Cultural Event Report
Assignment 3: Cultural Event Report Smithsonian National Museum of American History
HUM 111 & Summer 2011
September 6, 2011
Professor Dr. Darryl Claybon
Strayer University, Online-Campus
Introduction
This assignment will detail my visit to one of my favorite museums in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s American History Museum. I have attended the museum several times in my life time and it never gets old. My recent visit I found that the museum is being renovated; they are among other things redoing the president’s wives inaugural dress exhibit, which I love. The day was peaceful and quiet, I like to go look at the pieces around the time tourist season is winding down; you can really enjoy the museum after the chaos of summer.
Assignment Three- Cultural Event Report
National Museum of American History I visited the American History Museum in Washington, D.C; by myself, I have visited this museum numerous times in my life. The museum has so many different exhibits starting with the best exhibit ever, which is closing October 10, 2011 for renovations they are combining two galleries or exhibits to combine the president’s wives inaugural gown’s exhibit and the accessories household goods and other white house objects into one exhibit; at any rate each time a new gown is added I go down to see it. The Ella Fitzgerald memorabilia in the Jazz Treasures Exhibit; is another favorite of mine. The museum is normally sprawling with people but since the summer was winding down and school for most children has begun the crowd was not that bad. At the height of the summer the exhibits are hard to maneuver because of the crowds. But, it is worth the waiting, they recently acquired a 9/11 Exhibit named “Remembrance and Reflection” that will run from September 3-11, 2011. Then there’s the Wizard of Oz Exhibit and all the popular culture memorabilia; such as Farrah Fawcett’s red swim suit she wore in her poster that is now a collector’s
HUM 111 & Summer 2011
September 6, 2011
Professor Dr. Darryl Claybon
Strayer University, Online-Campus
Introduction
This assignment will detail my visit to one of my favorite museums in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s American History Museum. I have attended the museum several times in my life time and it never gets old. My recent visit I found that the museum is being renovated; they are among other things redoing the president’s wives inaugural dress exhibit, which I love. The day was peaceful and quiet, I like to go look at the pieces around the time tourist season is winding down; you can really enjoy the museum after the chaos of summer.
Assignment Three- Cultural Event Report
National Museum of American History I visited the American History Museum in Washington, D.C; by myself, I have visited this museum numerous times in my life. The museum has so many different exhibits starting with the best exhibit ever, which is closing October 10, 2011 for renovations they are combining two galleries or exhibits to combine the president’s wives inaugural gown’s exhibit and the accessories household goods and other white house objects into one exhibit; at any rate each time a new gown is added I go down to see it. The Ella Fitzgerald memorabilia in the Jazz Treasures Exhibit; is another favorite of mine. The museum is normally sprawling with people but since the summer was winding down and school for most children has begun the crowd was not that bad. At the height of the summer the exhibits are hard to maneuver because of the crowds. But, it is worth the waiting, they recently acquired a 9/11 Exhibit named “Remembrance and Reflection” that will run from September 3-11, 2011. Then there’s the Wizard of Oz Exhibit and all the popular culture memorabilia; such as Farrah Fawcett’s red swim suit she wore in her poster that is now a collector’s