Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are open today, Jan. 20.

🐅 Amur tiger Nikita looks majestic in the snow at the Zoo. 

🔼 The fountain outside our National Air and Space Museum features Alejandro Otero's “Delta Solar” and a perfect snow frosting layer.

The Renwick Gallery will close temporarily for a pipe replacement project beginning Monday, January 22.
The project is focused on replacing the pipes under this National Historic Landmark building that date back to the 1860s. For updates: americanart.si.edu

Many Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo in Washington, DC, are closed today, Jan. 19.

The following museums are OPEN today: both National Air and Space Museum locations, Smithsonian NMNH, Smithsonian’s NMAAHC, and National Museum of American History.

Visiting info: si.edu

Smithsonian museums in the DC area, including the National Zoo, are scheduled to open on time today, Jan. 17. si.edu/visit

This photo of the National Native American Veterans Memorial outside National Museum of the American Indian is from a previous snowy day. The design incorporates water…

Due to inclement weather, Smithsonian museums in the DC area, including the National Zoo, will be closed to the public today, Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Enjoy these snowy pics from previous years of our Smithsonian Gardens at the Smithsonian Castle, National Zoo, Smithsonian NMNH, and SmithsonianEnv.

“The important thing is for us to create, to give form to what we have inside us,” Alma Thomas once reflected. smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in… #atSAAM

Plan your October visit to our museums and National Zoo: si.edu/visit

Shown here, our Smithsonian Gardens by National Air and Space Museum.

In the event of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo will remain OPEN through at least Oct. 7. The Smithsonian can use prior-year funds still available to us to remain open. Visit si.edu for updates.

In the event of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo will remain OPEN through at least Oct. 7.

The Smithsonian can use prior-year funds still available to us to remain open. Visit si.edu for updates.

After two and a half years of renovation, these newly reopened galleries americanart seem appreciatively larger—with cleaner sight lines, taller white walls and double the available space for installing art in the historic third-floor wing. bit.ly/3LHWJTA

In SAAM's reimagined modern and contemporary art galleries, “a multiplicity of perspectives is more nourishing than having just one.” artnews.com/art-news/revie… #atSAAM

SAAM’s reimagined modern and contemporary art galleries are “a broadening ‘of what art could be, of who could be an artist, or what art could be made of, of what it could mean, of who it could be made for.’” smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in… #atSAAM

Walking through the galleries of “Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas,” one can’t help but think of Louis Armstrong’s iconic song “What a Wonderful World.” The visual and performing arts legends both evoke joy and the simplicity and beauty of nature. americanart.si.edu/blog/alma-thom…

Celebrate #LatinoHeritageMonth with the latest episode of the #ArticulatedPodcast : 'Collective Force: Chicano Artists and the United Farm Workers' featuring Barbara Carrasco, Carlos Almaraz, and Ester Hernandez. To listen: s.si.edu/ARTiculatedS3E9 #SmithsonianHHM

Alma Thomas' painting 'Resurrection,' the first artwork by an African American woman to be included in the White House collection, is now on view americanart as part of the exhibition 'Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas.' bit.ly/46tTd7A

The latest edition of americanart's comic series 'Drawn to Art: Tales of Inspiring Women Artists' illustrates #HeinzAward winner Tanya Aguiniga's story & her performance piece 'Metabolizing the Border.' Have a look: americanart.si.edu/art/art-comics…

Art is an invitation to experience the world from someone else’s point of view.
Your favorite artworks from SAAM’s collection are now on display alongside new works in the redesigned modern and contemporary galleries. americanart.si.edu/blog/modern-co… #atSAAM

#OTD in 1891, Alma Thomas was born 🎨
Learn more about Alma Thomas by viewing her fully digitized papers on our website: s.si.edu/AlmaThomasPape…
Also, read americanart 's Drawn to Art comic, 'Beneath the Holly Tree: A Comic About Alma Thomas' at s.si.edu/AlmaThomasComic.

“Beneath the Holly Tree: The Story of #AlmaThomas ,” illus by Lauren Lamb, Ringling College, is in the series Drawn to Art: Tales of Inspiring #WomenArtists , which illuminates the stories of women artists in the americanart collection. Full work: americanart.si.edu/art/art-comics…

Alma Woodsey Thomas was born #OnThisDay in 1891! 🥳 Her brightly colored, irregular brushstrokes arranged in long, rope-like shapes reflect her close study of color theory. 🎨

Learn more ➞ nmwa.org/art/artists/al…