The Smithsonian Visitor Center in Washington DC is located in a beautiful red sandstone building known as "The Castle". Learn ...

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Nearly 17 million people visited Smithsonian museums in Washington D.C., Virginia and New York last year. The most popular include the National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space ...

Visitors can reach the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History ... Check out the property's official website for more information. DC Monuments and Memorials Night Tour ...

With a collection of more than 147 million items, this robust Smithsonian museum on the National Mall ... is available on the property's website. DC Monuments and Memorials Night Tour (5966 ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington ... the first floor of the ...

When he died, he bequeathed his estate to the young nation to establish the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., “for the increase ... be critical to planning and building the National Museum ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who died this century Far from ordinary, it took a cutting-edge NASA ...

The organization is also freezing federal hiring immediately and instating a five-day return-to-office policy, according to an email to Smithsonian staff obtained by The Washington Post.

Smithsonian Castle, 2015--. Recent awards include 2015 American Historical Association Feis Award for Public History and Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service, 2014. Museum education ...

director of the Smithsonian-owned Arts + Industries Building, in Washington, DC, currently open for the first time in decades and soon to undergo a major renovation and permanent reopening. She’s ...