Things open in DC during the shutdown
Jan 18th, 2019, 06:03 AM
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Things open in DC during the shutdown
A friend who is going to be in DC next week (for a conference, with some extra time added) asked me for suggestions on things to do in the city during the shutdown.
I came up with these ideas:
I came up with these ideas:
*The Phillips collection
* The Newseum
* tour of NPR headquarters
* The Library of Congress
* the US Botanical gardens
* the Old Post Office building * The National Cathedral
*The Holocaust Center
* The Kennedy Center Millenium Stage programs
* Outside areas of the monuments
*Old Town Alexandria
*The National Building Museum
Does anyone have other suggestions?
* The Newseum
* tour of NPR headquarters
* The Library of Congress
* the US Botanical gardens
* the Old Post Office building * The National Cathedral
*The Holocaust Center
* The Kennedy Center Millenium Stage programs
* Outside areas of the monuments
*Old Town Alexandria
*The National Building Museum
Does anyone have other suggestions?
Jan 18th, 2019, 09:46 AM
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In no particular order or personal interest or preference:
Dumbarton Oaks
Woodlawn Plantation (and Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope Leighey House)
Arlington Cemetery
Folger Shakespearean Library
National Geographic Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Woodrow Wilson House
Spy Museum
Museum of the Bible
Textile Museum
The clock tower and observation deck in the Old Post Office Building is also the site of the president's hotel.
Somehow The Government Services Administration found the money to keep open the one NPS function that happened to be located in one of Donald Trump's hotels. You couldn't pay me to go there. Meanwhile parts of the National Mall look like a trash dump and smell like cesspool.
Dumbarton Oaks
Woodlawn Plantation (and Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope Leighey House)
Arlington Cemetery
Folger Shakespearean Library
National Geographic Museum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Woodrow Wilson House
Spy Museum
Museum of the Bible
Textile Museum
The clock tower and observation deck in the Old Post Office Building is also the site of the president's hotel.
Somehow The Government Services Administration found the money to keep open the one NPS function that happened to be located in one of Donald Trump's hotels. You couldn't pay me to go there. Meanwhile parts of the National Mall look like a trash dump and smell like cesspool.
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Jan 18th, 2019, 06:36 PM
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A local station -- WAMU -- did some research:
https://wamu.org/story/19/01/04/from...-the-shutdown/
https://wamu.org/story/19/01/04/from...-the-shutdown/
Jan 22nd, 2019, 05:51 AM
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I was checking on some places in this thread and found that Woodlawn Plantation and the FLW Pope Leighey House are closed for the season. Tours start again in April, Friday through Monday.
Jan 22nd, 2019, 06:27 AM
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If you run out of things to see in Washington DC, hop on Amtrak to Baltimore. Take the Charm City Circulator (free) south from the Amtrak station to the Inner Harbor. See the National aquarium and a few other things in the area
Jan 22nd, 2019, 10:02 AM
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>>>>If you run out of things to see in Washington DC, hop on Amtrak to Baltimore. Take the Charm City Circulator (free) south from the Amtrak station to the Inner Harbor. See the National aquarium and a few other things in the area
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