From Art to Zoo, the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, has something to interest kids and students of all ages.

Plan ahead online with The Official Kids Guide to the Smithsonian Institution – an interactive guidebook just for kids.

The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World

November 25, 2014 – 2018

Museum: Natural History Museum

Location: 2nd Floor, West

Explore how we learn about past ecosystems and organisms through the study of their fossils and find what goes into making a large-scale fossil exhibition. Watch fossils being prepared in a working fossil preparation lab.

As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, Games

August 22, 2012 – Indefinitely

Museum: American Indian Museum

Location: 1st Floor, near Imaginations Activity Center

All children play. Native American children play like any others, but their toys and games are more than playthings. They are ways of learning about the lives of grown men and women and ways of learning the traditions of their families and their people. The toys, games, and clothing come from all over North, Central, and South America, representing many tribes and many time periods.

The First Ladies

November 19, 2011 – Indefinitely

Museum: American History Museum

Location: 3rd Floor, Rose Gallery

On view are more than two dozen gowns, including those worn by Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Jacqueline Kennedy. Four cases provide in-depth looks at Mary Todd Lincoln, Edith Roosevelt, and Lady Bird Johnson and their contributions to their husband's presidential administrations.

Apollo to the Moon

July 1, 1976 – Permanent

Museum: Air and Space Museum

Location: 2nd Floor, East Wing

This gallery traces NASA's manned space program beginning with Project

Mercury's Freedom 7 (1961); then the Gemini Project (1965 – 66); followed by the Apollo Program

(1967 – 1972), with Apollo 17 as the last manned exploration of the moon.

1.The purpose of the text is to ______.

A. promote some scientific projects

B. highlight some children activities

C. release some entertainment videos

D. introduce some museum exhibitions

2.If you are interested in American history and politics, you can go to ______.

A. the 1st Floor B. the East Wing

C. the Rose Gallery D. the Natural History Museum

3.Which of the following has been on for the longest time?

A. The First Ladies.

B. Apollo to the Moon.

C. As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, Games.

D. The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World.

4.If you visit all the four locations, you can _______.

A. see gowns once worn by Edith Roosevelt

B. help prepare a dinosaur fossil exhibition

C. learn about Apollo 17's space exploration

D. play with children's toys from Central America

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