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

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

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.

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