national gallery of art

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next stop on the museum trip was the national gallery of art. needless to say, i ended up staying in this museum a lot longer than the boys did. they went through about half the museum and then left. they headed to the next stop, natural history museum.

i liked the layout of this museum. it reminded me of the national gallery in london with a very easy to follow layout. as you went through the museum, you knew you weren't missing any rooms. you also didn't need to do much back tracking to see all the paintings. i did not go into the east building (modern and contemporary art), but stayed in the main west building.

i loved the fountains at the each end of the museum. it was a nice little sunny break from the museums. i liked the flow of art styles and time periods. they had a few spectacular pieces. i particularly liked the raphael, which is the only painting of his in the united states.

i also briefly walked through the sculpture museum on the way to the natural history museum. i wanted to see the roy lichetenstein sculpture, house I. i have enjoyed finding/seeing his work after seeing his bmw art car.

i really liked this museum. definitely worth a stop.

times visited: 1
time spent in museum: 1 1/2 hrs
overall: A-

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