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Air and Space Museum: Discovery Stations
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(For all ages) 10 different Discovery Stations are featured on varying days. These stations are hands-on interpretation centers that encourage learning through looking, discussion, and activities related to aviation, space exploration, astronomy, and planetary geology. Volunteers or museum staff offer visitors a 3-12 minute immediate, informal, and interactive experience that includes artifacts, teaching objects, games, and directed activities. Times and locations as posted at information desk
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American History Museum: Carts
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(walk-in; check at either welcome desk for today's carts, time, and location)
Docents are stationed at carts, in various locations around the museum, to help visitors learn about the museum's collection through hands-on historical activities (e.g., use a cotton gin, peek through a stereoscope, feel what it was like to wear a corset, use a press to print a card, ask questions about immigration, and try copying a letter the way Jefferson did). Daily, between 10:30 AM and 3 PM
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Natural History Museum: Discovery Room
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(1st floor, East Wing, near African Voices -- New Location) The Discovery Room is a hands-on room for families with children and students. The room features activities using real museum objects and artifacts that allow visitors to explore the natural world at their own pace, guided by their own interests and sense of wonder. Visitors can look at fossils, skulls, shells, and minerals; use a microscope; try on costumes from around the world; and much more. Docents are available to assist and answer questions.
Entry Procedures: Individuals: - Walk-in for families with children and students. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Tues.-Thurs., 12 Noon-2:30 PM - Fri., 10:30 AM-2:30 PM - Sat. and Sun., 10:30 AM-3:30 PM
Except - Tues., Jan. 20, closed
Additional Hours: - Fri., Jan. 2, open 10:30 AM-3:30 PM - Mon., Jan. 19, open 12 Noon-2:30 PM
School Groups: October-May: by reservation only; 3-week notice required; call 202-633-1071 or 202-633-9287 (TTY); for information, visit the Web at www.mnh.si.edu/education/fieldtrip/ planned_programs/discovery_room/index.html
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Natural History Museum: O. Orkin Insect Zoo
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(walk-in; 2nd floor, West Wing) A special facility where visitors can watch -- and hold -- live insects and their many legged relatives, discover the amazing diversity of arthropods, and learn how scientists study insect life. Open daily, same hours as museum
Tarantula Feedings (unless otherwise posted): Every Tues.- Fri., 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 1:30 PM Every Sat., Sun., 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 1:30 PM
Note: Group reservations are no longer available, but group leader packets still available; call the museum's Education Office at 202-633-1077 or 202-633-9287 (TTY).
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Natural History Museum: Naturalist Center, Leesburg, VA
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741 Miller Dr., Suite G2, Leesburg, Virginia (For Entry Procedures, see below)A resource center of some 36,000 natural history and anthropological specimens where visitors, students, collectors, and natural history lovers can handle and study these objects, identify their own treasures, do research, draw, and more. Every Tues.-Sat., 10:30 AM-4 PM
Except Most federal holidays, closed
Note: The Naturalist Center will be open regular hours on Inauguration Day, Tues., Jan. 20.
Note: The Center is closed during severe weather when hazardous driving conditions exist (e.g., snow, ice). Recommend callers/visitors call 703-779-9712 (voice), 800-729-7725 (voice), or 202-633-9287 (NMNH's TTY) for directions, information, and weather-related closings. Entry Procedures: Individuals: - Walk-in, free. Visitors must be 10 years of age or older to visit the main study gallery. A small Family Learning Center is available for younger guests. Groups: - Groups of 6 or more admitted with advance reservations only; 2- to 4-week notice required. - Call 703-779-9712 (voice), 800-729-7725 (voice), or 202-633-9287 (NMNH's TTY) for information.
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Zoo: - Giant Panda Interpreters
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(outside Panda House) Mon.-Fri., 10 AM-4 PM Sat. and Sun, 10 AM-4 PM Volunteers share information on giant pandas, their habitat in China, special adaptations, and more (inside Panda House). Also, on Saturdays, 10 AM-1 PM, behavior watch volunteers will answer questions about what they look for on their observation watch. Note: Pandas Tian Tian (male), Mei Xiang (female), and Tai Shan (male cub) may be resting indoors, especially during hot weather.
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