The Freer, Sackler, Hirshhorn and African Art museums will be open Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. through August 29. Full Circle Cafe will also remain open. This years programs will feature Iowa, the American South and working at the Smithsonian. Centerpiece of the Institution's 150th-anniversary celebration, the traveling exhibition showcases more than 300 treasures from the Smithsonian's collections. Highlights of the show include such artifacts as George Washington's sword, the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz , Amelia Earhart's flight suit, dinosaur bones and a moon rock.
Admission is free, but passes are required.
See Highlights Continued . Exhibition features the forward fuselage of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Imax film follows migration of wildebeests. Karen Glaser capture Florida manatees in their native habitat. Gem and Mineral Hall Gallery is closed for renovation until late 1997.