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Washington, D.C. – Air and Space Museum

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3 (Me 109, Gustav). Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum was at the top of my list of museums to visit in Washington, D.C. It has twenty-three galleries exhibiting hundreds of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts – boy’s paradise! It was so exciting to see in person 1903 Wright Flyer, SpaceShipOne, Apollo 11 command module, Soviet SS-20 and American Pershing II …

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Washington, D.C. – Smithsonian Treasures

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

The Smithsonian is the World’s largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers and 168 affiliate museums around the world. It has over 136 million items in its collections! I didn’t plan to check out all the items on my trip to Washington :) But, I wanted to see some unique treasures, like The Hope Diamond (also …

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