Anyway, the first place we went in Washington was the American Art Museum, home of... really good paintings. Of course, I wanted to spend the most time in the contemporary art section (obviously that didn't have anything to do with the fact that my parents think that most contemporary art is silly). I think I have never said "Philistine" more times in a ten-minute span than in that section. ;-)
But first, before we went there, we looked at many, many other paintings. I was going to bring some home, but apparently they don't let visitors take them out of the building (unless that's just some cruel trick they play on out-of-towners).
You can see some of the art on my mom's blog at http://thenatureofthings2010.blogspot.com/2010/01/american-art-museum.html. Be sure to keep an eye out for any mention of Elvis (because, you know, Elvis is the most culturally important figure that ever lived in Tennessee).
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