A QUESTION

Take the Library of Congress:

 

 It is now the largest and most international library in the world. 

It is located in three buildings: 

Thomas Jefferson Building, 

John Adams Building, and James Madison Memorial Building.

In its 838 miles of book shelves, you could easily spend a lifetime reading and admiring its lovely architecture.


Take the Louvre Museum ...

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 Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited 

over an area of 60,600 square meters (652,300 square feet). 

The Louvre is the world's most visited museum, and received more than 9.7 million visitors in 2012

 

Ask D.G. Hudson how much time you could spend wandering this museum, 

finding new delights with each day.

BUT FOR ME, IT WOULD BE 

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO:

It consists of 100 acres (40 ha) of parkland leased from the City of San Diego, 

and ownership of all animals, equipment and other assets rests with the City of San Diego. 

 San Diego Zoo pioneered the concept of open-air, cageless exhibits that re-create natural animal habitats.  

It is one of the few zoos in the world that houses the giant panda.

A lifetime spent among those beautiful wild animals being protected from Man's savage lust for killing.  

Helping lost children find their parents after having becoming obsessed with their own favorite animals would be fun.

Perhaps I could learn from the zoo keepers and help them.  

The Lakota in me would suffocate inside a library or museum for life.  

But under the sun of California, learning about the wonders of all those animals, 

hearing the laughter of children and their parents --

I would choose the San Diego Zoo.

What about you?  

Library?  Museum?  Or Zoo?