Museums
Eleven of the 19 Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries are at the National Mall in Washington D.C., the open-area national park in Washington, D.C running between the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a division slightly west of the center. Five other Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are located elsewhere in Washington. Two more Smithsonian museums are located in New York City and one is located in Chantilly, Virginia.
The Smithsonian also holds close ties with 171 museums in 41 states, as well as Panama and Puerto Rico. These museums are known as Smithsonian Affiliates. Collections of artifacts are given to these museums in the form of long-term loans from the Smithsonian. These long-term loans are not the only Smithsonian exhibits outside the Smithsonian museums. The Smithsonian also has a large number of traveling exhibitions. Each year more than 50 exhibitions travel to hundreds of cities and towns all across the United States.
| Museum | Type of collection | Location | Year opened | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anacostia Community Museum | African American culture | Washington, D.C. Anacostia |
1967 | |
| Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Part of the National Museum of Asian Art along with the Freer Gallery of Art) | Asian art | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1987 | |
| Arts and Industries Building | No exhibitions | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1881 | |
| Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum | Design history | New York City Museum Mile |
1897 | |
| Freer Gallery of Art (Part of the National Museum of Asian Art along with the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery) | Asian art | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1923 | |
| Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Contemporary and modern art | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1974 | |
| National Air and Space Museum | Aviation and spaceflight history | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1976 | |
| National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | Aviation and spaceflight history | Chantilly, Virginia | 2003 | |
| National Museum of African American History and Culture | African-American history and culture | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
2015 | — |
| National Museum of African Art | African art | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1964, 1987 |
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| National Museum of American History | American history | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1964 | |
| National Museum of the American Indian | Native American history and art | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
2004 | |
| National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center | Native American history and art | New York City Bowling Green |
1994 | |
| National Museum of Natural History | Natural history | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1858, 1911 |
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| National Portrait Gallery | Portraiture | Washington, D.C. Penn Quarter |
1968 | |
| National Postal Museum | United States Postal Service; postal history; philately | Washington, D.C. NoMa |
1993 | |
| Renwick Gallery | American craft and decorative arts | Washington, D.C. Lafayette Square |
1972 | |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | American art | Washington, D.C. Penn Quarter |
1968 | |
| Smithsonian Institution Building | Visitor center and offices | Washington, D.C. National Mall |
1855 | |
| National Zoological Park (National Zoo) | Zoo | Washington, D.C. Rock Creek Park |
1889 |
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“Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters.... We have infected the pictures in museums with all our stupidities, all our mistakes, all our poverty of spirit. We have turned them into petty and ridiculous things.”
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