very good
i've always wanted to stock up on national geographic gear, but the store is poorly arranged, so it makes it difficult to find anything worthwhile. i end up getting lost, flipping through the pages of one or two amazing books.
this store is expensive but really amazing, especially for holiday gifts and just after the holidays they have awesome clearance discounts.
Right now there is a Terra Cotta Exhibit. It is fully complete and will be running till the end of March. Before you visit, you should always call and ask what is available because there are transition periods when exhibits change and nothing is on display.
I grew up reading the National Geographic magazine that our Aunt Olive bought for us each Christmas. For a small town Iowa girl, the places the magazine took me were beyond my imagination. In high school, the pictures provided me with amazingly funny "illustrations" as I wrote to friends about imagined trips I took and people I befriended around the world. I HAD TRAVELED even though I rarely made it out of Burlington. Now, our daughter, Elizabeth, works at National Geographic in D.C. She has traveled around the world (really), and has learned to embrace the places and people that I only saw in pictures. I love Elizabeth so much and miss her but am happy to think of her spending her days at such an amazing place!