Smithsonian Natural History Museum Location

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Established in 1910 and located on the National Mall, this prestigious museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution, holds the world's most extensive … See more

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Sep 16, 2024
A museum filled with lots of information's from all sorts of categories where life evolves and it’s existence. The museum delivers information either thru reading or visual presentation. One particul… Full review by 523wanderingsoul
Sep 14, 2024
PROS * Amazing world- class museum in stunning massive building * Tremendous exhibits of dinosaurs, animals and habitats * Next to other world- class museums- The National Museum of American Histo… Full review by Ivisitedtheplace
Aug 24, 2024
This museum has plenty of information regarding the Natural Sciences, especially ecology, geology, technology and other fields. Full review by trip-radar

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What is the distance from the U.S. National Archives Museum to the Smithsonian Air and Space museum
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It's about a five- to ten-minute walk.
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We possibly may have luggage (small suitcase) with us as we would like to do this before we leave DC. Is this not allowed …
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We possibly may have luggage (small suitcase) with us as we would like to do this before we leave DC. Is this not allowed in the museum/is there anywhere I could store the luggage?
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I carried a standard size backpack with no issue, they should have the info on their website about what you can bring in. We checked out of our hotel and checked our luggage with …
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I carried a standard size backpack with no issue, they should have the info on their website about what you can bring in. We checked out of our hotel and checked our luggage with hotel till our car picked us up. We were able to spend about 4 more hours of sighting seeing this way. Awesome museum! Enjoy D.C.
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Answer by Passport53 · May 31, 2023
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I was wondering how far of distance is it to the National Geographic museum, the holocaust museum and the …
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I was wondering how far of distance is it to the National Geographic museum, the holocaust museum and the Natural History museum. Is there parking (even if it cost money) to where I can park at one museum and walk to the other museums or are they far distances from each other. Advice please?
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We were able to walk to all three with out a problem(4 adults). Didn’t have a car so can’t advise on parking.
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