Washington DC is full of amazing museums and places to visit. I think the best part of DC is that everything is free. Now the food that you purchase is quite a pretty penny, but the museums are amazing.
We started this day of our trip at the National Museum of Natural History. Every Smithsonian museum is filled with incredible artifacts and exhibits. The history museum was busy, but we had an amazing time seeing all the floors. The girls and I love the "Night at the Museum" movies and this museum was the center focus in the films. Super fun!
After the visit we hustled over to the Washington Monument for our tour to the top time! I was really looking forward to this experience!
Up over 500 feet in the air we went. The top of the monument is quite small and there is only enough room for a handful of people at a time. BUT, the views are spectacular!
Evie had a blast using our phone zooms to find the secret service around the white house. Maybe this kid has a career in spying in her future?
We had a bit of time until our Library of Congress tour so we headed to the American Museum of History.
Grandma Lynn, Bob, and I toured the hall of first ladies while Grandpa and the girls rode the virtual reality ride in the basement of the museum.
I LOVED the hall of popular movies. To see C3PO and R2D2 from the original Star Wars movie, Offred's costume from Handmaids Tale, and all sorts of other real worn items was pretty neat.
It was finally time for the Library of Congress, and Lily had been waiting for this since the start of the trip!
We had watched "National Treasure 2" before heading here and it was so much fun to spend some time around the building before heading inside.
The library facility is amazing, but we were so disappointed that the only way to experience the famous Rotunda was from 2 stories up behind glass....boo.
But then.......
A very nice library guide told us that the only way to get on the floor is if you have a "library researcher card" which is available to anyone 18 and over who wants one, you just have to go and get it!
So, we left the building and headed across the street to the other more modern library building, headed down the hall to the registration room and Bob and I got one of those library cards.
Lily was so disappointed that she didn't qualify because of her age. I mean, it was a sad moment.
The best part was that once we got our card we got access to the secret tunnel connecting the old and the new library. We made our way through the tunnel, up through the old library and onto the Rotunda Floor!
Pictures were technically not allowed, but Bob didn't hear that part of the announcement.
We all had a blast exploring the alcoves and shelves of books.
We finished our day with a stop by the Supreme Court, and ice cream in front of the White House.
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