National Gallery of Art

While we were in Washington, the kids and I spent a morning at the National Gallery of Art.  We only explored the West Building, which is the home of the art before modern art.

Prepare yourself for a photo bomb drop in 3...2...1...

(because this is the best way to talk about an art museum, obviously)

The art in the galleries was very thoughtfully arranged in order by period and style and time.

These photos are not thoughtfully arranged.

So if you prefer some sort of order, I recommend that you go to the museum in person.

This is a haphazard photo bomb presentation.

Feel free to click on the pictures to see the pictures bigger.  

They are beautiful.

We stopped for a break in the museum cafe and ordered a very fancy cheese platter.

It was amazing.

Selfie time!

Definitely click on this one and read the caption.

It's crazy.

This one is a Van Gogh.

Connor is a big fan of Van Gogh.

So am I.

I think the whole world is, actually.

Botticelli is one of my favorite artists!

There were easels and stools in many of the galleries for people to use so that they could paint while they were in the galleries.  

This is Ginevra de 'Benci by Leonardo DaVinci.

And the back is even art-worthy, so it's in a free-standing case with a cut out so that you can view the back of the painting.

After we had walked around as many galleries as we wanted, we headed to the gelato counter in the basement underground tunnel that connects the East Building to the West Building.  So no, we didn't see everything.  It was a lovely museum and everything in it was so beautiful.