The rest of the week, we spent at museums, but it was really fun. We didn't get any pictures at the National Holocaust Museum, but I'm okay with that. It was really cool, yes, but the topic was, well, really strong for me. and it was long. Really, really long. But the rest of my family enjoyed it, so if you ever go to Washington DC, you should definitely go there.
On Tuesday, we went to the National Holocaust Museum, and then afterwards we went to the National Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, which was SO FUN!
At the Natural History Museum, there was an exhibit where you could see what you would look like as an early human. We all did it, and even convinced dad to do it (in all honesty, it was probably out of pier pressure, but I'm not sure)! In order: dad, mom, Evaline, Cora, me
On Wednesday, we went to the National African American Museum, and then the National Archives Museum, which was, honestly, kind of boring. We did, however, get to see the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution.
We had to wait a long time to get our food after the African American Museum. It was after one a clock, and we were all starving, and it took 30 minutes to get our food from a food truck, and we were first in line.
That night we ate at a super tasty restaurant in Collage Park, near our hotel. After we ate, we walked around and came across a butterfly mural...
Thursday we had the awards ceremony, and then we went to the National Spy Museum, which was by far my favorite museum that we went to.
That night for dinner we went to this place right across the street from the butterfly mural that had three different places that you could order from.
Right at the Maryland boarder, there was this really cool rest stop with some walking paths and one even went above the interstate!
One of my favorite restaurants that we went to was a diner type grill in small-town Brooksville, that our parents let us get milkshakes at!
One thing that my mom and I agreed on is that the African American Museum and the Holocaust Museums were lacking is the interaction for kids. The Spy Museum was my favorite, not just because of all the topics (they were all really cool), but also because of the interaction. They had all these activities you could do that would relate to some of the topics, and even had this thing where you got to live your own mission throughout the museum. Last year, when we went to Kansas City, we went to Sea Life and the World War I museum, and Sea Life was made a little more for kids, but it still had a packet that was for kids. The World War I museum, I probably would've been bored out of my mind, but no, they had a kids activity packet so that kids could stay interested! If I remember correctly, they had a Scavenger Hunt activity, and many more. However, the Holocaust and African American museums didn't have anything for kids. That doesn't mean I didn't like them (African American Museum was really cool, highly recommended), it just means that I wish they had something more for kids, so I wasn't as bored as I was. But both of those are recommended.
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