While the U.S. federal government is partially closed, our museums and the National Zoo will be OPEN through Jan. 1. If the partial shutdown continues beyond Jan. 1, all Smithsonian museums and the zoo will be closed starting Jan. 2.
The Smithsonian offers educational resources for school groups, both to use during their trip, and as a way to extend the museum visit into the classroom.
Outreach Packages
Title I schools are eligible for additional discounts on meals at McDonald's restaurants at the National Air and Space Museum. Title I pricing is also available at our IMAX Theaters and Planetarium for all daytime educational films. Minimum of 40 people for Title I Schools). Proof of Title I status must accompany orders. Minimum one-week notice required to book dates; film choices are subject to availability.
Educators Guides
Educators Guides are now available for a select number of films in our library. Films currently not on screen can be ordered through our IMAX on Demand package.
Air and Space Museum
Lockheed IMAX Theater
- D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D
- Hubble 3D 3-5
- Hubble 3D 6-8
- Journey to Space
- Legends of Flight K-3
- Legends of Flight 4-8
- Living in the Age of Airplanes
- To Fly!
- To Space & Back
- Rescue 3D
Albert Einstein Planetarium
- Dark Universe
- Dynamic Earth
- The Stars Tonight
- Undiscovered Worlds
- Journey to the Stars
- One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Airbus IMAX Theater
Standards of Learning
The education departments at our museums have developed Standards of Learning (SOL) guidelines for select films in our library:
