DC Wrap-up - More Museums

The next day was a day of museums. Our first stop was the Ford's Theater. They just re-did the museum in the basement, so it is definitely a place you should go. Then they take you upstairs to the theater its self. Here is the box where Lincoln was shot.

Then you go across the street to tour the Peterson House where he died. It takes about 3 seconds to tour, but I guess you can say you were in the building where Lincoln died, but if you don't have time to see it, you aren't missing much.

Then we went to the National Archives.



We got to see the actual Constitution.

And the Declaration of Independence. Neither of which were very easy to see because the ink had faded so much. But it was interesting to be able to see what you could see.

There was a special exhibit at the Archives where they were showing big things. This is Shaq's shoe that he gave to the first President Bush. It is 17 inches long. I thought I had big feet.

One of the coolest things at the Archives were the actual plans for the lunar lander. Still amazing how they got people to the moon using slide rules and hand drawn plans.

Then off to the National Art and Portrait Gallery. Here are a few of the highlights from that museum.

Can you figure out what this says?

Yep, that's Joseph Smith.



And the best part about all the Smithsonian Museums is that they are free!