• many million items
• the buildings along the Mall
• 12 blocks
• you need a week to see it
• 14 museums, national zoo,
• the symbol is red sandstone castle ( visitor’s information center )
• Museum of African art, Arthur M. Sackler gallery (arts of Asia ), National air and space museum, National museum of natural history, National museum of American history…
National gallery of art
• artifacts from the Middle Ages to present
• especially the Italian works ( Raphael, Tizian, da Vinchi …)
National archives
• stores Bill of rights, Declaration of independence ( writer T. Jefferson ), Constitution
• a 1927 version of England’s Magna charta
the Bureau of Engraving and printing
• print money ( 200 mil. $ per day )
Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBI laboratory
• Target range
Tidal basin
• famous Japanese cherry
• a gift from Mayor of Tokyo to Washington
• encircle the West Potomac Park and Constitution gardens (parks )
Washington monument
• white marble obelisk, in the middle of the Mall
• 555 ft high and 15 ft wide at the base
• built from memory G. Washington
• only elevator on top, an observation desk
• you can overlook whole Washington
• 8 windows, 2 on each side
Reflecting pool
• connects Washington monument and the Lincoln memorial
• it reflect WM and tLiM
Lincoln memorial
• commemorate 16 th president
• inspirated by Greek architecture, Doric temple
• resembles Parthenon in Athens
• 23 columns ( 1 column = 1 state in time of Lincoln )
• 20 ft marble statue of a seated Lincoln ( he shows A and L in alphabet for deaf people )
• Getisburg address and inaugural address
Jefferson memorial
• Adaptation of the ancient roman Pantheon, in 20 th century
• Commemorate the 3 rd US president
• Ionic temples ( colonnade )
• 19 ft bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson holding the Declaration of Independence
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