Travel & Vacation: Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of Natural History

Standing at the banister looking down on the elephant and floors below.

The girls were thrilled to go to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.  Brina especially loves anything associated to animals.  Since we did the Smithsonian Institution of National Air and Space Museum yesterday we thought this will be a great next adventure.  Thankful for some fun times together!

 Touring the National Museum of Natural History

OOOOOOOUCH Karlie!  This one has a lot of teeth!

Brina and Jake checking out the armadillo shell!

Doing their names with stamp calligraphy

 Having fun exploring with my Brina Bee

Brina reading the sign and soaking it all in

Learning more about animals

Wow!  Some cool looking animals!

One big giraffe

Checking out the fun displays

They had a huge elephant in the middle foyer of the building.

Touching a piece of rock from Mars…..fascinating!

Karlie thought this rock was so cool

Whoa….look at those rocks!

The Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat dark blue diamond.  It has traveled from India to France to Britain and now the United States.  The Hope Diamond is also described as the “most famous diamond in the world.”

It looks like the elephant is coming toward them!

Super excited to visit the Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of Natural History