Sagent Healthstaff travel nurses get to visit dozens of great destinations all across the United States, including our nation’s capital. (See the full list)
There are so many things to see and to do around Washington D.C. one can easily write a thick book about it.
If you like museums, for example, you’ll never end get tired exploring all the spectacular museums displaying major art works of the world (National Gallery of Art), the most precious documents of our history (National Archives), the important artifacts of our social history, science and technology (Museum of American History), the mesmerizing vehicles and technology of our space adventures (National Air and Space Museum)…
If you’d like to visit George Washington’s house in Mt. Vernon, it’s just 15-minutes away.
The Museum of Natural History continues to awe the visitors with its amazing illustrations and displays of how our world has evolved through millions of years.
If you are interested in our military history, there are plenty monuments, Civil War battle fields, the hard-hitting Vietnam War Memorial and the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center.
There are separate monuments on the Mall dedicated to WW2 and the Korean War.
A new memorial is also being built, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement.
There is the one and only Spy Museum, again in he heart of the nation’s capital.
Nation’s most significant monument to Native Americans is also on the Mall in the shape of a fantastic adobe-color Museum displaying thousands of years of Native American culture and history.
Of course Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument right on the Mall, and the Jefferson Memorial right next to it are also must-see places of immense historic significance.
National Portrait Museum just got a brand new face lift.
For art lovers Hirshorn Museum continues to be one the world’s most interesting museums totally dedicated to sculptures.
And I’m not even talking about all the sport facilities, the RFK football stadium and the Nationals baseball team, the Wizards basketball, many theaters, pubs, clubs, the U.S. Congress, the White House, all the hours you can easily eat, drink and dance away in the historic and opulent Georgetown, the efficient and clean metro system… the list goes on and on and on…
If you’re thinking to work in Washington D.C. for a while, do it. You’ll have plenty to do down here but one sweet problem: perhaps you won’t have enough time to taste it all right away.
Give yourself at least a year to sample a good slice of what D.C. has to offer because the city of our forefathers is packed, jammed and hopping.
