Travel Tuesday: National Museum of the American Indian Washington, DC

A week ago on Monday the weather was unusually mild, bright sunny, and highs in the 60s(f). I went into DC to wander. 

There were millions of people living in North America before european colonization, 

much of their history is lost, sadly much of it was intentionally erased by we colonizers. 

Some come away thinking the building is the most spectacular part of this museum, a real departure from the greek revival and square boxes of most of the Smithsonian museums. 

There are prisms mounted in a south facing window, to cast rainbow spectrums into the rotunda.  

The widest of views with a fisheye lens. 

Beadwork, cha cha heels. 

The best way to get there, is take the DC subway to the L'Enfant Plaza metro station, all of the lines except the Red line pass through this station.  On the upper level take Exit A, when you come out of the station at street level, the museum in straight ahead up the street that runs on an angle to the grid, about three blocks ahead.  

There will be another post on this museum visit, featuring some of the amazing weavings that were on display.