What's MUST SEE In Washington DC?

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9. YES! And plan to eat lunch there - the food is excellent and a cross section of the societies

During our visit in November my husband and I spent a whole day at the Museum of the American Indian. I mostly went to see The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire exhibit, which will still be there now. I wish I had known about the exhibit Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World before we went. I stayed in there for at least two hours and only left because I had reached overload of concepts. I wish I had been able to return every day for another week to soak up more of the cultural insights from that one area. Check out the other exhibits: http://www.nmai.si.edu/

The "cafe" is wonderful - it has different sections for cuisine from different regions. We selected from the Pacific Northwest and got salmon, buffalo, beets, wild rice, and other dishes. My husband and I split one platter and it was plenty for a lunch.


ETA - we did a day tour for our first day in DC - it took us to all the major monuments with a nice commentary from the tour guides. It was with USA Guided Tours - they left directly from our hotel in Alexandria but picked up groups and couples along the way at designated spots.