Free Guide to the Smithsonian Museums Free! www.smithsonian.org Hands on History Big wheels keep on turning at the National Museum of American History Through Labor Day Evening Hours! Natural History Museum Open until 7:30 p.m. MAPS &TIPS INSIDE DODGE CARAVAN. Take on the world with Dodge Caravan—one of AAA/Parents magazine’s Best Family Cars of 2003. With remote power sliding doors and rear hatch and an available DVD player, Caravanhas superpowers. Visit dodge.com or call 800-4ADODGE. THE NATIOONAL MALL GETTING AROUND THE NATIONAL MALL ■ Sidewalks line the four main east- ■ ATMs: At each of the following Union The Capitol National Station west streets: Independence Avenue, locations, there are automated teller Postal Museum Jefferson Drive, Madison Drive, and machines accessible to people who E AVENU Constitution Avenue. Many of the are seated or standing: the National N. CAPITOL STREET ETTS HUS SAC paths running within the grassy area Air and Space Museum, the National AS UE M N bounded by Jefferson and Madison are Museum of American History, the AVE gravel. With children in strollers, you may National Museum of Natural History, NA ISIA find the sidewalks easier to navigate. the National Zoological Park, and the U 1ST STREET National Building LO Smithsonian Castle. Museum ■ On-street parking is extremely lim- 44th & F Streets N.W. 3RD STREET ited; visitors are encouraged to use ■ Don’t miss Voyage—A Journey Future site of National Museum National Gallery of the American Indian public transportation. Call Metrobus and Through Our Solar System made up of of Art Metrorail for information about elevator a scale model of our Sun and its planets. 4TH STREET and escalator outages: (202) 637-7000 or It starts with the Sun at the east (4th National Air and (202) 638-3780 (TTY). Metro information Street) end of Jefferson Drive near the Space Museum Voyage—an outdoor exploration Theater and on-line farecard sales are also avail- National Air and Space Museum and of the Solar System able at www.wmata.com. ends with Pluto at the Castle. L’Enfant Plaza 7TH STREET Smithsonian Sculpture American Art National Portrait Gallery Garden Hirshhorn Museum Closed Museum Closed for construction T Closed for construction F STREET H STREE 9TH STREET Arts and Smithsonian Industries Castle Building Information Center National National Museum of Museum of African Art Natural Historyy Ripley Center Arthur M. Renwick Gallery Theater Sackler Pennsylvania Avenue 12TH STREET at 17th St., Gallery N.W. Federal Triangle Freer Gallery of Art Map is not drawn to scale, but this distance is about 4/5 mile. National Museum Smithsonian of American History, (Mall exit) Smithsonian Behring Center (Independence LEGEND Avenue exit) ■ Smithsonian Museums ■ Other Museums and Landmarks MADISON DRIVE 14TH STREET JEFFERSON DRIVE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 15TH STREET INDEPENDENCE AVENUE Elsewhere in Washington D.C. White House CONSTITUTION AVENUE Washington Anacostia Museum 17TH STREET Monument 1901 Fort Place, S.E. National Zoological Park Metro station 3001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. GUIDE TO MUSEUMS Page Name of Museum Page Contents opening december 15, 2003 5 Anacostia Museum 4 Visitor Information washington dulles international airport 8 Arts & Industries Building 5 National Museum of the American 10 National Air and Space Museum Indian 18 National Museum of Natural History 6 Dining Guide 26 National Museum of American History 8 Discovery Theater 34 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery International Gallery CONTENTS Freer Gallery of Art 36 52 There’s More... 39 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian American Art 42 National Museum of African Art Museum 44 Renwick Gallery/American Art National Portrait Gallery 46 National Postal Museum Folklife Festival 50 National Zoological Park WELCOME TO THE SMITHSONIAN YOU’RE INVITED! Our doors are open 364 days a year, and you have a standing invitation to visit us anytime. The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex with 16 muse- ums and galleries, plus the National Zoo. There is nothing quite like the Smithsonian on the planet. We welcome tens of millions of visitors every year; rightly so because there is so much to see and experience. The Smithsonian Castle is a great place to start your visit. Designed by James Renwick, Jr., and completed in 1855, the Castle is the Institution’s original home and the easiest land- mark to find on the National Mall. 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