and three other Smithsonian museums are in surrounding neighborhoods accessible by public transportation. Map for Smithsonian Museums in the Washington, D.C., Area (PDF) with Metro subway stops and ...

Wendy Pirsig contacted the Smithsonian in 2016 to ask ... The call was transferred to Johnston, curator of transportation at the American history museum. "I've been riding motorcycles since ...

The Smithsonian board did not decide which museum will go where ... construction costs, public transportation and environmental factors. Image The second site selected for a new national museum ...

In December 2020, Congress authorized the Smithsonian to create the two museums, and it set a two ... existing site conditions, access to transportation, environmental factors, cost and the ...

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum/Mark Avino First impressions ... of the America by Air exhibition in the Hall of Air Transportation, they encounter the massive hull of a Boeing 747 ...

When the museum takes possession of an item, "we don’t immediately open the crates the things are in," says Paul Johnston, a Smithsonian transportation curator who specializes in maritime ...