A fountain surrounded by gray borders lies before the Smithsonian Museum's entrance.
An eye-level view of a fountain, in the distance is a large gray building with pillars near the top right side of the image going up the side of the building and stairs going up the left side of the image. In the foreground is a close up view of a fountain with gray cement borders around the basin. There is a fountain spurting water vertically falling directly back into the basin. To the right of the stairs is a large gray statue of a person wearing a robe sitting on a chair placed on a square structure, the statue is the same color as the building. Directly behind the water fountain is a black metal gate with bushes and foliage growing along them, the gate has an opening near the middle of the image. There are tree tops visible at the top of the image, in the treetops, a red sign is visible with white text that reads "Smithsonian / NATIONAL / MUSEUM", the "Smithsonian" is written in much smaller white text. There are two black lamp posts next to the gate on the left and right side of the image.