Dupont-Kalorama Museum Walk

Saturday afternoon we went to Dupont Circle for the 26th Annual Dupont-Kalorama Museum Walk with my old roommate/ex-co-worker/good friend Holly. Now, I've been to quite a few free festivals/open house type things and this was one of the better ones so keep your eyes open for next year's walk if you're in the area.

We first went to the Woodrow Wilson House where the ex-President lived after he finished his term in the 1920s. Unlike the other houses we went to, they encouraged us (i.e. Albert) to take as many pictures as we wanted so there are a lot more picts of the Wilson house than the others.

Here are some paintings you can find around the house:


(the bottom left painting is Mrs. Wilson herself)


Mrs. Wilson and her friends cross stitched all the dining room chairs.

Here's one that Mrs. Wilson did:

One of the big draws to the Wilson House was the Ethiopian food they had. They were celebrating the anniversary of the first Ethiopian delegation to the U.S. inconjunction with the Ethiopian Embassy.

(the woman is handing out popcorn and fresh roasted coffee)

The backyard is beautiful:

Here are some of my favorite things found around the house:

They had a special collection of items President Wilson was given during his presidency from various countries:




(samurai warrior armour)

Next door was the Textile Museum where they had a bunch of crafts for the little ones and demonstrations on how to make yarn, quilts, felt, loom, etc.

(making yarn)

Unlike the Embassy open houses, there was a good amount of people at each museum so there were no lines to wait in for either the museums or the shuttles. We took the shuttle to the Dumberton House, which is set up like in 1800.

Here's Albert taking a picture of himself in a really old mirror. It looks like we put it through photo shop, but it just came out like that:

They had a costume theme and had 19th century outfits for us to try on:


(too bad my dress is falling off in this pic - oh well)


Apparently Dolly Madison was partial to turbins so they let us make our own:

Our favorite house was the Anderson House. "This 1905 Beaux Arts mansion was the home of American diplomat Larz Anderson and his wife and is now the headquarters of The Society of the Cincinnati." We were pretty tired by this point, but it was so beautiful it kept our attention without any problem. I highly recommend checking this one out if you get the chance.

Albert's favorite room was the ball room:

(the ceiling was real gold)