360 virtual tour
Smithsonian virtual tour in 360: the Castle and the National Mall
360 virtual tour in Smithsonian Institution, United States
Four free spherical panoramas of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Founded on August 10, 1846, and named after its donor, the British scientist James Smithson, the Smithsonian is a group of 21 museums, 21 libraries and 14 research centers, most of them on the National Mall, with some 30 million visitors a year, almost all admitted free. The tour starts on the Mall, stops at the entrance of the National Air and Space Museum and ends inside the Smithsonian Castle, the first Smithsonian building, completed in 1855 in red Seneca sandstone.
Attributions
Author: Photographs: G. Edward Johnson (CC BY 4.0); Fuzheado (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons
The National Mall. Photograph: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:360_panorama_National_Mall_Washington_DC_2025-08-17_08-41-44_1.jpg)
National Air and Space Museum, Mall-side entrance. Photograph: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:360_panorama_Entrance_mall_side_National_Air_and_Space_museum_Washington_DC_2025-08-17_08-25-34_1.jpg)
Smithsonian Castle: The Commons. Photograph: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smithsonian_Castle_-_The_Commons_-_panosphere_-_2022-07-14.jpg)
Smithsonian Castle: the Great Hall. Photograph: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smithsonian_Castle_-_Great_Hall_-_panosphere_-_2022-07-14.jpg)
