The Smithsonian museums are enourmous, there are 18 different museums that make up The Smithsonian. The collection of museums have over 138 million artifacts in them not including books, records, digital media, archives and many, many other things. Sadly we couldn't go to each museum because we didn't have anywhere near enough time. We chose the Air and Space Museum to visit first.
This is the Apollo 11 pod that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed back to earth from the moon in. On 20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin was the second. The first creatures in space weren't humans, they were monkeys. The pod is only the tip of the actual rocket, the rest is left in space as "space junk" after it is of no more use. The bottom of the pod is black and all burnt from entering the atmosphere at such a high speed that it basically catches on fire or burns up.
We saw many things about space, planets and flying. We went inside a satelite space station, even though it was huge it would have been pretty crammed inside with all the people that were living and working in there. In a space shuttle we saw what type of foods astronauts ate, how they lived, slept and how they went to the toilet. Astronauts have to sleep strapped to the bed to stop them from floating away in their sleep because there is no gravity. To go to the toilet they have to strap themselves in and do their business in a vaccuum tube - it didn't look very nice..
This is the Wright Brothers' plane, the first controlled plane to take flight. The Wright Brothers - Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a bicycle shop and were inventors on the side. They invented many other types of planes, some that worked and some that didn't before they had success in 1903 with this plane. This plane had a small engine with a bicycle chain, you had to lay down and steer it with a stick.
This is Amelia Earhart's most famous plane that she called "The Little Red Bus".. Amelia Earhart is famous for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, I think this would have taken a lot of guts being a woman in those days as flying was seen as a mans job. Not only was she a pilot but also an author. Amelia went missing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. 
After visiting the Air and Space Museum we went to the American History museum. There were heaps of displays of cars, motor bikes, trucks, trains etc throughout the years that showed how American society and technology evolved. I liked all the classic cars the best.
We also saw the first American flag which was giant sized and square - has less stars on it than the American flag does now because there weren't as many states back then. The flag had holes in it because of age and because the people who owned used to cut off small pieces of the flag to give to people such for memorabilia. We weren't allowed to take any photos because the flag was so old.
The American History Museum also had a huge section of War memorabilia. It showed us history from The Civil War, World War I, II, Korea and Vietnam. It also showed us the roles that women had to take when all the men went to war such as industries making weapons, farming, mechanics and more. They had displays of helicopters, ships, guns, swords and lots of others. 
There was a section in the American History Museum that had lots of different memorabilia in it such as Muhammad Ali's boxing gloves, Tony Hawkes skateboard from when he was 6 to 12 years old, Abraham Lincoln's life mask and the first apple computer which was huge. Mum and Hannah were stoked as Dorothy's ruby slippers from the film The Wizard of Oz were in the collection, there were actually five different pairs used to film with. I thought the Smithsonian was amazing and I'd like to come back again one day. Drew
This is the Wright Brothers' plane, the first controlled plane to take flight. The Wright Brothers - Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a bicycle shop and were inventors on the side. They invented many other types of planes, some that worked and some that didn't before they had success in 1903 with this plane. This plane had a small engine with a bicycle chain, you had to lay down and steer it with a stick. This is Amelia Earhart's most famous plane that she called "The Little Red Bus".. Amelia Earhart is famous for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, I think this would have taken a lot of guts being a woman in those days as flying was seen as a mans job. Not only was she a pilot but also an author. Amelia went missing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937. After visiting the Air and Space Museum we went to the American History museum. There were heaps of displays of cars, motor bikes, trucks, trains etc throughout the years that showed how American society and technology evolved. I liked all the classic cars the best. We also saw the first American flag which was giant sized and square - has less stars on it than the American flag does now because there weren't as many states back then. The flag had holes in it because of age and because the people who owned used to cut off small pieces of the flag to give to people such for memorabilia. We weren't allowed to take any photos because the flag was so old. The American History Museum also had a huge section of War memorabilia. It showed us history from The Civil War, World War I, II, Korea and Vietnam. It also showed us the roles that women had to take when all the men went to war such as industries making weapons, farming, mechanics and more. They had displays of helicopters, ships, guns, swords and lots of others. There was a section in the American History Museum that had lots of different memorabilia in it such as Muhammad Ali's boxing gloves, Tony Hawkes skateboard from when he was 6 to 12 years old, Abraham Lincoln's life mask and the first apple computer which was huge. Mum and Hannah were stoked as Dorothy's ruby slippers from the film The Wizard of Oz were in the collection, there were actually five different pairs used to film with. I thought the Smithsonian was amazing and I'd like to come back again one day. Drew
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