Driving Through Independence Avenue in Washington DC, US ( Lots of Famous Buildings)
Independence Avenue is a major east-west street in the southwest and southeast quadrants of the city of Washington, D.C., in the United States, running just south of the United States Capitol.
Between 14th Street SW and 2nd Street SW, Independence Avenue is lined with museums and federal office buildings. On the north side of the street (west to east) are the U.S. Department of Agriculture's headquarters (the Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building), the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (both art museums belonging to the Smithsonian Institution), the Smithsonian Institution Building, the National Museum of African Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the United States Botanic Garden. On the south side of the street (west to east) are the Department of Agriculture's South Building, the James V. Forrestal Building (headquarters of the United States Department of Energy), the Wilbur Wright Federal Building and the Orville Wright Federal Building (headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration), the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building (occupied by the United States Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]), and the Hubert H. Humphrey Building (headquarters of HHS).
At 2nd Street SW, Independence Avenue SW meets Washington Avenue SW, a major thoroughfare providing access to Interstate 395 and South Capitol Street.
Independence Avenue SW/SE forms the southern boundary of the grounds of the United States Capitol. The Capitol is to the north of the street, while the Cannon, Longworth, and Rayburn House Office Buildings are to the south. Past the Capitol, Independence Avenue SE passes between the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building (north) and James Madison Memorial Building (south). The last major building along the avenue is the Library of Congress' John Adams Building (north), where Independence Avenue SE has a junction with Pennsylvania Avenue SE.
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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States.[4] Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Founding Father.[5] As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital.[6] The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The Smithsonian Institution More than Just a Museum
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Freer Museum, Washington DC
Freer Museum of Asian Art, in Washington DC
Discoveries America National Parks, Washington D.C.
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Washington D.C. is not only the Capitol of the United States; it’s also the home of The National Park Service. Each year, millions of people visit and enjoy the National Mall and Memorial Parks with over 65 other attractions scattered around and within the District of Columbia.
The National Mall & Memorial Parks
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Capitol Building
The White House (President’s Park)
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Ford’s Theater National Historic Site and Peterson House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial
National World War II Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
United States Botanical Gardens
Old Post Office Tower
National Archives Building
African Civil War National Memorial
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Rock Creek Park
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum Of Natural History
The National Air & Space Museum
National Museum Of American History
Arthur M. Sackler (Asian) Gallery
Freer Gallery Of Art
National Museum Of The American Indian
National Gallery Of Art
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Gardens
National Zoological Park
Arlington National Cemetery
The Marine Corp Memorial
National Cathedral
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Memorial Grove On The
Potomac
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Memorial
Clara Barton National Historic
Site
Carter Woodson Home National
Historic Site
Mary McLeod Bethune Council
House National Historic Site
Frederick Douglass National
Historic Site
The Old Stone House
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
National Historic Park
Constitution Gardens
US National Arboretum
Sackler and Freer Art Galleries, Washington DC
These are pictures I took in the Sackler and Freer Art Galleries. The main theme of their collections is Asian art. However, the Freer has a gallery of paintings by Western artists, most notably James McNeill Whistler (the centerpiece of which is the very beautiful but hard to photograph Peacock Room. The exterior shots of the buildings are NOT the Sackler or the Freer, just photogenic museums nearby. I took these pictures with my Canon EOS 40D SLR using the Canon L-series 24-105mm and 50mm lenses as well as a Tokina 12-24mm wide angle lens. Most of the building shots are high dynamic range (HDR) produced using Photomatix 3.0.
National Portrait Gallery - historic art museum
The National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum located at 8th and F Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Founded in 1962 and opened to the public in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Moer info visit
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The Punk Daddy World Tour in Washington DC, USA. Punk Daddy visit museums on the national mall in the capitol. Very interesting art in many different museums!
Native American musuem opens at Smithsonian
1. Walk through museum exhibits
2. Various shots of ivory cribbage set shaped like an elk made by Inupiat eskimo in Nome, Alaska circa 1900
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) W. Richard West Jr., museum's founding director and Southern Cheyenne Indian: (Bite opens with museum sign)
The museum opens its doors to the public on September 21st, just a few days away. On the eve of the fall equinox, this new kid on the block, the 18th museum of the Smithsonian Institution, situated at the foot of the US Capitol becomes the first in line of America's grand cultural institutions on the National Mall. Simply stated, the National Museum of the American Indian makes the National Mall a far more complete and inclusive representation of the rich fabric of American heritage.
