This week, we visited the sub-sub basement of the Sackler gallery in DC. We visited this by accident whilst looking around the neighboring Freer gallery, and exploring a long corridor in its basement. The museums of the Smithsonian (or at least some of them) are linked by corridors, but we didn't realize you could walk between them so easily.
Oddly enough, at the base of the second sub basement, we found a fountain, which Sarah is posing in front of here:
We considered exploring the National African Art Museum too (also via a tunnel), but had to head back to pick up our coats, and get some lunch.
It was a nice day on the Mall, and we had a look at some of the modern art:
We also paid a visit to the Spy Museum, which was fun but had an odd combination of lots to read, but few actual details. Some of the things on display were fun though, and hinted at some of the craziness of the cold war (like the radio listening posts hiding as tree stumps, rocks or turds). What was most interesting was learning that the CIA/KGB tried copying a number of Bond gadgets after the movies came out.
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