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NMAAHC & NMAI
both amazing are museums, very thoughtful and informative. NMAAHC is probably the best history museum i’ve been to. the numerous ways they’ve arranged the exhibitions (some by location, some by subtopic, some like a timeline) i haven’t seen before and they’ve curated so many artifacts and the amount of information provided in the descriptions is very thorough so you will definitely leave having learned a lot. i went once for a field trip and later returned to finish the upper floors. NMAI i went to for the first time this year, i didn’t have time to see it all but i did go through the whole exhibit on treaties and i learned so much that i didn’t learn in u.s. history classes growing up additionally, the art museums in DC are all really good
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@worldonfire
wait are you from the DMV???
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@marxinista
@WORLDONFIRE no i have just visited DC a few times for activism and work :) i am a huge museum person so thats basically all i do in any free time i have there LOL
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@worldonfire
@MARXINISTA DC has hellish vibes so often but the museums and activism really do (mostly) make up for it!!
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@marxinista
@WORLDONFIRE yes! i have considered jobs there but in reality i don’t think i could live in dc… it’s fun to visit and i know a lot of great people there but i’m defo a new yorker at heart. also last time i was there for work my laptop got stolen so i’m still a little bitter about that LOL
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