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The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 million visitors in 2023, it was the third most-visited museum in the United States. [6]
The Smithsonian museums are the most widely visible part of the United States' Smithsonian Institution and consist of 20 museums and galleries as well as the National Zoological Park. [ 1 ] 17 of these collections are located in Washington D.C. , with 11 of those located on the National Mall .
FONZ memberships offer free parking, discounts at the zoo's stores and restaurants, ride tickets, and a subscription to the Wild.Life., a magazine with the latest zoo news, research and photos. [71] [72] FONZ has 60,000 members including about 30,000 families, largely in the Washington metropolitan area, and more than 1,000 volunteers.
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Smithsonian arranges Museum Day, alternatively Smithsonian Day, when museums in all 50 U.S. states offer limited free admission. In 2018, over 1,400 museums participated. [7] [8] [9] The offer includes a free admission for the ticket holder plus one guest and this ticket is specific to the chosen museum only. [10]
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute shared on the TODAY show two new giant pandas are coming to the National Zoo in DC from China.
More than 600,000 people visited the museum in its first three months. The Smithsonian required all visitors to have a ticket to access the museum. At first, the organization used pre-purchased timed-entry tickets, combined with a limited number of same-day tickets released every morning.
After 35 years and nearly 14,000 performances, the iconic musical “Phantom of the Opera: took its final bow on the New York City stage in 2023. It retired with the honor of being Broadway’s ...