We went to lunch at the National Gallery, another Smithsonian art museum. I've seen more art in the past 48 hours than I have in my entire life! It's great! I feel so...cultured. I definitely preferred yesterday's artwork to today's. My favorite painting yesterday was simply called "The Great Picture" and from what I understand was used somewhat as propaganda to get people to move to the US from Europe. Its a beautiful landscape with forests, wildlife and a magnificent waterfall. Today we saw some bronze statues, reliefs and masks from the Renaissance and several French paintings from several time periods. It was a great experience and I would love to go back and see more!
We then sloshed our way (its been raining all day) over to the National Archives. We saw the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. They also had several displays highlighting the researching capabilities of the Archives. The coolest thing about the Archives? When you look at the Declaration, you can see the hand prints left when the signers held the paper to sign their names!
Our day (which didn't start until 9) was over by 3:30! Wonderful hours! I spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out with some new friends around Heritage. Several interns live in student/intern housing right next door to the Heritage. I visited their apartment and took some photos of their view towards the Capitol.
This is picture looking straight towards the capitol and the backside of the Supreme Court.
The grey brick building right next to the tan/red brick is Heritage.
A close up of the very top of the Capitol dome.
Overall, it was a full, but fabulous day. Tomorrow we will meet the departments we will be working for and hopefully figure out what we will be doing the in coming months!
3 comments:
dani
i can't beleve that you got to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution! AND you got to go to the Smithsonian! Did you see any famous pictures I would know? Like one by Benjamin West? - Josiah
What did you think of the apartments? Do you wish you had one too? - Mom
Wasn't the really famous portrait of Washington by Benjamin West? If so, then, yes I did see a Benjamin West painting.
The apartments were a lot like what I had in Ferrell junior year...shared room with a lounge and kitchenette without a stove. I would love to live in the area and it would be great to live with some other interns, but it didn't seem worth the price you paid! And I'm really loving living with Pam and her family.
It was so wet during the March for Life! However it was an awesome experience, glad you are having fun! :) Maybe someday you can show me around like a pro.
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