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Today, Friday, January 19, the following Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., are open: 

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Virginia

All other D.C. museums, including the National Zoo, are closed today. 

Admission is free of charge at all locations except the Cooper Hewitt in New York City. All Washington, D.C.–area museums and the American Indian Museum in New York are open every day of the year except December 25. The Cooper Hewitt in New York is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Four locations require entry tickets or passes as noted below.

Admission

Admission is free of charge at all locations except the Cooper Hewitt in New York City.

All Washington, D.C.–area museums and the American Indian Museum in New York are open every day of the year except December 25. The Cooper Hewitt in New York is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Entry

The following locations require passes or tickets.

Passes/tickets are not used at our other locations.

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Congress established two new museums in 2020. Visit the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum websites to learn more.