Visitors to the Smithsonian

VISITS TO THE SMITHSONIAN FY 2000–FY 2004

MUSEUM FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 MALL

SI Castle 1,836,963 1,857,990 1,611,325 1,126,752 1,423,028 A&I Building 868,171 1,167,490 938,107 841,019 250,743 Natural History 9,489,272 9,100,091 6,049,472 5,568,532 4,542,979 Air and Space/ 9,008,608 9,831,447 7,568,384 10,800,305 4,586,088 Silver Hill 1 American Indian2 0 0 0 0 112,097 Freer Gallery 347,607 306,065 392,380 308,839 360,231 Sackler Gallery 224,151 192,296 212,197 163,251 186,939 African Art 234,295 214,775 179,789 166,271 169,941 Ripley Center 502,334 555,183 267,011 249,819 184,679 American History 6,261,715 5,798,993 3,994,498 2,720,327 2,848,114 Hirshhorn 951,570 731,453 687,118 625,580 668,132

OFF MALL 0 0 0

American Art/ 176,881 0 0 0 0 Portrait Gallery3 Renwick 146,071 149,777 141,018 173,818 134,035 Anacostia4 3,302 0 27,339 28,353 22,017 Cooper-Hewitt 150,786 136,329 142,196 141,545 141,548 American Indian5 498,316 413,470 316,763 290,220 250,738 National Zoo 2,360,876 2,807,353 2,162,500 1,724,228 1,878,823 Postal 450,483 400,478 317,155 300,318 347,228 Udvar-Hazy 0 0 0 0 1,490,750 Center6 0 0 00 TOTAL 33,511,401 33,663,190 25,007,252 25,229,177 19,598,110

1Installation of magnetometers in October 2003 resulted in more accurate visitor counts at NASM. 2The National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall opened to the public September 2004. 3Closed to the public January 2000 through present. 4Closed to the public December 1999 through February 2002. 5Includes the George Gustav Heye Center, which opened in 1994, and the Cultural Resources Center, which opened in April 2000. 6The Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles opened to the public December 2003.