Eugenio's Blog!

Anyone who knows me surely knows that I love museums. For many years, the Imperial War Museum in London enjoyed the title of “Eugenio’s favorite museum.” When I visited Milwaukee back in August 2006, however, I went to America's Black Holocaust Museum there. For the past couple of months, I could not decide which museum was my favorite. Well, I’ve made my decision, and it’s been one of the easiest of my life.

I was in Washington this past week for a couple of conferences, but I had the opportunity to take a break Wednesday to visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The Museum has only been open to the public for the past year or two. The exterior of the building is gorgeous, and it creates a very pleasant change of scenery on the National Mall. In addition, the tour guide at the Museum was phenomenal. The exhibits were incredibly clear and thought provoking. But what put this museum over the edge was the Native Foods café that sold meals inspired by Native cuisines. They were so good I had both lunch and supper there.

Without a doubt, it is my honor to call the National Museum of the American Indian my new favorite museum. I only planned to allot two hours visiting, but I seriously spent six hours there. I think the security guards were suspicious.