7 Smithsonian Museums Abruptly Closed Over Mechanical Issue

The Smithsonian Institution on Thursday closed seven buildings on the National Mall, citing a failure of the temperature-control system.Visitors were turned away today from a swath of Smithsonian museums and facilities on the south side of the National Mall between Jefferson Drive and Independence Avenue SW, including the Smithsonian Castle, the Arts and Industries Building, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Museum of Asian Art, t