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Official guide to the Smithsonian

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Official guide to the Smithsonian

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The Smithsonian Institution holds more than 142 million artifacts and specimens in its trust. This colorful guide to the museums and galleries on the National Mall, in the Washington metropolitan area, and in New York City presents an enormous amount of history and pertinent museum information, ensuring a rewarding visit. Each detailed section presents the history of the museums and offers a fully illustrated, gallery-by-gallery tour. All the practical information--location, hours, phone numbers, public transportation, services, tours, dining, gift shops, special attractions for children, web site addresses--is also included. With so much to see and do, this is the definitive source of all the information in one place. --Publisher

Smithsonian Museums on or near the National Mall. National Air and Space Museum ; National Museum of Natural History ; National Museum of American History ; National Museum of the American Indian ; National Museum of African American History and Culture ; Freer Gallery of Art ; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ; National Museum of African Art ; Arts and Industries Building ; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ; National Postal Museum ; Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture ; National Portrait Gallery ; Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum -- Washington, D.C. metro area. Anacostia Community Museum ; National Zoological Park ; Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center -- In New York City. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum ; George Gustav Heye Center