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ALERT: The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History will be CLOSED Tuesday, July 9, due to NATO meetings in Washington, D.C. Welcome The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum , education , and research complex.
Hours and admission information for the Smithsonian's museums, galleries, and the National Zoo.
Smithsonian’s collection of museums serve as a treasure chest for visitors to DC. Witness the wonders of Asian art, take in centuries of artistic achievement, discover Native American history and so much more.
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 .
The Smithsonian Institution (/ s m ɪ θ ˈ s oʊ n i ə n / smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
Get information and guidelines for visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums, 14 education and research centers, and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device.
In later years, Holmes's interests turned to archaeology and then back to art, when he was named director of the National Gallery of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in 1920. His watercolors combined poetic mood with a scientist's eye for the panoramic grandeur of the West.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution.Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art, from the colonial period to the present, made in the United States.