Receive a free Associates' planning packet. Special materials await you there. The Court dining room in the National Museum of Natural History is permanently closed. Grounds will remain open until 8 P.M. , April 15 - October 15. See Highlights Continued .
Admission is free, but passes are required.
The Smithsonian Voices of Discovery program will bring a series of free lectures by Smithsonian scholars to Portland April 8-18. Topics will range from volcanoes to the American musical theater. The Contributing Membership supports the Institution's work in education, research and collections programs. How Things Fly Permanent installation elucidates the basic principles of flight, aerodynamics and propulsion. Exhibition features the forward fuselage of the Enola Gay , the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.