Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo

Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo

September 30, 2025

Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo

📅 October 01, 2025 at 12:29AM | Elizabeth Blair

Here's what a shutdown means for Smithsonian museums, memorials and the zoo

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A young visitor peers inside the National Museum of African American History that closed due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. government in January 2019 in Washington, D.C.

History tells us visitors will likely find shuttered doors at major cultural institutions. But they will also find plenty of alternatives.

(Image credit: Mark Wilson)

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