National Museum of the American Indian

On my last day in DC, I went to what is probably my absolute favorite place in that city--the National Museum of the American Indian.

Architecturally, both the exterior and interior are just wonderful. I especially love the way the slit windows containing prisms are used to fracture the light into the colors of the rainbow so there's an ever-changing, every-moving pattern of light on the interior walls of the atrium.

There's a great cafe, interesting films and exhibits, and there's always a performance of some sort in the central atrium, which is often streamed live on their website.Read more