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Museum and Zoo Hours and Events

Smithsonian museums are open every day of the year except December 25 unless otherwise noted. See the Extended Hours Calendar for special spring, summer, and holiday hours. For emergency information on museum operations, see alerts.si.edu.

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  Smithsonian Castle

  Open 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  African Art Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  Air and Space Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
  See Extended Hours Calendar »

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  Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
  See Extended Hours Calendar »

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  American Art Museum

  Open 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

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  American History Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
  See Extended Hours Calendar »

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  American Indian Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  Anacostia Community Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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  Freer Gallery of Art

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  National Zoo

  April–October:
  Open 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
  November–March:
  Open 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
  See early closings/late openings »

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  Natural History Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
  See Extended Hours Calendar »

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  Portrait Gallery

  Open 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

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  Postal Museum

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  Renwick Gallery

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  Ripley Center

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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  Sackler Gallery

  Open 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

New York City

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  American Indian Museum Heye Center

  Open 10 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  (Thursdays, 8 p.m.)

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  Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

  Closed for renovation.

IMAX, Planetarium, & Theater
Smithsonian IMAX™ Theater
Smithsonian IMAX® Theaters

IMAX is the ultimate film experience. Specially designed screens that are several stories high produce some of the most stunning visual images recorded.
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Albert Einstein Planetarium

For the first time, you’ll feel the sensation of zooming through the cosmos, enveloped in color saturated moving images and spine-tingling sound.
Discovery Theater puppet
Discovery Theater

The best in live performing arts, this venue provides a variety of educational and cultural programs for both kids and adults.
The Smithsonian Associates
The Jazz Masterworks Orchestra performs
Smithsonian Associate Events

Educating and entertaining audiences for over 45 years with a variety of performances, lectures, studio arts courses, study tours, and more!
Daily Tours & Demonstrations

Most museums offer free highlights tours and regularly scheduled exhibition tours.
See the Tour Calendar
Arrange a Group Tour
For Kids & Families

The Smithsonian has a variety of special programs for kids and families—storytelling, performances, craft workshops, and more.
Events & Activities
Visitor Information for Kids
Smithsonian Across America

Find Smithsonian events happening in your community.
Events in Your Community
Kids in their sleepover t-shirts
Smithsonian Sleepovers »

A night of adventure awaits you as you enter the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Summer Camp
Smithsonian Summer Camps »

Explore, discover, and create during Summer Camp at the Smithsonian. With a wide variety of camps for all ages and interests, you’re sure to find something to boost your child’s summer fun.
More Calendars

