Our first foray into the Smithsonian

As we came from the Earlington Cemetery side we started our Smithsonian tour at the castle. We zipped over to the Sackler/Freer Gallery looking for Jade figurines I had seen 30 years ago. The last time you were in DC the gallery was closed so we could not see it. And alas I couldn't see it here again. The folks at the gallery thought perhaps it was a temporary exhibit also many decades ago. We got some water a bag of chips and made her way across the mall to the Natural History Museum

A welcoming blast of color

At the entrance to the castle

A ceremonial Jade chisel and a jade face

A carved Jade face

This is the largest Jade disc in the world and it's odd notched pattern makes this unique