Smithsonian National Museum

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Established in 1910 and located on the National Mall, this prestigious museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution, holds the world's most extensive …

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Feb 3, 2025
This is an amazing museum with so many wonderful exhibitions. My favorite was the mammals and fossils. Give urself 3-4 hours at least. Plus is it’s totally free and no timed pass is required for entryFull review by Savynk12
Jan 24, 2025
The museum is located at the National Mall. Unlike the other museums, this one has free entry which doesn't need booking for a time slot. After climbing up the large staircase in front. you go throug…Full review by Acineto
Jan 24, 2025
Fantastic museum that I have been going to since childhood. At the present moment it's half closed so I was able to see what was open in one day about 5 hours. I especially like the W lright exhibit …Full review by elmar421
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This museum, operating since 1910, is the world's most visited natural history museum. It also welcomes the highest number of visitors …
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Established:1910
Located:National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States
Visitors:4,400,000 (2023)
Director:Kirk Johnson
Type:Natural history museum

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What is the distance from the U.S. National Archives Museum to the Smithsonian Air and Space museum
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It's about a five- to ten-minute walk.
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We possibly may have luggage (small suitcase) with us as we would like to do this before we leave DC. Is this not …
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We possibly may have luggage (small suitcase) with us as we would like to do this before we leave DC. Is this not allowed in the museum/is there anywhere I could store the luggage?
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I carried a standard size backpack with no issue, they should have the info on their website about what you can bring in. We checked out of our hotel and checked our luggage with …
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I carried a standard size backpack with no issue, they should have the info on their website about what you can bring in. We checked out of our hotel and checked our luggage with hotel till our car picked us up. We were able to spend about 4 more hours of sighting seeing this way. Awesome museum! Enjoy D.C.
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I was wondering how far of distance is it to the National Geographic museum, the holocaust museum and the …
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I was wondering how far of distance is it to the National Geographic museum, the holocaust museum and the Natural History museum. Is there parking (even if it cost money) to where I can park at one museum and walk to the other museums or are they far distances from each other. Advice please?
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We were able to walk to all three with out a problem(4 adults). Didn’t have a car so can’t advise on parking.
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