Official Guide to the Smithsonian, 5th Edition

by Smithsonian Institution

Overview

The go-to guide for visitors who want to maximize their experience at the Smithsonian’s 19 museums and National Zoo

The Smithsonian holds more than 155 million artifacts and specimens in its trust. The Official Guide to the Smithsonian makes navigating the world’s largest museum complex more efficient and fulfilling. Featuring a huge amount of history, highlights, and pertinent museum information, the colorful guide is designed to enrich time spent in the Smithsonian’s incredible galleries and museums on the National Mall, the Washington metropolitan area, and New York City.

The new 2021 edition features major updates for all the museums. This includes a full treatment of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the most recent Smithsonian museum, as well as the Deep Time hall at the National Museum of Natural History, their new fossil hall that displays towering fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures to explore the epic story of Earth.

Each detailed section presents the history of the museum and offers a fully illustrated, gallery-by-gallery tour. It also includes all the practical information such as location, hours, phone numbers, public transportation, services, tours, dining, gift shops, special attractions for children, and website addresses. With so much to see and do across the vast Smithsonian collections, this is the definitive source of information in one place.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588346827
Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication date:	07/06/2021
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	158,355
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

The Smithsonian Institution is the largest museum complex in the world, with an average of 30 million visits annually.

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Smithsonian 04

Visiting the Smithsonian in Washington, DC 08

Especially for Children 16

About the Smithsonian 24

Smithsonian Museums On Or Near the National Mall

National Air and Space Museum 40

National Museum of Natural History 68

National Museum of American History 94

National Museum of African American History and Culture 114

National Museum of the American Indian 138

Freer Gallery of Art 152

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 158

National Museum of African Art 164

Arts and Industries Building 170

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 174

National Postal Museum 184

National Portrait Gallery 192

Smithsonian American Art Museum 200

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum 208

Washington, DC, Metro Area

Anacostia Community Museum 214

National Zoo 218

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (see National Air and Space Museum)

In Mew York City

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 230

George Gustav Heye Center (see National Museum of the American Indian)

Support the Smithsonian 238