both amazing are museums, very thoughtful and informative. NMAAHC is probably the best history museum iâve been to. the numerous ways theyâve arranged the exhibitions (some by location, some by subtopic, some like a timeline) i havenât seen before and theyâve curated so many artifacts and the amount of information provided in the descriptions is very thorough so you will definitely leave having learned a lot. i went once for a field trip and later returned to finish the upper floors. NMAI i went to for the first time this year, i didnât have time to see it all but i did go through the whole exhibit on treaties and i learned so much that i didnât learn in u.s. history classes growing up
additionally, the art museums in DC are all really good