“When the Zoo opens on May 21, visitors will be able to meet baby panda cub Xiao Qi Ji in person. But fair warning—he might be napping. (Smithsonian’s National Zoo)“.
The following written content by Roger Catlin
The Zoo and seven Smithsonian museums are reopening next month. Here’s what to see-
When the Zoo opens on May 21, visitors will be able to meet baby panda cub Xiao Qi Ji in person. But fair warning—he might be napping. (Smithsonian’s National Zoo)
Seven Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will reopen in May, following months of closure during the Covid-19 pandemic. It also means the public will have its first chance to see the new panda cub, Xio Qi Ji, born with some fanfare at the Zoo last August.
Free timed entry passes can be reserved today for the first location to open on May 5, the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
Passes for other locations will be available starting a week before their openings which will continue May 14, with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a half a block from the White House, will also reopen that day.
On May 21, the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of American Indian and the National Zoo will all reopen in Washington, D.C.
Some of the most popular museums on the National Mall will remain temporarily closed, including the National Museum of Natural History and the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall. Also without current plans to reopen are the Hirshhorn Museum, the National Museum of African Art, and the National Museum of Asian Art (also known as the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery) and the Anacostia Community Museum in Southeast D.C. Read more from Smithsonian.
