{"id":22,"date":"2013-06-24T06:25:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T10:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/?p=22"},"modified":"2017-01-08T09:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T14:42:13","slug":"visit-smithsonian-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/visit-smithsonian-institution\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Smithsonian Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Smithsonian-Institution-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Smithsonian Institution\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Smithsonian-Institution-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Smithsonian-Institution.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Smithsonian Institution<\/strong><br \/>\n#34 of 100 things to do in Washington DC <\/p>\n<p>The Smithsonian Institution, established in 1846 &#8220;for the increase and diffusion of knowledge&#8221;, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smithsonian_Institution\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hours: 8:30 am\u20135:30 pm  daily<br \/>\nAddress: 1000 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC 20004<br \/>\nFounded: 1846<br \/>\nPhone: (202) 633-1000<br \/>\nFounders: Joel Roberts Poinsett, Joseph Henry, James Smithson<br \/>\nAwards: Peabody Award<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Smithsonian-Institution-map-150x150.png\" alt=\"Smithsonian Institution map\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-24\" \/>The world&#8217;s largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoological Park, 9 research centers and more than 140 affiliate museums around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Most Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are free and open every day of the year except December 25.<br \/>\nNote: Additional Smithsonian exhibitions and events can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/Museums\/ripley-center\" target=\"_blank\">S. Dillon Ripley Center<\/a> on the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p>Many visitors are surprised to learn that the Smithsonian Institution includes a number of outdoor museums. All have been designed to complement the museums they border and to enhance the overall museum experience.<br \/>\nFrom mid-April through September there are weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/Events\/Calendar\/?trumbaEmbed=filter3%3D_50141_&#038;filterfield3%3D11223\" target=\"_blank\">garden tours<\/a> available (weather permitting).<\/p>\n<p>website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.si.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stunning Smithsonian Institution Building is known as &#8220;The Castle&#8221; and is at the heart of the many museums that make up the Smithsonian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specialty-museums"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}