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Part of the Alexander von Humboldt exhibition, Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865, oil on canvas, 56 x 83 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor Blodgett, 1911.4.1. Photo by Gene Young.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, reopen to the public Friday, May 14. This is the second reopening of the museum following closures on March 14, 2020 and on Nov. 23, 2020 as a public health precaution due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The museum has negotiated extensions into the summer for its three major exhibitions that were shuttered last fall.
“I am overjoyed to welcome visitors back to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and our Renwick Gallery to experience our relevant and impactful exhibitions from powerful and vibrant prints by Chicanx artists and collaborators to a fossilized mastodon skeleton to a new site-specific artwork that transforms an entire gallery at the Renwick into earthly and h
Smithsonian Museums Will Reopen in May (Yes, You Can Visit the Pandas)
After being closed to the public since November, eight D.C.-area institutions will again welcome visitors next month.
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The weather is getting warmer. More people are being vaccinated. And now, in the latest sign of cultural life returning to the country, the Smithsonian announced Friday that it will reopen eight of its Washington-area institutions, including the National Zoo, next month.
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A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is seen on display biting a Triceratops during the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s David H. Koch Hall of Fossils-Deep Time during a media preview in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) . more >The Smithsonian Institution announced Friday that seven museums and the National Zoo will reopen next month.
The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will be the first to restart operations on May 5.
On May 14, the following museums will reopen: the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery.
National Zoo, several Smithsonian museums to reopen in May
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Additional museums and the National Zoo will open between Friday, May 14 and Friday, May 21.
The following is the reopening schedule:
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Wednesday, May 5 | Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Friday, May 14 | National Museum of African American History and Culture | National Portrait Gallery | Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
Friday, May 21 | National Museum of American History | National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, D.C., location) | National Zoo
Smithsonian officials say added COVID-19 health and safety measures will be in place at all re-opened locations. They are asking all visitors who are sick or do not feel well stay home. Visitors will need to obtain a free timed-entry pass in advance of their visit and guests will be limited.