I was quite put off by the overbearing security guards. Despite there being hundreds of kids there, coughing and sneezing and getting their hands and faces all up in the paintings and artifacts, I, with a camera that had no flash capabilities was their constant prey. You know how you can feel eyes on you? That's how it was the entire time we were there.

Admission is free, but it will cost you $15 to park.

The restaurant requires a reservation and will run you about $24 per entree. The cafe is more reasonable, but requires a long wait.

The Turner exhibit was quite boring. The artist used the same motif in all of his paintings, with light-colored sky converging down towards the center of the canvas, and down the middle, and some blurry objects supposed to be boats mostly, and occasionally some people or monsters. Even standing far away, which usually works with impressionist paintings, these works of art failed to yield anything worth viewing.

The WW I exhibit was a complete waste of wall space.

The research library turned into another round of being stared at by employees who seemingly were doing nothing useful.