The nation’s capital boasts a collection of the world’s best and grandest museums, which promise to beguile visitors belonging to all parts of the world and all age groups. Even though the District is a haven for one-of-a-kind museums, the five museums below top the charts of all the museums in Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
This incredible repository of 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts houses state-of-the-art research facilities which guide you in discovering evolution. With its dinosaur exhibits, the Family Hall of Mammals, the Sant Ocean Hall, the stunning cinematography exhibited in their IMAX films, the Insect Zoo, the live Coral Reef, and much more, the exquisiteness of this museum is simply compelling.
Newseum
Washington, D.C.’s most interactive museum with its fourteen galleries and fifteen theatres, two cutting-edge broadcast studios and a 4-D time-travel experience, regales the origins and history of news from the sixteenth century till today. Some of the highlights of Newseum that are ‘must-see’ during your Washington, D.C. tour are the historic Berlin Wall Gallery, the Pulitzer Prize Photo Gallery featuring a comprehensive collection of award winning photos since the 1940’s, Today’s Front Pages showcasing eighty newspaper front pages from all around the world that are updated daily, the 9/11 Gallery giving a glimpse of the challenges faced by the media in chronicling the tragic event, and The Interactive Newsroom which gives visitors a chance to play the role of a reporter or a photographer. A fascinating place, where you could spend one full day watching the footage of the most prominent historic events being unraveled in front of your eyes.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
One of the busiest tourist destinations in D.C., this phenomenal museum provides an opportunity to enjoy a magnanimous view of air and space travel. It has, under its roof, twenty-two tasteful exhibit galleries displaying hundreds of artifacts, which include the original Wright 1903 Flyer, the “Spirit of St. Louis,” and the Apollo 11 command module. The impressive planetarium and IMAX films make this museum worth visiting during your Washington D.C. sightseeing tour.
