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The main building of the Smithsonian Museum

The Smithsonian's main building

The administrative headquarters of the Smithsonian's main building (The Castle) contains offices, the Smithsonian Information Center and an exhibition entitled Smithsonian Museum: American Treasures

Important features: video introduction, interactive touch-screen information station providing Smithsonian-related information in six languages and geometric model of the federal city

Address: 1 southwest of Jefferson Drive.

opening hours: 8: 3 a.m.-5:3 p.m., Focus on introducing various artistic traditions from ancient times to the present

Important features: jade and bronze wares in China, ancient Iranian silverware, Persian manuscripts, Modern Japanese Porcelain

Address: No.15, southwest of Independence Avenue

Subway Station: Smithsonian (Square or Independence Avenue Exit) (Freer Gallery of Art)

Exhibition of Asian artworks from Neolithic Age to the early 2th century and the most precious surviving American artist James McNeill Whistler.

Important features: China paintings, Japanese lacquerware, Indian sculptures, Korean porcelain, Islamic metal utensils, Whistler Peacock Hall

Address: Jefferson Drive, southwest of 12th Street

Subway station: Smithsonian (square or Independence Avenue exit) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Exhibition of modern works of art, including a cylindrical building, square and sunken sculpture garden

Important features: Rodin, Moore and Mu? oz (Mu&; ntilde; Oz) and Lichtenstein's large-scale sculptures; Indoor display of paintings by de Kooning, Warhol and Richter; Calder's active sculptures; Film series

Address: Independence Avenue and the southwest of 7th Street

Subway Station: L'Enfant Plaza (exit of Smithsonian Museum)

The National Air and Space Museum)

Important features: Wright glider in 193, Spirit of St. Louis, Spacecraft I, Apollo 11 command module, Hubble space telescope test vehicle

Address: Independence Avenue and the southwest of 7th Street

Subway station: L'Enfant Plaza (Smithsonian Museum exit) National Museum of African Art

Exhibit the most exquisite traditional and contemporary works of art from all over the African continent

Important features: Sylvia H.Williams Gallery)

Address: No.95, southwest of Independence Avenue

Subway station: Smithsonian (Plaza or Independence Avenue exit) National American History Museum, Kenneth behring Center (Kenneth E. Behring Center)

National Museum of American History, kenneth behring Center, which is dedicated to the research and development of American science, culture, society, technology and politics

Important features: the first face inspired the American Stars and Stripes, It also arranged an interesting educational and scientific activity for the whole family

The National Museum of the American Indian

As one of the largest and most diverse American Indian cultural collections in the world, The museum exhibits collections from North America, Central America and South America from an indigenous perspective

Important features: three films: Who Are We, Welcome Home and A Thousand Roads "; Resource center with computer workstations and reference materials

Address: Independence Avenue and the southwest of 4th Street

Subway station: L'Enfant Plaza (Smithsonian Museum exit) National Museum of Natural History

Show the origin of human beings, the development of world culture, ancient and modern mammals, and so on. African history and culture; Geology; Gems and minerals; "Hope" diamonds; Mammal hall; Discovery room

Address: 1th Street and northwest of Constitution Avenue

Subway station: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian (square exit) S. Tommy Tam Ripley Center.

the International Gallery of the center features constantly updated exhibitions covering science, history, art, technology and culture. The exhibits are the collections of the Smithsonian Museum and other institutions.

Features: Discovery Theater holds performances for children aged 2-12 from September to July, including music, drama, storytelling, puppets and other forms of live educational performances.

Address: No.11, southwest of Jefferson Drive

Subway Station: Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian (the exit of the square)

This branch is dedicated to displaying American contemporary crafts and decorative works of art from 19th to 21st centuries.

Important features: Game Fish by Larry Fuente, Portal Gates by Ahlport Paley, Ghost Clock by Wendell Castle and Grand Salon. Handicrafts are sold in the shops in the museum

Address: Pennsylvania Avenue, northwest of 17th Street

Subway Station: Farragut West (17th Street Exit) and Farragut North(K Street Exit) National Postal Museum

Exhibition of American postal service history and philately hobbies

Important features: standard-sized semi-truck model; Three old-fashioned postal planes; A postal carriage; 1931 Ford Model A postal van; Copy of railway mail car; Letter exhibition; Postboxes and a post office circa 1917; Special display of rare and important stamps; Video recording; Computer interactive activities and practical operation

Address: No.2, Northeast Massachusetts Avenue

Subway Station: Federal Station (1st Street Exit) National Zoo

Covers an area of 163 acres, * * * has more than 2,4 animals of 4 species, and it takes about 2 minutes by subway from national mall

Important features: giant panda; Asia trail; Tropical rain forest exhibition; Rare Sumatran tiger; Kids' farm; Great Ape House

Main entrance: No.31, northwest of Connecticut Avenue

Subway station: Woodley Park, Zoo and Adams Morgan are located on Connecticut Avenue a few blocks south of the zoo.

Opening hours:

From March to November, the zoo is open from 6 am to 8 pm, and the indoor pavilion is open from 1 am to 6 pm;

from November to March, the zoo is open from 6 am to 6 pm; Opening hours of the indoor pavilion: 1: am to 4: 3 pm.

it will be closed on December 25th. The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portrait and the National Portrait Gallery

tell the story of the United States from the pre-colonial period to the present by depicting people who have shaped the history of the United States. These figures include poets, presidents, dreamers, villains, actors and activists. The important features are: America's Presidents, with portraits of 42 presidents, is the only complete portrait collection of presidents outside the White House in China; Lund Conservation Center is an innovative public space with interactive exhibition rooms and video materials

The Smithsonian American Art Museum

has the largest collection of American art in the world, including paintings, sculptures, photography, folk art and decorative works from colonial times to the present

Important features: Lund Conservation Center: Luce foundation center for American art: a new public research center with more than 3,3 works of art

address: Reynolds center contains two museums, which are located in the northwest of 8th Street and F Street.

subway station: exhibition hall, Chinatown.

opening hours: 11: 3 am to 7: pm. It will be closed on December 25th. The Anacostia Kaustia Community Museum

is dedicated to recording, protecting and interpreting African-American history and culture from the perspective of community.

important features: research library; You must make an appointment for

191 Fort Place S.E. to take the subway Green Line to Anacostia subway station; Transfer to bus W-2 or W-3 (both buses stop in front of the museum). From national mall, walk along p>(Independence Avenue on the east side of Pennsylvania Avenue to the southeast of 11th Street. Cross the bridge on 11th Street to Martin Luther KingAvenue, then enter Morris Road, then Erie Street, and finally reach Fort Place.

opening hours: 1 am to 5 pm. It will be closed on December 25th. Steven F. Udvar-Udvarhazi Center of the National Air and Space Museum

displays hundreds of aerospace and aviation artworks and thousands of small flying-related artworks that cannot be accommodated in the national mall Museum.

Important features: Space Shuttle Enterprise, B-29 Super Battlestar Bomber, Concorde, Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird Reconnaissance Aircraft, Boeing Stratospheric Aircraft.

address: No.1439, Air and Space Museum Avenue, Chantilly, Virginia;

Cooper-Hewitt and National Design Museum (Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum) near Washington Dulles International Airport are constantly changing, reflecting thought-provoking current design problems and exploring the role of design in daily life. Exhibitions often include wallpaper, practical art and industrial design, sketches and prints, fabrics, etc. collected by the museum.

Address: 2 East 91st Street, New York City

George Gustav Hay Center, National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center

This museum is dedicated to the protection, research and exhibition of American Indian culture and history, with exhibits spanning 5, years.

address: heye center, 1 bowling green, new York city.