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10 Art Galleries You Should Put On Your DC Bucket List
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (481+ words) Updated on July 27, 2026. The National Gallery of Art’s neoclassical West Building is home to one of the world’s best collections of paintings, sculpture, and more, dating from the 13th to the 20th century. The I.M. Pei–designed East Building opened in…...
National Geographic Museum celebrates reopening with selfie pop-ups around DC
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (155+ words) Talk about a glow-up! National Geographic's Museum of Exploration hosts its grand reopening Friday, and it’s celebrating with pop-up displays citywide that let you pose like you’re on a Nat Geo magazine cover. Eight large yellow rectangles, which evoke the…...
Smithsonian’s historic castle open for summer during renovations
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (383+ words) May 25, 2026, 6:47 PM The Smithsonian Castle, the oldest building in the Smithsonian Institution’s museum complex, is open to visitors this summer during an extensive renovation project. The 171-year-old building on the National Mall, built before the Civil War, reopened to the…...
National Zoo works ‘around the clock' to pull off holiday tradition after shutdown
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (478+ words) The shutdown is gone, and Zoo Lights is on. News4’s Tommy McFly has a preview of the National Zoo’s annual holiday attraction. News4 has gotten a lot of questions about ZooLights and whether it’s happening after the government shut down and…...
All Smithsonian museums to reopen by Monday
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (149+ words) EYES TO THE SKIES: Annual Leonid meteor shower to make grand appearance Sunday and Monday night November 16, 2025, 3:43 PM All of the Smithsonian’s museums will be reopened by Monday after the longest U.S. government shutdown on record kept doors closed for…...
The shutdown is over and DC’s National Zoo is finally open
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (603+ words) November 15, 2025, 6:52 PM It was five Saturdays ago on Oct. 11 that the gates to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo were closed to the public due to the government shutdown. President Donald Trump signed a bill on Wednesday that funds the government through…...
With the federal shutdown over, here’s when Smithsonian museums will open
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (172+ words) November 13, 2025, 1:11 PM Now that President Donald Trump signed the funding bill passed by Congress into law Wednesday night to end the government shutdown, D.C.’s Smithsonian museums will open their doors once again. The National Museum of American History, the National…...
Here’s When the Smithsonian Museums and Zoo Will Reopen - Washingtonian
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (125+ words) Now that the government shutdown has ended after a record-breaking 43 days, DC can finally get back to one of its favorite pastimes–going to the free Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo. According to the Smithsonian, “all Smithsonian museums, research…...
When will Smithsonian museums, National Zoo and other DC sites reopen after shutdown?
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (316+ words) The Smithsonian museums and National Zoo are set to reopen within days after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history comes to an end. The National Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum, and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center…...
National Zoo cancels Boo at the Zoo due to government shutdown
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (271+ words) The National Zoo called off its annual Halloween kids’ event, a disappointment for many D.C.-area families as the government shutdown hit two weeks with no clear signs of a resolution. Boo at the Zoo, which was set to happen…...