The Smithsonian Institution has closed all 21 museums and the National Zoo due to the government shutdown. Find out more ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are now closed due to a lapse in federal funding, due to the government shutdown.

Smithsonian Institution closes museums and National Zoo due to federal government shutdown. Tourists and residents left ...

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The Smithsonian's museums and zoo are now closed due to the government shut down. Tours of historic Washington, D.C. sites ...

Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes ...

The institution operates some of the most popular sites in Washington and beyond, including 21 museums and the National Zoo.

Closures were a visible symbol of the shutdown in a city experiencing furloughs and layoffs as the standoff on Capitol Hill ...

WASHINGTON – As visitors walk into the rotunda of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, they’re greeted by an 11-ton taxidermized African Bush elephant, affectionately nicknamed Henry.

The Smithsonian Institution announced on social media the closure of all its museums and the National Zoo, effective Sunday2, ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo shut their doors Sunday as the government shutdown enters its third week, the ...