Finned octopus in the Sant Ocean Hall, by Meaghan Gay for DCist DCist amigos Bluebrain (***) are always coming up with creative ways to get their music to the masses. And this idea is no exception. From Ryan Holladay, one half of the group: Essentially, we have created an audio companion to the Sant Ocean Hall in the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum. It’s a 20 minute piece of music that we’ve written to be…

Yesterday, DCist got the chance to preview the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History’s new Sant Ocean Hall, which opens to the public this Saturday. Our photographer, Meaghan Gay, said “It really is a very cool space. I am kind of a museum freak, and this blows away the Natural History museum in NY, or the one in Vienna for that matter. This is a totally interactive space, with video touch screens all around.” The musuem…