Is the Smithsonian open during the shutdown? Temporarily, yes. Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM 0 Is the Smithsonian open during the shutdown? Temporarily, yes.
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Is the Smithsonian open during the shutdown? Temporarily, yes.
The Smithsonian Institute's museums, research centers, and the National Zoo remain open this week despite the government shutdown that started at midnight Oct. 1.
The Smithsonian, a federal government entity, posted on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year's budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
The Smithsonian has 17 museums in the Washington, DC, area, including the African American History and Culture Museum, the American Indian Museum, and the Air and Space Museum.
The Smithsonian also has the National Zoo in Washington, DC, plus an American Indian Museum and the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, both in New York City. Only Cooper Hewitt has an entry fee. A handful of other locations require free passes for admission.
Courts, parks, post office: What's open and closed during a government shutdown?
millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.
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Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.
">Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.
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Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) talking to the media following the Senate rejecting a pair of dueling bills to fund the federal government and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) talking to the media following the Senate rejecting a pair of dueling bills to fund the federal government and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
">Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) talking to the media following the Senate rejecting a pair of dueling bills to fund the federal government and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at JFK airport on Jan. 9, 2019 in New York City. Hundreds of TSA screeners and agents reportedly called in sick from their shifts from a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are being forced to work without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.
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Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at JFK airport on Jan. 9, 2019 in New York City. Hundreds of TSA screeners and agents reportedly called in sick from their shifts from a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are being forced to work without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.
">Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at JFK airport on Jan. 9, 2019 in New York City. Hundreds of TSA screeners and agents reportedly called in sick from their shifts from a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are being forced to work without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.
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Celebrity Chef Jose Andres (R) helps carry free meals for U.S. Park Police outside his World Central Kitchen January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The pop-up kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16 and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.
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Celebrity Chef Jose Andres (R) helps carry free meals for U.S. Park Police outside his World Central Kitchen January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The pop-up kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16 and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.
">Celebrity Chef Jose Andres (R) helps carry free meals for U.S. Park Police outside his World Central Kitchen January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The pop-up kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16 and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.
" src=https://ift.tt/fzOCnjv class=caas-img>Furloughed contract workers, including security officers and custodians who have not been paid during the partial government shutdown, hold unpaid bills to present to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 16, 2019. - Furloughed contract workers have not received back pay from previous government shutdowns, unlikely employees who work directly for the federal government. Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet -- ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.
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Furloughed contract workers, including security officers and custodians who have not been paid during the partial government shutdown, hold unpaid bills to present to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 16, 2019. - Furloughed contract workers have not received back pay from previous government shutdowns, unlikely employees who work directly for the federal government. Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet -- ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.
">Furloughed contract workers, including security officers and custodians who have not been paid during the partial government shutdown, hold unpaid bills to present to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 16, 2019. - Furloughed contract workers have not received back pay from previous government shutdowns, unlikely employees who work directly for the federal government. Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet -- ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.
" src=https://ift.tt/hjPE07d class=caas-img>TSA agent Anthony Morselli of Georgia, VT, shows his GoFundMe post on Facebook before starting his shift at Burlington International Airport on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Morselli and his wife, both TSA agents, didn't get paid along with approximately 800,000 other federal workers and, to try to make ends meet, started the GoFundMe site to try to pay the bills as the government shutdown entered it's 21st day.
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TSA agent Anthony Morselli of Georgia, VT, shows his GoFundMe post on Facebook before starting his shift at Burlington International Airport on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Morselli and his wife, both TSA agents, didn't get paid along with approximately 800,000 other federal workers and, to try to make ends meet, started the GoFundMe site to try to pay the bills as the government shutdown entered it's 21st day.
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" src=https://ift.tt/rbp2mZQ class=caas-img>David Fitzpatrick, 64, a Park Ranger, holds an American flag and a placard stating "You're fired" with "Smokey the Bear," after a protest rally with furloughed federal workers and area elected officials in front of Independence Hall on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tourists photograph the Liberty Bell, unable to go inside due to a lapse in federal appropriations on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.
Most of the federal government shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a spending plan for the new fiscal year, which started Oct. 1.
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