Official guide to the Smithsonian
Edition: Fourth Edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781588345424
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution; Guidebooks
Description: "The Smithsonian Institution holds more than 142 million artifacts and specimens in its trust. This colorful guide to the museums and galleries on the National Mall, in the Washington metropolitan area, and in New York City presents an enormous amount of history and pertinent museum information, ensuring a rewarding visit. Each detailed section presents the history of the museums and offers a fully illustrated, gallery-by-gallery tour. All the practical information--location, hours, phone numbers, public transportation, services, tours, dining, gift shops, special attractions for children, web site addresses--is also included. With so much to see and do, this is the definitive source of all the information in one place"--
Notes: Previous edition: c2009.