[MR] RE stuff to do

[Brian Bertrand]

There was an exhibit of 15c spanish armor at the museum of fine art.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:24 AM, James Anderson III <
james.anderson.iii at gmail.com> wrote:

> DC specifically, admittedly years ago, but there was a bit of armor on
> display at the Smithsonian Museum last time I went. A quick google looks
> like they have a "castle" of sorts:
>
>
> http://www.gosmithsonian.com/museums/smithsonian-institution-building-the-castle/Smithsonian-Institution-Building-the-Castle-Exhibits.html
>
> I've not been to it before, but I would wager the armor displays would be
> rare or non-existent, since most Smithsonian seems to be more of US history
> of course.
>
> The best armor museum trip I've taken (besides England) around here would
> be
> The Met in NY. There is a train that runs to NY that may leave from or near
> DC.
>
> http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/arms_and_armor
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> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Frank Douglas <wiktor_kostka at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I am not going to be able to bring much gear, if any.
> >  But I all ways like to stop and see what is being done in other
> kingdoms,
> > if I can. A fighter practice with loner gear, would be heaven sent. Any
> > thing else going on in the area would be great. Things like good Medieval
> > Museums would be most helpful.
> >
> > From: James Anderson III <james.anderson.iii at gmail.com>
> > To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Subject: Re: [MR] I am Visiting soon and wondered what and where thing
> >     were    going on
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> > Years ago there were fighter practices near Tysons Corner also. Not
> > terribly
> > far from DC.
> >
> > Or was the inquiry more of a "general" stuff to do, and not SCA specific?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Gyula, Wiktor Kostka
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