12 noon to 5 p.m., closed Mondays and federal holidays. Volunteer Information Specialists staff most museum information desks from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Foreign Language Brochures Brochures describing the the Smithsonian museums are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. An on-line map is also available. Please provide your postal address.
Most museums offer free highlights tours daily on a walk-in basis.
Photography Hand-held and video cameras are permitted for personal use in all museums. Photography is prohibited, as posted, in some exhibitions. At the Renwick Gallery, only the permanent collections may be photographed or videotaped. Flash attachments may not be used in the Hirshhorn Museum and the African Art Museum. The use of tripods is prohibited in all Smithsonian buildings.