Museum Expedition

So I went on an expedition to see as many Smithsonian museums as possible in one day. I made it to the Museum of Natural History, Museum of American History, and the Air and Space Museum. Every time I think of the Air and Space Museum, I think of this Simpsons quote:

Marge: Well, I studied art, and this guy's got a real gift.
Warden: You kidding? Look (shows another painting) he painted a unicorn in outer space. I'm asking you: What's it breathing?
Homer: Air?
Warden: Ain't no air in space.
Homer: There's an air-in-space museum.

Haha, kills me every time. Moving on…

The first stop was the Museum of Natural History. It’s giant with tons of animals in it. I’ve always wondered if the animals in the museum were real and just stuffed or just completely fake. Either way, how do they get them in those cool action shots? Anyway, if I wanted to see animals, I’d prefer to see them live so I didn’t stay long in this Museum. Here are some pictures. The last one is the Hope Diamond. I thought it was bigger than that. Every time I hear about the Hope Diamond, I imagine one of those giant cartoonish perfectly cut diamonds sitting in the middle of a field of lasers. Nope, it’s just that tiny one right there. Bit of a disappointment really.

The next stop was the Air and Space Museum. I loved it there. It was chocked full of space shuttles, air planes, and information about outer space. It was crazy to see how far airplanes have come from the Wright brothers to stealth jets. A lot was also covered about astronauts and the space program. It’s just a shame we don’t have much to talk about as far as space exploration goes these days. Sure, there is the International Space Station but they aren’t doing anything fun up there. I want news of a warp drive, teleporter, or alien contact. Until then, space news is dead to me. Here are some pictures!

The last stop was the American History Museum. I think this was my favorite stop mostly because I’m a crazy pop culture fan. I mean, I walked around a corner and BOOM. They had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume! With the first issue of the comic book, are you serious?! That’s just too awesome for words. But it didn’t stop there. They also had a Dumbo from the Dumbo ride in Disney, tons of war exhibits, tons of cool presidential exhibits, Fonzie’s jacket, and Dorothy’s ruby slippers. I could go on and on but I won’t. I’m sort of sorry this was the last museum I went too because it had the coolest stuff out of all three of them. One thing that was weird to me was a giant statue of George Washington looking like Zeus sitting on his throne on Mount Olympus. That just didn’t make sense to me. But overall, the American History Museum has been my favorite museum.