We are contemplating on a trip there at about the same time. My husband has been cruising the B&B sites and has actually found one or two slightly under $100, with easy access to PT. Perhaps another resource.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] O.T. > > On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Suzi Clarke wrote: > > > I am hoping to be in Washington DC in June, and wondered if anyone > > knew of a not-too-expensive hotel within walking distance of the > > Smithsonian. I hope to get an introduction there from a curator > > friend, and see what I can see. > > If I still lived there, I'd offer to have you stay with me! But I moved > six years ago, sorry. > > I don't think there's such a thing as a not-too-expensive hotel within > walking distance of the Smithsonian! It is located in the middle of all > the federal buildings, and the hotels I can think of near there are > extraordinarily ritzy. > > Fortunately the public transit in Washington is quite civilized, and the > bulk of the Smithsonian museums (located on the Mall) are served by three > stops: the Smithsonian stop at the west, the Archives at the Northeast, > and L'Enfant Plaza at the south. The Portrait Museum and the American Art > museum are a bit further north from the Mall, and served by the Gallery > Place stop. > > So whatever line you come in on, you are not too far. Just make sure you > stay at a hotel that is walking distance from a Metro stop! You can find > some quite reasonable in Arlington (on the Virginia side) and Rockville > (on the Maryland side); anything in Virginia on a Metro line will be > rather closer to the Smithsonian and have a shorter ride. > > > Now I have to decide what I'd like to see!! (Whee!) And of course > > find out what I'll be allowed to see!! > > Don't forget the National Gallery, which is operated separately from the > Smithsonian (and of much more interest to me from a costume standpoint); > it is also located on the Mall, at the Archives end. There are also a > number of private collections of art and artifacts, including the Textile > Museum, scattered around town, some harder to reach than others. > > Your focus will depend on your period of interest. For instance, for > people interested in medieval Europe, I usually recommend the National > Gallery, the Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library (for > Elizabethan), Dumbarton Oaks (for Byzantine in particular), the National > Cathedral (for its bookstore), and the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore -- > in other words, not the Smithsonian at all. > > --Robin > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
