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Official Guide to the Smithsonian, 3rd Edition: Third Edition Paperback – November 1, 2009
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The Smithsonian Institution holds more than 142 million artifacts and specimens in its trust. This colorful guide to the eight museums and galleries on the National Mall, five more in the Washington metropolitan area, two in New York City, and the National Zoo presents an enormous amount of history and pertinent museum information, ensuring a rewarding visit. Each detailed section presents the history of the museums and offers a fully illustrated, gallery-by-gallery tour. All the practical information-location, hours, phone numbers, public transportation, services, tours, dining, gift shops, special attractions for children, web site addresses-is also included.
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The Official Guide to the Smithsonian is designed to help visitors organize their trip to the Smithsonian museums. Its portable 5 ¼ x 9 size makes it perfect to travel with for quick reference, a great keepsake for a memorable trip to the nation's capital and the Smithsonian.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Janifer Doria
on May 21, 2010
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I found this book to not only be excellent as far as the pictures, but also be quite informative. It does not go into great detail about the subjects, but it does give you just enough. The book is great quality and very beautiful.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this at the Smithsonian when I was in D.C. (I think the Natural History Museum). The guide I used when I was in D.C. is the Washington, D.C. (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) which was fantastic and did contain some information on all the Smithsonian museums.
However if you really want to get more in depth you need this fabulous guide! Not only does it go into more detail but it discusses additional topics regarding each museum - so it's not just a "go here and see that" type of book. It varies but I particularly enjoyed the section on the American Indian museum which I completely fell in love with when I visited. It led me to certain areas of museums I might not have visited unless I'd seen the couple of paragraphs here that discussed a particular collection or artist and so on.
I brought this book home and my daughter (teen) read it through and felt like she got a very good grounding in each museum that was covered and learned a lot. The pictures are great as well. It really was the perfect guide to accompany a more general guide around for your trip to the nations capitol.
However if you really want to get more in depth you need this fabulous guide! Not only does it go into more detail but it discusses additional topics regarding each museum - so it's not just a "go here and see that" type of book. It varies but I particularly enjoyed the section on the American Indian museum which I completely fell in love with when I visited. It led me to certain areas of museums I might not have visited unless I'd seen the couple of paragraphs here that discussed a particular collection or artist and so on.
I brought this book home and my daughter (teen) read it through and felt like she got a very good grounding in each museum that was covered and learned a lot. The pictures are great as well. It really was the perfect guide to accompany a more general guide around for your trip to the nations capitol.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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on January 31, 2011
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this guide details everything from walking in the front door to the castle to tarantula feedings at the zoo!
as soon as i got it, i opened it up and started rifling through the pages checking out the pics and what was available. since then i've read through the different sections and gone back to check my favorites, shared them with my mom, and started planning the perfect trip to the nation's largest collection of history and art. i can't wait to go there and know that having this book will help me on my visit.
the book details information in each section, about each building, with hours and fees, where to eat, where to shop, and where to go when you have to go. each section is also marked by different colored tabs, making it super easy to access the info you need right when you need it. and the heavy duty cover makes it very durable for a soft cover - like getting a hard cover edition in paperback size! also, inside the cover leafs, you'll find a map of the mall and the surrounding smithsonian buildings.
a great value and a must-have for visitors to this national wonder!
as soon as i got it, i opened it up and started rifling through the pages checking out the pics and what was available. since then i've read through the different sections and gone back to check my favorites, shared them with my mom, and started planning the perfect trip to the nation's largest collection of history and art. i can't wait to go there and know that having this book will help me on my visit.
the book details information in each section, about each building, with hours and fees, where to eat, where to shop, and where to go when you have to go. each section is also marked by different colored tabs, making it super easy to access the info you need right when you need it. and the heavy duty cover makes it very durable for a soft cover - like getting a hard cover edition in paperback size! also, inside the cover leafs, you'll find a map of the mall and the surrounding smithsonian buildings.
a great value and a must-have for visitors to this national wonder!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Betsy B
on June 14, 2012
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Official Guide to the Smithsonian is a GREAT book. This helped get my kids excited about the trip before we went. It has highlights from ALL the SMithsonian Museums, including Udvar-Hazy (do NOT miss Udvar-Hazy, by the way!). High quality book, terrific photos, it's like a little museum on its own. I wouldn't call it a guide book, per se. It doesn't have maps or floor plans of the museums- you can get those for free when you get there- and it's actually TOO high quality to carry around. It's a heavy book, like an Eyewitness guide, not something you want in your bag all day. It does a terrific job of showing what's in each building, though, and helping plan your trip before you go, plus just being a beautiful book to look at.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Kathryn Merrifield
on October 8, 2011
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I haven't been to D.C. yet, but I feel much more prepared with this great little book. It has great pictures and the information was easy to read and well written. This book is really well made, and could stand up to the ups and downs of traveling. Not easy to tear (thick glossy pages) and the cover is very sturdy. My only complaint is that the binding is very tight, so it takes a little effort to hold it open.
This book covers everything at the Smithsonian in an easy to find layout. I am very pleased with this purchase and would highly recommend to others.
This book covers everything at the Smithsonian in an easy to find layout. I am very pleased with this purchase and would highly recommend to others.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Earle Williams
on February 4, 2011
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This guide provides everything you need to know before visiting the Smithsonian (which is all but impossible to see completely). You can select what you want to visit, the order in which you want to visit, and how long to spend at each part.
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C. Yoshihara
on March 27, 2014
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Although beautiful, seriously? No real maps? The kids book has better maps than this book. Great guide for the exhibits, but good luck finding them. Disappointed that such a hefty and expensive books didn't think about people wanting, you know, a map.
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on February 18, 2014
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The book shows many of the things one should see in the big museum. Without it, I would not know where to start or how to spend my limited time. But there is a lot of information, I need to spend some time to shift through the book.
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