Museums in Washington D.C.

Grade: 4
What is a museum?
Merriam Webster: “an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of
objects of lasting interest or value; a place where objects are exhibited”

Dictionary.com: “a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other

objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.”

Wikipedia: “an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other
objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.”
Smithsonian national museum of natural history located in washington, D.C.
Exhibits include:
● Sea monsters unearthed
○ Learn about and view fossils from real sea creatures
from the past and about how the environment
shaped the oceans to how they are today.
● Hall of mammals
○ What are mammals? Find out here amongst many
replicas of mammals from around the world
● Butterfly pavilion
○ Walk through a pavilion full of butterflies in their
natural habitat.
● Hall of geology gems and minerals
○ Here you are able to see diamonds, rubys, and emeralds. You
can also walk through like-real mines and see lava and ash
samples from real volcanoes!
● Mega-toothed shark
○ 52 feet long! The model hangs above a dining area so you can
observe it while you eat.
United states holocaust memorial museum located in washington, D.C. Instagram link

The purpose of this museum is to memorialize the millions of Exhibitions include:

people who died in the holocaust and to give the history of
events that occured during the holocaust.
★ The holocaust
★ One thousand and seventy-eight blue skies
★ American witnesses
★ Remember the children: daniel’s story
★ Americans and the holocaust

Collections include:
➔ Photos and albums
➔ American responses to the holocaust
➔ Resistance
➔ Concentration camps
➔ diaries
Smithsonian
American art
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in washington,
D.C.

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Museum of the bible
Exhibits include:
❖ The People of the Land: History and Archaeology
of Ancient Israel
➢ Archeological discoveries to teach you
about ancient israel
❖ Treasures from the Vatican Museums and the
Vatican Library
❖ The Impact of the Bible
➢ Learn about the bible’s influence on
literature, fashion, music, etc.
❖ The Stories of the Bible
➢ Stories of the hebrew bible
➢ Experience first century of nazareth
❖ The History of the Bible
➢ Many artifacts including handwritten
scrolls
❖ Picture Books of the Past: Reading an Old
Master Painting
➢ Shows how pictures were used to share the
stories of the bible
The international spy museum
-briefing center: obtain your identity and mission and learn about what
you will see in the museum

-stealing secrets: View many inventions used by spies to steal secrets

-making sense of secrets: learn how codes are cracked and how intelligence
spies discovered were used

-covert action: learn about techniques used to influence how events occur
and about secret mission failures and successes

-spying that shaped history: Learn about how spying has shaped the world

-an uncertain world: learn about how spies protect those at home and see
spy stories from events and wars of the past

-Debriefing center: conclude your mission and learn about your top spy
skills
Sources:
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits

https://www.ushmm.org

https://americanart.si.edu

https://www.museumofthebible.org

https://www.spymuseum.org

https://www.youtube.com

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/museum

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/museum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum