The closures would affect some of the most popular tourist attractions in Washington, D.C.—including the National Museum of Natural History, the Air and Space Museum, and the National Zoo—which have ...

During the 2018-2019 funding lapse, the museums and the zoo were also open for 11 days at the start of the five-week shutdown. Some tourists on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Sunday were ...

Businesses that rely on visitors to the National Zoo are battling a stark and increasingly prolonged decline in sales as the ...

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one ...

The National Zoo and National Air and Space Museum called off their popular annual Halloween kids’ events, a disappointment for many D.C.-area families as the government shutdown hit two weeks with no ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will close to the public Sunday as the government shutdown continues, officials announced Friday. In a post shared to social media ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, which receive federal funding, are closing temporarily amid the federal government shutdown. The shutdown impacts all 21 of the Smithsonian's institutions, ...

(CNN) — Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo shut their doors Sunday as the government shutdown enters its third week, the Smithsonian Institution posted on its website. The Smithsonian ...