Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

10th St. & Constitution Avenue Northwest, DC 20560

Open seven days a week.

10:00 a.m - 5:30 p.m., including holidays with the exception of December 25th when we are closed to the public.

Admission is FREE.

Tickets are not required


Our mission is to promote understanding of the natural world and our place in it.

The museum's collections tell the history of the planet and are a record of human interaction with environment and one another.