![]() The museums and the National Zoo reopened in phases starting in May 2021 with timed tickets and a limited schedule. Smithsonian Institution Building, "The Castle"Īll Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo closed to the public on Madue to COVID-19. ![]() Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center (New York City) National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, D.C.) National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. National Museum of African American History and Culture Totals for 2022 Smithsonian American Art Museum (With the Renwick Gallery) Starting in March 2022, museums gradually returned to traditional schedules. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand or tenth of a million (M), depending on volume.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most Smithsonian museums were open five days a week. Since 2001, the total visits to the Smithsonian have also reflected the number of visits to the National Zoo. Visit numbers are compiled on a calendar-year basis. For these reasons, we always refer to the numbers below as "visits" rather than "visitors." The newest Smithsonian museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), has an automated counting system that counts visitors (and staff) as they enter the museum. A person visiting three Smithsonian museums on any given day will be counted three times. The counts sometimes include staff, as well as visitors who leave the museum and return. Smithsonian security officers use hand clickers to count everyone entering the museums (in some buildings they count people leaving) through public entrances during the hours the museums are open. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Artīecause the Smithsonian museums are free, we cannot base our visit tallies on a number of tickets sold.
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