Locations

The world's most popular natural history museum is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it.

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History was established in 1969 as a place for visitors to learn about the Atomic Age, from early research of nuclear development through today’s peaceful uses of nuclear technology. Through permanent and .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The National Museum of the American Indian cares for one of the world’s most expansive collections of Native objects, photographs, and media, covering the entire Western Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego.

Sitting at the foot of the Wiechquaekeck Trail, an old Algonquin trade route (aka Broadway), the American Indian Museum’s New York location shares the Washington, D.C., location’s incredible collection.

The National Museum of the Pacific War honors the millions of Americans who stood for freedom and democracy and to defeat the enemy in World War II's Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War II.

The National Music Museum's renowned collections of American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods, are the most inclusive anywhere.

With visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the National Portrait Gallery introduces you to the people who have shaped the country—poets, presidents, actors, activists, visionaries, villains...and everyone in between.

Located in the historic D.C. City Post Office next to the restored Union Station, the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum showcases the largest and most comprehensive collection of stamps and philatelic material in the world.