What’s New is available online at
www.si.edu/content/pdf/
visit/NewAtSmithsonian.pdf
Prepared by the Smithsonian’s
Office of Visitor Services
Jan./Feb. 2014
What’s New
as of Dec. 2013
How can nutrients be filtered out
of our watersheds? Learn more!
ecosystems.serc.si.edu/nutrient-odyssey
Are you a fan of HISTORY and CULTURE? If yes, visit . . .
African American History and Culture Museum
, scheduled to open late 2015
Through Sept. 7, 2014
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Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on
Washington, 1963
(on view at American History Museum, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW)
American History Museum, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW
Special extended hours: Open 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. , January 18-19 and February 15-16
Opens Jan. 24, 2014
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Unpacking History from Camilla’s Purse: One Woman’s Story of Holocaust and
Immigration
Through Apr. 13, 2014
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Puppetry in America
American Indian Museum (NMAI)
, 4th St. and Jefferson Dr., SW
Opens Jan. 17, 2014
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Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison
Anacostia Community Museum
, 1901 Fort Place, SE
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Through Sept. 21, 2014
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Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence
Through Sept. 21, 2014
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Home Sewn: Quilts from the Lower Mississippi Valley
Portrait Gallery
, 8th and F Sts., NW
Hours: 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Opens Feb. 7, 2014
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American Cool
Through Jan. 25, 2015
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Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave., NE
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Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic
Permanent
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William H. Gross Stamp Gallery
Smithsonian Castle
, 1000 Jefferson Dr., SW
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Through Aug. 17, 2014
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Air and Space Museum (NASM)
7th St. and Independence Ave., SW
Through Feb. 16, 2014
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Views of Africa
NASM’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA
Permanent
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Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar (restoring a Curtiss Helldiver)
National Zoo
, 3001 Connecticut Ave., NW
Hours: Call 202-633-4888
Permanent
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David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat
Permanent
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Natural History Museum
10 St. and Constitution Ave., NW
Special extended hours: Open 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. , January 18-19 and February 15-16
Opens Feb. 7, 2014
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Unintended Journeys
Opens Feb. 27, 2014
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Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation
Through Sept. 1, 2014
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Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code
Upcoming Special
Smithsonian-wide Events . . .
Black History Month
in February
www.smithsonianeducation.org/
heritage_month/bhm/index.html
Discovery Theater
brings live
theater to young audiences.
discoverytheater.org
Fun for families!
Fun for families!
Fun for families
!April 2014
What’s New at the Smithsonian
Come explore the world around you through new exhibitions
(www.si.edu/exhibitions). You will
find something for everyone, from major artworks to rare artifacts to scientific discoveries!
Most museums are in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and are open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
For more information, including
hours , visit
www.si.edu.
The Early Sixties: American Culture
American History Museum:
Open April 25, 2014
Visions from the Forests: The Art of
Liberia and Sierra Leone
African Art Museum: Open April 9, 2014
Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse
American Indian Museum (in NY):
Open April 12, 2014
The Early Sixties: American Science
American History Museum:
Open
April 25, 2014
T. r e x
Natural History Museum:
Open April 15, 2014
Face Value: Portraiture in the Age of
Abstraction
Portrait Gallery: Open April 18, 2014
Postal Museum
Summer 2014
Behind the Badge
American Art Museum
May 2, 2014 – August 3, 2014
Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget
Sackler Gallery
May 3, 2014 – August 17, 2014
An American in London: Whistler and the
Thames
Portrait Gallery
July 4, 2014 – May 25, 2015
One Life: Grant and Lee: 1864-1865
Selected Upcoming Exhibitions

www.si.edu/exhibitions
Smithsonian
SERIOUSLY AMAZING

The Old Ebbitt Grill

675 15th St. N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20005

The Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington’s oldest saloon, was founded  in 1856 when, according to legend, innkeeper William E. Ebbitt bought a boarding house. Today, no one can pinpoint the house’s exact location,but it was most likely on the edge of present-day Chinatown.As a boarding house, the Ebbitt guest list read like a Whos Who of American History. President McKinley is said to have lived there during his tenure in Congress, and Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Warren Harding supposedly refreshed themselves at its stand-around bar.Each table in the Ebbitt was graced by a blue history card that read: "Many other famous statesmen, naval and military heroes, too numerous to mention here, have been guests of the house.Old Ebbitt became Washington’s first known saloon. As the years passed, it moved to a number of new locations. By the early 20th Century, the Ebbitt had relocated to what is now the National Press Building at 14th and F Streets NW. Two saloons coexisted there, a Dutch room and an Old English room. In the 1920s, when the Ebbitt moved to a converted haberdashery at 1427 F Street NW, they were combined into a single Old Ebbitt Grill. The owners of Clydes acquired the Old Ebbitt in 1970.THE CLYDES CONNECTION By 1970, the Old Ebbitt Grill had fallen on hard times and an auction was held to satisfy a federal tax claim. Stuart Davidson (1922 – 2001) and John Laytham, owners of a newer Washington institution, Clydes of Georgetown, expressed an interest in buying the Ebbitts collection of antique beer steins to display at Clydes.But when auction proceeds fell short of the lien on the property, bidding began again, but this time on the entire contents. And suddenly, for $11,,200, the two partners unexpectedly found themselves owners of a second saloon, the Old Ebbitt Grill.They got a lot of history and myth for their money. The Old Ebbitt Grill was the first expansion beyond the original Clyde's in Georgetown for owners Davidson and Laytham. Today, Clydes Restaurant Group has grown to include 13 properties. The restaurant was uprooted one last time when it moved around the corner to its current location. THE FINAL MOVE In 1983, the Old Ebbitt Grill was uprooted one last time when it moved around the corner to its current location at 675 15th Street NW to the Beaux-Arts building that was once the old B. F. Keiths Theater. Bringing its rich history with it, the "new" Old Ebbitt remains a historic landmark.Teddy Roosevelt reputedly bagged animal heads in the Main Bar.

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