Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are closed as the partial government shutdown continues. The Smithsonian Institution touts itself as the world’s largest complex of museums, ...

Thanksgiving travel could be impacted as airlines will need time to retool their flight and staffing schedules once the shutdown ends.

WASHINGTON — For the first time since last Christmas, all Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are closed as emergency funds, that had allowed them to stay open during their usual weeklong ...

Panda Bao Li eats bamboo at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28. The zoo, as well as other Smithsonian facilities, will be closed beginning on Oct. 12 as the government ...

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...

The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.

Winnie, a southern tamandua at Zoo, is expecting a baby in early 2026 — the first baby tamandua born at the zoo in over a ...

As the government shutdown drags on, Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo and other facilities are the latest to be caught in the fray, with the federal trust announcing the closure of all of its ...

(The Hill) – Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public on Sunday due to the government shutdown, which is on day 13. The Smithsonian announced on X Friday that ...