4. Museum atrium, tilt down to ground floor
5. Entrance to exhibit Our Universes, UPSOUND drumbeat
6. Stars on ceiling, tilt down to exhibits
7. Woman watching screen in darkened room
8. Two Peruvian statues, one of gold, one of silver
9. Peruvian statue with white face
10. Various of Mexican painted skulls
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Emil Her Many Horses, curator of Our Universes exhibit, Oglala Indian:
It talks about - it establishes who each of the groups are, their philosophy in life, how they're raised, the relationship within their areas and within their world. And it's a reflection of their religious world views.
12. Wall of exhibits showing animal figures
13. Touch screen showing objects in case
14. Painted Mohawk hard hat by Richard Glazer-Danay from Coney Island, New York, 1983
15. Drawer opening to reveal lit interior with other display items
16. Pan of display case from statues to gold objects
17. Gold Chimu mask from Peru circa 1200-1400
18. Pan of unfinished exhibit showing role of guns in Indian life
STORYLINE:
The finishing touches are being made to the National Museum of the American Indian, which is scheduled to open next week in Washington.
The latest addition to the Smithsonian Institution's family of museums and galleries, the museum is the first in the United States to be dedicated exclusively to Native Americans and to present all exhibits from a native perspective.
American Indians played crucial roles in the design of the new building, which features curving lines and is reminiscent of adobe Indian dwellings in the American West.
The museum is on the National Mall near the US Capitol building, and the founding director, W. Richard West Jr., who is from the Southern Cheyenne tribe, said it would greatly enhance the fabric of American heritage on display at the heart of the nation's capital.
When the museum is open, about 8,000 objects from the Smithsonian's permanent collection will be on view.
The start of the museum's exhibits, titled Our Universes, focuses on native cosmology and the spiritual relationship between mankind and the natural world.
Curator Emil Her Many Horses said eight different cultural groups are represented in the display, ranging from an exploration of the annual ceremonies of native peoples to the celebrations of Peru and Mexico's Day of the Dead.
The museum does not ignore difficult issues like hostile relations between Native Americans and white settlers - a still-unfinished display shows guns used by and against American Indians in the past two hundred years.
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Museum features history of U.S. spy technology
Washington D.C., United States - 19 July, 2002
1. Wide shot performers abseiling (rappelling) down the wall of the museum
2. Man calls out countdown
3. Abseilers pull aside ribbon to reveal Now Open sign
4. Various performers abseiling down wall
5. Close-up abseilers dancing on wall of building
6. Wide shot performance
7. People waiting outside museum
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jane Field, Museum visitor
One of the things I love about it is the stories themselves. I mean these stories are incredible about these spies who live their lives like we could never understand and then all of a sudden it's revealed to us.
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jaime Sendra, Museum visitor
Very good, very well distributed, very well organised. Lots and lots of things to see and to do. It's very, very good, I think.
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barbara Rosenthal, Museum visitor
I loved all the interactive parts. It was criticised in the Washington Post last week. They said that they overdid the interactive. I think it is so, so neat just to get involved with it. It's wonderful. Everything is just interactive.
Washington D.C., United States - 16 July, 2002
11. Interactive game in the Spy Museum
12. Entrance to exhibition of Berlin street cafe used as a spy hangout during the cold war
13. Close up shot of Berlin street cafe sign
14. Spying device
15. Spying gadget
16. Replica Aston Martin car from James Bond-Goldfinger-Movie doing tricks from Goldfinger
STORYLINE:
The new International Spy Museum has opened in Washington.
Unlike the men and women whose stories are told in the museum, the opening was anything but discreet.
Performers abseiled down the front of the museum to the tune of the Mission Impossible theme.
With a blast of confetti and more acrobatics, the performers then peeled back a banner to reveal a now open sign.
The reviews of the museum's first visitors were overwhelmingly positive, their only complaint is the steep entry fee: eleven dollars for everyone but students and pensioners. Most museums in Washington, D-C are free.
The International Spy Museum's collection of over a thousand exhibits includes a lipstick pistol used by the K-G-B and a coat with a buttonhole camera.
And going to the museum is a highly interactive experience. Visitors are asked to adopt a cover during their trip - and are quizzed on details of their fake identity. It's no coincidence the museum is located just a block from the F-B-I headquarters.
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