Michael Jackson Visits Smithsonian

Michael Jackson waves in Tokyo in this Sunday, May 28, 2006 file photo. Jackson has been told to pay more than $256,000 in legal fees to a firm that handled some side issues during his 2005 child molestation trial. A Superior Court judge signed a judgment Friday, July 13, 2007, that awarded $216,837 along with $39,177 in interest to the Torrance firm of Ayscough & Marar, according to court records. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, FILE) (Shizuo Kambayashi - AP)

WASHINGTON -- Michael Jackson toured the Smithsonian's National Air and Space and American Indian museums, arriving with his children before the buildings opened to the public.

"He wanted to show them the sights," Raymone Bain, a publicist for the 48-year-old pop star, told The Washington Post.

At the air and space museum, Jackson lingered over the 1903 Wright Flyer, the first heavier-than-air powered aircraft to make a sustained flight with a pilot aboard, during his visit Wednesday. His children enjoyed robots R2-D2 and C-3PO from the "Star Wars" movies.

Jackson will be in the Washington region for a few days. Bain said the singer has been looking for a vacation home.