Mallards enjoy the fountain in the Castle's Haupt Garden

Saucer magnolias in bloom in Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Castle Building (with Art & Industries Building in background)

Saucer magnolias in bloom in Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Castle Building March 24, 2010

Saucer magnolias in bloom in Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Castle Building March 24, 2010

Saucer magnolias in bloom in Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Castle Building March 24, 2010

Witch hazel in the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/hirshhorn/hirshhorn.html

Witch hazel in the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden
http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/hirshhorn/hirshhorn.html

Irises in the Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden, to the east of the Castle
http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/folger/folger1.html

Snowdrops in the Enid A. Haupt Garden http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/Haupt/hpt_home.htm

Visitors on the National Mall 1978 Visitors building a snow rabbit on The Mall with the Smithsonian Institution Building in the background.

Castle Building in the Winter 1965-1970 Snow covers the Mall in front of the Smithsonian Institution Building and the Arts and Industries Building to its left. The photograph was taken from the northwest.

Uncle Beazley in the Snow 1977 Fiberglass model of "Uncle Beazley," the dinosaur (Triceratops) used in the film "The Enormous Egg," stands all covered with snow on the Mall. The Smithsonian Institution Building is visible in the background.

U.S. National Museum & Mall After Snow Storm c. 1911 Summary: The south entrance of the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, after a snow storm. Two men are standing in the snow in front of the museum.

Some people love museums enough to make a lifelong commitment. @MuseumDay (Tudor Place)

Tudor Place in DC's Georgetown.

1919 Pierce-Arrow Roadster w Brewster & Co. (carriage manuf.) body @ Tudor Place

Of course, we are the Nation's Museum, and fortunate to be free all the time.