Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington DC

Hey yall. Just a quick update of Washington as we are in Miami *****es and cant really be bothered writing too much. Too much beer to be consumed and swimming in the sun to be done.

Day 1

We arrived in Washington from our 4 ½ hour bus trip from NYC where we stayed in Manhattan the night before. Again a bloody heat wave! Record …

We took the metro to the Smithsonian Station, then visited American History Museum, Natural History Museum, and met Ian's classmate from Shanghai in Space Museum.

It was hot and exhausting day …

One of the best parts of being in the Nation's Capitol is the many museums you can visit. The Smithsonian complex has a huge variety of museums from the Air and Space to the Smithsonian Castle, where James Smithson himself is entombed. Lucky for tourists, almost all of the museums are free so you can wander in and out any day you want. Many of the …

After 20 smooth and issue-less flights spanning many thousands of miles, little did I expect 2 domestic US flights to turn into such a palava.

Flight No 1 – Miami to Philadelphia: In United Airways infinite wisdom after completing boarding they decided to disembark 5 passengers in favour of some who were heading for a transfer flight …

After breakfast, reading the Sunday newspaper, and cleaning up, I decided to head to the Hirshhorn Museum. It is one of the Smithsonian museums so it has free entry. What a wonderful museum! It is nowhere near as crowded as the Air and Space museum (which is directly east) or the Natural History museum. It houses works by such well known artists as …

... Museum of the American Indian; the Sackler and Freer galleries, which both focus on Asian art and culture; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the Arts and Industries Building; the S. Dillon Ripley Center; and the Smithsonian Institution Building ...