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    Aerospace and Our Changing Environment Added

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    Aerospace and Our Changing Environment

    Learn how aerospace innovations contribute to understanding, monitoring, and mitigating climate change.

    July 28, 2025 – Ongoing

    Air and Space Museum

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    Asia Trail Added

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    Asia Trail

    Giant pandas, red pandas, Asian small-clawed otters, clouded leopards, fishing cats, and sloth bears are the residents along Asia Trial.

    January 24, 2025 – Indefinitely

    National Zoo

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    NASA’s Earth Information Center @ NMNH Added

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    NASA’s Earth Information Center @ NMNH

    Explore high-resolution data visualizations, interactive experiences, and videos that share how scientists collect and interpret data.

    October 8, 2024 Through 2028

    Natural History Museum

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    Dazzling Diversity Added

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    Dazzling Diversity

    Celebrate the vast and varied insect world through the pages of early natural history books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

    September 10, 2024 – May 11, 2026

    Natural History Museum

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    Human/Nature: Why People Are Drawn to Living Things Added

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    Human/Nature: Why People Are Drawn to Living Things

    Bringing plants and other elements from nature into our living spaces can help people stay connected to natural cycles. 

    September 30, 2023 – Summer 2026

    Ripley Center

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    Cellphone: Unseen Connections Added

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    Cellphone: Unseen Connections

    Through authentic artifacts, immersive and digital experiences, and data visualization, Unseen Connections illuminates the world of cell phones.

    June 23, 2023 Through 2026

    Natural History Museum

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    Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky Added

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    Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky

    Discover why dark nights matter, rekindle your connection with the night sky, and consider how much light at night is enough.

    March 23, 2023 – December 2026

    Natural History Museum

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    Bird House Added

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    Bird House

    The Bird House and the surrounding bird plateau focuses on the cyclical journeys of migratory songbirds, waterfowl, and shorebirds.

    March 13, 2023 – Indefinitely

    National Zoo

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    Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery Added

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    Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery

    This exhibition tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps enhance our own understanding of Earth.

    October 14, 2022 – Permanent

    Air and Space Museum

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    One World Connected Added

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    One World Connected

    How flight fostered two momentous changes in everyday life: the ease in making connections across vast distances and a new perspective of Earth.

    October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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    Destination Moon Added

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    Destination Moon

    The gallery shows how an extraordinary combination of things made it possible for humans to walk on the Moon—and how we are going back.

    October 14, 2022 – Indefinitely

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    Claws and Paws Pathway Added

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    Claws and Paws Pathway

    Meet binturongs, bobcats, Pallas' cats, and porcupines.

    May 27, 2022 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Berns Quartz Added

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    Berns Quartz

    At seven feet tall and more than 8,000 pounds in weight, the Berns Quartz is among the largest examples of quartz specimens on display in any museum in America.

    October 27, 2021 – Indefinitely

    Natural History Museum

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    The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time Added

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    The David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep Time

    Learn how life on Earth evolved and see highlights from the museum's unrivaled collection of 46 million fossils.

    June 8, 2019 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Mega-toothed Shark Added

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    Mega-toothed Shark

    Come face-to-face with a 52-foot-long model of a female mega-toothed shark suspended above our new dining area.

    May 24, 2019 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Naked Mole-Rats on the Move Added

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    Naked Mole-Rats on the Move

    The naked mole-rats at the National Zoo are having a blast in their new, multistory habitat with more than 25 feet of connecting tunnels.

    September 1, 2018 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Common Ground: Our American Garden Added

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    Common Ground: Our American Garden

    This exhibition shares the stories of plants and how they are important to Americans.

    June 28, 2017 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    Our Voices in Saving Species Added

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    Our Voices in Saving Species

    A gallery of photos and stories from Smithsonian staff spearheading research programs here and across the globe.

    January 1, 2016 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    African Elephant Added

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    African Elephant

    Our iconic 12-ton, 14-foot-tall African Elephant has undergone a remake! The new setting explores the evolution of elephants from their earliest predecessors to the three modern-day species. 

    September 4, 2015 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Spark!Lab Added

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    Spark!Lab

    Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spark!Lab reveals the real story behind inventors’ work through hands-on activities that help kids and families learn about the history and process of invention. Hours are subject to change.

    July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely

    American History Museum

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    American Trail Added

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    American Trail

    American Trail is where Zoo visitors can learn about animals native to the U.S. and Canada, many of which have come back from the brink of extinction and are thriving thanks to conservation efforts.

    September 1, 2012 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Urban Bird Habitat Garden Added

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    Urban Bird Habitat Garden

    This garden is an oasis for many bird species; it provides for their basic needs; food, water, shelter, and a place to raise their young.

    July 25, 2012 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    Elephant Trails Added

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    Elephant Trails

    As part of the Zoo's campaign to save Asian elephants, this expanded and transformed home for the Zoo's Asian elephants provides new indoor and outdoor space.

    September 3, 2010 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human? Added

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    The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?

    Meet your closest ancestors and relatives in this interactive exploration of human evolution.

    March 17, 2010 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Sant Ocean Hall Added

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    Sant Ocean Hall

    Dive in with Phoenix—a model of an actual North Atlantic right whale—and discover how the ocean is a global system essential to all life.

    September 27, 2008 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum


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