| Smithsonian Locations and Hours |
The Smithsonian, contrary to popular
belief, is not one building. There
are nearly 2 dozen locations, not all of them museums, not all even in
DC. |
|
| African
American Museum History & Culture |
10 - 5:30 T-Su, 12 - 5:30 M; time
passes needed |
free |
| African Art Museum | 10 - 5:30 | free |
| Air & Space Museum | 10 - 5:30; time
passes needed |
free |
| American Art
Museum |
11:30 - 7 |
free |
| American History Museum | 10 - 5:30 | free |
| American Indian Museum | 10 - 5:30 | free |
| Archives
of American Art |
11:30 - 7 |
free |
| Arts
and Industries Building |
temporarily closed |
free |
| Asian
Art Galleries |
10 - 5:30; includes Freer and Sackler galleries |
free |
| Botanic Garden | 10 - 5 | free |
| Bureau of Engraving & Printing | 8:30 - 3:15; tours 9 - 2; tickets required |
free |
| Capitol | 8:30 - 4:30 M-S; reservations recommended |
free |
| FD Roosevelt Memorial | * |
free |
| Ford's Theater | 9 - 4; advance tickets recommended |
$3.50; tickets needed |
| Hirshhorn
Museum & Sculpture Garden contemporary art |
10 - 5:30; sculpture garden closed for revitalization |
free |
| Holocaust Museum | 10 - 5:30; time passes needed | free |
| Jefferson Memorial | * |
free |
| Korean War Veterans Memorial | * |
free |
| Library of Congress | TWFSa 10-5, Th 10-8; time tickets needed for Jefferson Bldg |
free |
| Lincoln Memorial | * |
free |
| Martin Luther King Jr Memorial |
* |
free |
| Natural History Museum | 10 - 5:30 | free |
| National Archives
Museum documents |
10 - 5:30 | free |
| National Gallery of Art & a sculpture garden |
10 - 5 |
free |
| Old Post Office Tower & Pavilion |
9 - 4; if you can't get tickets for Washington Monument, try this view instead |
free |
| Portrait Gallery | 11:30 - 7 | free |
| Postal Museum | 10 - 5:30 | free |
| Renwick Gallery contemporary craft | 10 - 5:30 |
free |
| Smithsonian Castle visitor center | closed for renovation; virtual visitor center |
free |
| Smithsonian Gardens |
open 24 hours |
free |
| Supreme Court | 9 - 3 M-F | free |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | * |
free |
| Washington Monument | *; tickets required to ride to the top - same day free, $1 in advance |
free or $1 |
| White House | must arrange tour through your member of Congress |
free |
| White House Visitor Center | 7:30 - 4 | free |
| WWII Memorial | * |
free |
| *Monuments open 24 hours a day; park rangers on duty 9 am - 5:30 pm to answer questions. | National Zoo, Arlington Cemetery, more museums |