National Museum of the American Indian, Washington

This is one of my least favorite things to do in DC. The Museum is not layed out well. It is basically in a round shape so you have to go to the top and wind your way down. There aren't too many artifacts to look at, unless you include the thousands of arrowheads they have, which get boring really fast. I would have liked to have seen more textiles, clothes, head-dresses, etc. The gift shop is expensive, even for DC. They spend a lot of time showing how the Americans hurt the Indians, (ok, we get it already) but spend almost no time showing the other side, where the Indians hurt Americans (yes they did, look it up). It seemed to be a bad trip for kids. There wasn't much hands-on activities and all the kids there were running around playing with each other, instead of learning anything. I have visited almost all the museums in DC and this is one I don't recommend and won't go back to.