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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

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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Butterfly Pavilion

The Butterfly Pavilion is temporarily closed due to unplanned maintenance. This exhibition shows how butterflies have evolved, adapted, and diversified with their plant partners over millions of years. Includes a live butterfly experience (tickets required).

February 15, 2008 – Ongoing

Natural History Museum
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Applications Satellites

See how applications satellites have become an integral part of contemporary life.

November 1, 2004 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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Space Science

The spacecraft on view represent those that perform science in Earth's upper atmosphere or beyond.

November 1, 2004 – Permanent

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
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Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals

Travel to four continents to see some 274 mammals in lifelike poses in their natural habitat.

November 15, 2003 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Victory Garden

The Victory Garden represents a typical vegetable garden planted during World War II, when growing food for home consumption was an important part of the war effort.

Spring 2001 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden

Enjoy roses in a rainbow of colors, along with selected annuals, perennials, and woody plants chosen for year-round interest.

October 7, 1998 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Great Cats

Some of the top predators on the planet live at the Great Cats exhibit—African lions and Sumatran tigers.

October 1, 1998 – Permanent

National Zoo
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Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

This hall features 2,500 minerals and gems, including the Hope Diamond, Hooker Emerald Brooch, and a sample from the Bennu asteroid.

September 20, 1997 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Pollinator Garden

Stroll along the walkways in the Pollinator Garden to see four habitats of native plants that attract a variety of colorful butterflies spring through fall.

June 30, 1995 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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FossiLab

Watch museum paleontologists and trained volunteers extract fossils from rock and construct fossil casts and molds.

1995 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Reptile Discovery Center

The Reptile Discovery Center is an interactive exhibition that features some 70 species of reptiles and amphibians.

May 1, 1994 – Permanent

National Zoo
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Insect Zoo, O. Orkin

The Insect Zoo features many species of live insects, a "nursery" room where visitors can peek at insect larvae and pupae.

September 10, 1993 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Amazonia

Venture to Amazonia and get up close to the animals that thrive along the Amazon River—the largest river basin in the world.

November 18, 1992 – Permanent

National Zoo
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Mary Livingston Ripley Garden

Meander along the unusual curvilinear serpentine walkway in the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden to view more than 200 varieties of plants.

May 25, 1988 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Enid A. Haupt Garden

A 4.2-acre rooftop park, named for its donor, features an embroidered parterre in a geometric design of plants and flowers rotated seasonally.

May 22, 1987 – Permanent

Smithsonian Gardens
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Small Mammal House

Meet more than 35 species as they move, eat and play in enclosures that mimic their wild habitats.

April 1, 1983 – Permanent

National Zoo
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Primates

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is home to over a dozen species of primates.

April 15, 1981 – Permanent

National Zoo
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Birds of the District of Columbia

Year-round and seasonal residents, migrants and vagrants—hundreds of bird species—are displayed.

August 24, 1979 – Permanent

Natural History Museum
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Bone Hall

Hundreds of skeletons of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians are shown in characteristic poses.

1964 – Permanent

Natural History Museum

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