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Smithsonian Mobile

Smithsonian Mobile is your digital mobile guide to the Smithsonian, built collaboratively with our visitors. Find out what’s on where, discover highlights, search our collections, access tours, podcasts and other apps. Add tips and photos from your visit for other visitors, or share your experiences and photos with Twitter and Facebook followers and friends.
What can you do with Smithsonian Mobile?


• Plan your visit with museum hours, locations, floor plans, and more. "Favorite” events and exhibitions to create your own custom tour or scrapbook of your visit.


• Find our other mobile apps and websites and dig deeper into our stories. Tour collection highlights, watch videos, and listen to podcasts.


• Search our collections to make connections between museums, history, art and science.


• Use augmented reality (AR), "Smithsonian that Way," to discover the behind-the-scenes work of the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and affiliates in your neighborhood.

We want to hear from you! Log in via Facebook or Twitter to comment on our museums, collections, exhibitions, and artifacts. Share your expertise or tips!

Continually refreshed and renewed by both visitors and Smithsonian experts, there’s always a reason to come back to Smithsonian Mobile whether you’re on the National Mall, in a Smithsonian museum or beyond!

Developed for the Smithsonian by Tristan Interactive.

Category : Education

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Reviews (28)

Lau. B. Oct 1, 2020     

Fun! Whenever an app doesn't work the way I expect, I uninstall & reinstall it, like with this last update. It works just expected, so if you're having issues simply reinstall it, boom.

lal. l. Dec 20, 2020     

data thievery. does not even try to start without uploading your data to a server in a foreign jurisdiction outside of your control. insta-remove.

Dav. T. Oct 2, 2020     

What the hell, just another cheaply set up app, im sure these sort of apps are set up just to get info from people's devices.

Jac. B. Sep 29, 2020     

As all the other comments say, the app crashes, loads partial images, and has limited resources.

Dav. H. Feb 24, 2021     

Very disappointed that the app is so poor.locks up, crashes ....etc..

Sta. F. Sep 26, 2020     

Crashes when trying to open it.

Bil. B. Dec 26, 2019     

Doesn't work with Chromecast.

J.. P. S. s. Feb 7, 2020     

Application was not updated for Android 10 use

Ell. Dec 29, 2020     

I actually thought that this was the app for the TV channel smithsonia but it clearly isn't

Tan. W. Mar 24, 2020     

If I have this channel in my cable bill ... Why do have to pay to stream?

Ric. G. Sep 23, 2020     

Why does this app need access to my photos a media?

A. G. u. Jan 30, 2019     

what happened to the articles they were my fav. part. now this app is useless.

Pau. J. Feb 13, 2021     

It's hard to open the app

Pau. M. Jul 20, 2019     

annoying and useless

Mag. F. Jun 20, 2020     

Can't wait for site to reopen

Geo. L. May 10, 2017     

What happened to the articles? I want the information, this is useless.

A. G. u. Apr 15, 2017     

Won't open crashes

A. G. u. Nov 20, 2016     

Used to have great daily events page....now nothing??

Avr. H. May 28, 2016     

Tried to use app in Natural History Museum. Couldn't connect to network and stated that it required updates that could not be downloaded before it would work.

Ton. T. Mar 23, 2014     

After downloading says it needs to update current exhibits. The update doesn't work and you can't use the app without the update. Uninstalled.

Rob. M. Feb 23, 2015     

It is a good app over all except for a glich when im scrolling it clicks on the thing i put my finger on to scroll by but i didnt click it. If they fix it, i will make my review 5 stars

chu. m. Mar 31, 2014     

Can't upload updates after downloading app. Can't use app without the updates. Too bad was in DC this week.

Mik. G. Jun 13, 2015     

The extraordinary graphical content in the Smithsonian app demands a larger screen. Failure to provide tablet support is unforgivable.

And. L. Sep 15, 2015     

The app requires a download every time you open it. I just want basic info like hours the museum's are open. Dismissing the exhibit info should be an option within the app. Uninstalled, the website is quicker.

Bri. M. May 1, 2014     

The app says it needs to update with current events, then downloads the update and says it needs to update with current events again.

Tom. B. Jun 2, 2015     

Just downloaded the app. And it wants to update. Updated twice and it still doesn't work

tom. g. Dec 24, 2014     

I had a bad time with a Smithsonian app last year, but this time it worked. We got an overview of museums and current exhibits, and the AR feature worked (at least on the Mall). It helped the kids be part of our tour planning process. For some reason this app doesn't work in landscape mode. Android 5.0 phone.

Kri. C. Aug 1, 2015     

The update to this app fails. Over and over. Can't use it at all