Art and History in Wintery Washington, DC
The Smithsonian gets the name recognition, but Washington is full of great galleries, museums and historic sites. Try a free tour of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the largest collection of the Bard's printed works on Earth, or check out the National Gallery for its series of portraits by Picasso through Jan. 18th. For something edgier, go to a rumination on atomic power by installation artist Jim Sanborn at the Corcoran gallery through Jan. 26th. And, here's an odd way to experience history: Through the end of the year, catch performances of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at Ford's -- the theater where Lincoln was assassinated.
"The Washington Post" Entertainment Guide
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/artsandleisure/entertainmentguide
An extensive list of Washington, DC's, hundreds of museums, with overviews of each
http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/usa/dc/all.html
Ford's Theater: short history of the theater, plus event listings
http://www.fordstheatre.org/
Corcoran Gallery site
http://www.corcoran.org/
The National Gallery of Art site
http://www.nga.gov/
The Folger Shakespeare Library site
http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html
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