The next time you visit Washington, D.C., say a big thank you to James Smithson.
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One of the best parts: All the museums are free, though you may need timed- entry passes. Plan your visit at the Virtual Visitor Center. The National Postal Museum boasts three vintage mail planes, a stagecoach, a replica of a railway car and the world’s largest stamp gallery where kids can create a virtual stamp collection and design their own stamps.
There are also a lot of online activities. Download the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Joyful ABC activity booklets for young children. Make your own art-making robot with ArtBots! Put together digital jigsaw puzzles or download Inspiration Nation, a 40- page activity guide that includes experiments and activities. Make a summer road trip guide.
If the kids are captivated by an exhibit, take the time to explore, even if it means limiting time elsewhere. You want them to be engaged. You’ll invariably learn something new too! There are more Smithsonian museums in the works including the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino. Two more Smithsonian museums, the National Museum of the American Indian and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum are located in New York City; and the Steven F. Udar-Hazy Center aviation museum, an annex to the National Air and Space Museum, is located in Chantilly, Virginia, south of Washington Dulles International Airport.
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