Last summer, I was certainly a tourist in DC, and thinking I may never get a chance to come back here again, I hit the road, touring as many of the national monuments and Smithsonian museums as my tired feet would allow me. One of these self-guided tours included the First Ladies at the Smithsonian – this is an exhibit in the National Museum of American History.
This exhibition was first opened in 1914 and quickly became the most popular of the exhibitions. Over a period of time, the exhibition grew to include Period Costumes, personal accessories, and Inaugural Gowns of every First Lady. This link takes you to the website that has about 52 pages of information about the exhibition and gives you a visual tour as well. I am just going to post some photographs that I had taken during my trip there. Enjoy! (P.S. The picture quality is real bad due to the fact that everything was encased in glass, and there were tons of tourists around, so the combo made it a bit difficult to take the best pics, but I still enjoyed the exhibition, and I hope you do too!)
I love how so many of them are modest. (And I'm NOT just talking about the ones from a century ago.) You can tell that they were not only fashionable but smart too! 🙂
I love how so many of them are modest. (And I'm NOT just talking about the ones from a century ago.) You can tell that they were not only fashionable but smart too! 🙂