National Museums in Washinton, DC
ワシントンDC・国立博物館
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National Museums in Washinton, DC ワシントンDC・国立博物館 |
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational foundation chartered by Congress in 1846 that maintains
most of the nation's official museums and galleries in Washington, D.C. The U.S. government partially
funds the Smithsonian, thus making its collections open to the public free of charge.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art is a national art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington. The museum
was established in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of the United
States Congress, with funds for construction and a substantial art collection donated by Andrew W. Mellon.
The Gallery's collection is included paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and
decorative arts, and it traces the development of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present. The
Gallery's campus is composed of the neoclassical, original West Building, which is linked underground to
the modern East Building.
West Building of the National Gallery of Art
West Building of the National Gallery of Art and the exhibitions
Exhibitions in the West Building
Cascade Cafe, a clean spacious cafeteria on the basement of the National Gallery of Art
(L)(M) A flower, fall and fountains at the corner of Cascade Cafe, National Gallery of Art
(R) Undergroung passage between the east and west buildings of the Gallery
The East Building of the National Gallery of Art houses the modern art collection.
Green Marilyn' by Andy Warhol, 1963 and other exhibitions
Wild Girl' by Mel Ramos, 1963 and other exhibitions
National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of
historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was established in 1946. Located in Washington, D.C., it is
a center for research into the history, and science of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science
and terrestrial geology and geophysics. Almost all space and aircraft on display are originals or backups
to the originals. It is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums.
The National Air and Space Museum and exhibitions
The National Air and Space Museum and exhibitions
The National Air and Space Museum and exhibitions
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered bySmithsonian Institution,
located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The museum's collections total over 500
million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts.
In 2009, 7.4 million people visited the museum. It is the most visited of all the Smithsonian museums
and is also home to about 185 professional natural history scientists, that is the largest group of scientists
dedicated to the study of natural and cultural history in the world.
National Museum of Natural History
The faces of the Mammal Family
The faces of the Mammal Family
A panorama of dinosaurs displayed.
A down of the nation's capital
(L) Washington Monument (R) Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia on the horizon Crystal City is characterized as
one of many 'urban villages', is almost exclusively populated by high-rise apartment buildings, corporate offices,
shops and restaurants.
These pictures were taken in October 2010 from a guest room of L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC.
スミソニアン協会は、1846年に連邦議会によって創設された教育目的の基金で、ワシントンD.C.内にある国立の博物館・
美術館のほとんどを管理している。これらの施設に対する年間予算は600億円と言われ、その3分の1をアメリカ合衆国
政府が負担している。400億円余りは民間の寄付による。スミソニアン協会が収蔵品を入場料無料で公開しているのは
このためである。
スミソニアンの博物館の中でも最も来場者が多いのが、ナショナル・モール内にある国立自然史博物館である。この他に、
モール内にあるスミソニアンの博物館・美術館としては、 国立航空宇宙博物館などがある。 ナショナル・ギャラリーは、
ナショナル・モール内の連邦議会議事堂近くにあり、完全にアメリカ合衆国政府が所有している。ギャラリーの西館では、
19世紀のアメリカ、 ヨーロッパ美術の収蔵品にスポットが当てられている。東館は、建築家のイオ・ミン・ペイによって
設計されたもので、現代美術を取り扱っている。
Source: Wikipedia and others
筆者の見た数多くの欧米の博物館、美術館の中で、ワシントンDCのスミソニアンは最も価値あるものの一つであること
に間違いない。時間があれば、1週間以上かけてじっくりと鑑賞したいものである。
Washington, D.C.
Arrival to Washington, D.C.
Ontario,Canada and Michigan, USA
8-mm film : 1961 The National Zoological Park, Washington D.C.
ワシントンDC・国立博物館
2010年10月執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
★This Web site is link-free.
The article was written and photographs were taken by Dr. J. miyamoto, in October 2010.
Copyright (C) 2010 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.
Society of Washinton, DC
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