mummified Cats at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

This lion that was shot by Theodore Roosevelt. Poor, sad looking lion:

Lion that Teddy Roosevelt Shot in Africa; at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

I watched a movie about evolution at the Evolution Theatre:

Evolution Theatre

Where I also took this selfie:

Me and my new friend at the Evolution Theatre

Over in the gem section, I took a picture of the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond:

The Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

Hope Diamond Sign at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum>

After leaving the museum, I took a quick jaunt through the sculpture garden outside the Smithsonian National Art Gallery:

Sculpture Garden Outside Smithsonian Art Gallery>

Sculpture Garden Outside Smithsonian Art Gallery

After that, I went to see the Lincoln Memorial, which involved about a half an hour walk along the national mall in the pouring rain. Walked by the Washington Monument:

Washington Monument

The WWI Memorial:

WWII Monument

WWII Monument

The reflecting pool (you can see the Lincoln Memorial at the end):

Reflecting Pool

Abraham Lincoln Memorial

Once I got there, I actually couldn’t get a good photo of Abe – it was too dark and gloomy out! I did, however, get this photo of what Abraham Lincoln would be looking at if he weren’t just a statue:

View from the Lincoln Memorial

When I’d Google Mapped the directions to the Lincoln Memorial, I saw on the map that just up the street was an Albert Einstein Memorial, just outside the National Academies of Science. Despite the fact that I was cold and wet, I decided to tough it out and go see it, since it was my only day for sightseeing (as the conference that I was in Washington for was starting the next day):

Albert Einstein Memorial

Albert Einstein Memorial

And that was the extent of my sight-seeing, as the next day was conference time!

Welcome sign at the AEA Conference

There were soooo many things that I didn’t see, so clearly I’m going to need to go back to see such things as:

  • the Holocaust Museum
  • the other 16 Smithsonians in Washington, including the zoo
  • National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia (which I was told was even cooler than the National Air and Space Museum that’s in DC)
  • the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  • the White House
  • the Capitol

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