Steve and I grew up in the D.C. metro area, Virginia and Maryland, respectively. One doesn't grow up around there without making a number of journeys to D.C. for visits to the Smithsonian - it's like an orgy of learning.
So when given the opportunity to promote a contest for a free 4 day trip to Washington D.C., it was hard to turn down. Vivid flashbacks of astronaut ice cream from the Air & Space Museum, Washington's Lansdowne portrait, and the Natural History museum's elephant make it difficult to imagine a childhood without them. But we were lucky.
If you haven't gotten a chance to visit some of the finest museums in the United States, now's your chance. Here's the entry form. Enter to win by February 27th.
If you win, do let us know how the new American Indian museum is, we've been meaning to visit.
And if you don't, you can still use goSmithsonian any time of the year to plan your visit to all 19 (yes, 19!) museums and the National Zoo (they have pandas!).
