Admission is free of charge at all locations except the Cooper Hewitt. Timed-entry passes are only used at the four locations listed. Most locations are open every day except December 25 with exceptions noted below.
Please review our tips and guidelines since COVID-19 protocols and mask requirements are subject to change.
The following locations require timed-entry passes. Reserve your passes now.
Anacostia Community Museum
Indoor gallery closed until November 1
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
Arts and Industries Building
Temporarily closed
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Sculpture Garden
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily
National Air and Space Museum (Washington, DC)
Reopens October 14, 2022
Reserve Free Passes »
National Air and Space Museum Steven F.
Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
National Museum of African American
History and Culture
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday–Sunday
12 to 5:30 p.m. Monday
Reserve Free Passes »
National Museum of African Art
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
National Museum of American History
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
National Museum of the American Indian (DC)
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
National Museum of Asian Art
(Freer and Sackler Galleries)
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
National Museum of Natural History
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
National Portrait Gallery and
Smithsonian American Art Museum
11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
National Postal Museum
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Renwick Gallery of the
Smithsonian American Art Museum
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle)
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Smithsonian's National Zoo
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily (July 1 to Sept. 30)
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (Oct. 1 to June 30)
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Smithsonian Gardens
Haupt Garden open daily dawn to dusk
All others open 24 hours
New York
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesdays
Closed Thanksgiving Day
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National Museum of the American Indian (NY)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
