Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is a museum complex with most of its facilities in Washington, D.C. It consists of 19 museums and seven research centers, and has 142 million items in its collections.

Smithsonian museums

• Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture
• Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
• Arts and Industries Building
• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
• Freer Gallery of Art
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• National Air and Space Museum
• Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia)
• National Museum of African Art
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Postal Museum
• National Zoo (Smithsonian National Zoological Park)
• S. Dillon Ripley Center
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Smithsonian Institution Building
• The National Gallery of Art is affiliated with the Smithsonian, but it is run by a separate charter.
• railroad artifacts exhibit - established 1903