We got tickets on Sunday to visit the National Building Museum, which has two exhibits we wanted to see: an augmented exhibition about the history and rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and The Playhouse, which is the stage and space in which the Folger Theatre is putting on A Midsummer Night's Dream in the evenings while their building is being renovated. The latter is front and center when visiting the museum and it's worth getting there when they're giving tours of the exhibit and behind the scenes -- we got to go on stage and read lines from Shakespeare and those who wished could play with costumes and get their faces painted, though there was a long line of children for that last.
The Notre Dame exhibit uses tablets for augmented reality like the ones we used to tour the Château de Blois, complete with treasure hunt though they didn't email us our certificates like they promised. When the tablets scan various points in the exhibit space, they bring up videos, maps, and full-room displays with clickable pop-up information screens, covering both the building and history of the cathedral and the fire and rebuilding, with lots of history of Paris and views of the city. There are also exhibits on American homes, photography, and animals in architecture. More later because after stopping at Giant and eating dinner, we're watching For All Mankind, and it's as awesome as everyone said it was.
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