National Building Museum

It’s been a while since our last visit to the National Building Museum. We have been there a couple of times. Once with out of town guests and another to watch our grandson participate in a summer school event when he was very young. So with the beautiful weather we decided to walk over this morning and find a place for breakfast on the way back. We had to pass by the courthouse as we made our way to Fourth and F Street NW. The Judiciary Square Metro stop is just across the street, so it’s very easy to access this place in all seasons. I do remember the huge Corinthian columns that are supposedly some of the tallest in the world. The building was made in the late 1800’s as the precursor to the Veterans Affairs. The steps to the next level are long and less steep than regular stairs to allow the disabled to use them with less effort. The place was quite busy with pre school and school age kids. There are a lot of fun things for the kids along with all the changing exhibits. You do need to pay for admission, and we forgot to ask for the senior discount - but he should have asked us! On the way home we stopped at Union Station for breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien. All in all it was a nice change of pace from our usual walk in the Mall. Now we have to plan other little daily excursions and check out more of the surrounding neighborhoods.