The Smithsonian Castle is a beautiful neo-Gothic building towering over the National Mall in Washington DC. “The Castle” is actually the Smithsonian Visitor Center, and you should check it out ...

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The organization is also freezing federal hiring immediately and instating a five-day return-to-office policy, according to an email to Smithsonian staff obtained by The Washington Post.

The order has also affected federally funded museums—the Smithsonian Institution and Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art (NGA) have closed their diversity offices. The NGA made its ...

What is included in the Smithsonian magazine digital edition? The Smithsonian magazine digital edition includes all the editorial content and photos from the current print issue of Smithsonian ...

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Nearly 17 million people visited Smithsonian museums in Washington D.C., Virginia and New York last year. The most popular include the National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space ...

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Giant panda Bao Li eats bamboo during the public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on Jan. 24, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Giant panda Qing Bao ...

The “unbearable” wait is over after two giant pandas made their debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. on Friday. With the new bears comes a new exhibit along with renovations to the ...