Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are welcoming members of the public back after weeks of closures because of the government shutdown.

The cluster of 21 museums will begin opening on Friday, Nov. 14 after closing in mid-October. See exact dates.

The National Air and Space Museum will open five new exhibitions, the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater and the museum’s entrance on Jefferson Drive along the National Mall July 28. The galleries opening ...

Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and ...

Rare Smithsonian artifacts are on display at museums across the country. Mark Strauss This SR-10F Reliant, one of only 18 of this model, participated in airmail pick-up experiments for All American ...

Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman, which helped design and build NASA’s Apollo lunar module, has donated $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C. The museum’s ...

The National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton reopen on Nov. 14, ...

The National Air and Space Museum will welcome a McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle, the first of its kind to be accessioned into the Smithsonian collection. The F-15C Eagle is one of the most historically ...

Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a ...

Through its 21 museums, 21 libraries, 14 education and research centers and a zoo, the Smithsonian Institution’s collections are expansive and cover every aspect of U.S. history, including more than ...

A teenager was shot near the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall on Friday, with at least one bullet damaging a window of the museum. The teen, who was not ...