Due to the Metrorail shutdown March 16, our D.C. museums will open at noon, except the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Udvar-Hazy Center, and National Zoo which will open on time. The Castle will open at 10:30 a.m.

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THE OUTWIN 2016: American Portraiture Today

Finalists from the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Open March 12

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Smithsonian Salutes
Ray Charles

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Smithsonian Theaters Present

National Parks Adventure 3D

Now Playing at the
Johnson IMAX® Theater

National Museum of Natural History

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On view at the Anacostia Community Museum

Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington:
1963-1975

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Renwick Gallery

Wonder

Now open!

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Visiting Us

Most museums are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The American Art Museum and Portrait Gallery are open 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. All are closed Dec. 25.

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