With an X-wing fighter used in the filming of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker overhead, patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Educators Bradley Gerber and Christian Thomas pull a spacesuit into position in the Apollo 11 exhibit before patrons arrive for the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Astronaut-themed teddy bears are displayed for sale during the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

With an X-wing fighter used in the filming of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker overhead, patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

A student makes notes while visiting the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Freeze-dried “astronaut ice cream” is displayed for sale during the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Astronaut-themed magnets are displayed for sale during the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons view artifacts including Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit and the Command Module Columbia in the Apollo 11 exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons enter the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons view the Wright Brothers’ 1903 Wright Flyer at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons view artefacts including Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit and the Command Module Columbia in the Apollo 11 exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Artefacts including Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit and the Command Module Columbia are displayed in the Apollo 11 exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons view artefacts such as the Command Module Columbia in the Apollo 11 exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patricia Whitehead, a museum staff member for 20 years, greets visitors at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons view the Wright Brothers’ 1903 Wright Flyer at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Security guards gather for their assignments before patrons enter the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

With an X-wing fighter used in the filming of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker overhead, patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Patrons enter the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Staff members applaud as a patron cheers upon entering the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022. The museum, which before closing for renovations trailed only the Louvre in Paris as the world’s most visited museums, is scheduled to fully reopen when the east end is completed in 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

A couple hold umbrellas against the rain as they walk past a Smithsonian Folklife Festival exhibit space on the National Mall in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A girl visits the "#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit" consisting of 120 3D-printed statues of contemporary female STEM innovators and role models to celebrate Women's Futures Month at the Smithsonian Gardens in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Workers move some pieces of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women, near the National Mall in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Workers move some pieces of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women, near the National Mall in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Workers move pieces of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women, near the National Mall in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Workers move pieces of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 8, 2022. The installation consists of a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists, is meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and is billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Workers move pieces of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women, near the National Mall in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

A man moves one piece of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women, near the National Mall in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Workers move pieces of the 120-statue art installation #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, a collection of 3D printed lifesize statues of contemporary women scientists meant to encourage girls to seek science and technology (STEM) careers, and billed by the Smithsonian Institution as the largest-ever display of statues of women, near the National Mall in Washington, U.S. March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

People view a portrait of former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, U.S. December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

People view a portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, U.S. December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 

The sky goes orange behind the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian Castle as a couple pose for a sunset selfie in Washington U.S., October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet sits atop a table onstage during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

DePaul University Professor Patty Gerstenblith and Smithsonian Cultural Heritage Preservation Scholar Katharyn Hanson look closely at the ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet sits atop a table onstage during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

DePaul University Professor Patty Gerstenblith and Smithsonian Cultural Heritage Preservation Scholar Katharyn Hanson look closely at the ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

DePaul University Professor Patty Gerstenblith and Smithsonian Cultural Heritage Preservation Scholar Katharyn Hanson look closely at the ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A woman photographs the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

DePaul University Professor Patty Gerstenblith and Smithsonian Cultural Heritage Preservation Scholar Katharyn Hanson look closely at the ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet during a ceremony hosted by the Smithsonian Institution to repatriate the antiquity to Iraq, in Washington U.S., September 23, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A zoo enthusiast wears a mask of orangutan Redd on reopening day at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Giant panda Mei Xiang is reflected in a glass enclosure as visitors look up toward the trees where her cub Xiao Qi Ji was sleeping during the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda enthusiast Kate Huffer looks up into the trees to watch giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji on reopening day of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Visitors take photos of giant panda Mei Xiang eating bamboo during the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda enthusiasts point their cameras up into the trees in an attempt to photograph panda cub Xiao Qi Ji on reopening day of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A visitor uses her phone to scan an entry ticket for the Asia Trail/Panda Pass on the reopening day of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A visitor takes a photo of giant panda Mei Xiang eating bamboo during the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

A visitor takes a photo of giant panda Mei Xiang eating bamboo during the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda Mei Xiang plays with a toy during the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda enthusiasts point their cameras into the trees in an attempt to photograph panda cub Xiao Qi Ji on reopening day of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji hangs out in a tree on the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda enthusiast Jennifer shows off her panda tattoo on reopening day of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Panda enthusiast Amy Russian wears a panda theme face mask as she awaits the reopening of Smithsonian's National Zoo today in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

National Zoo enthusiasts Allen and Merry Richon hold hands as they enter the Asia Trail to see the pandas as Smithsonian's National Zoo reopened to visitors in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

National Zoo enthusiast Merry Richon wears a mask of a swamp monkey named Zawadi, one of over 300 handmade zoo themed masks she owns, as she awaits the reopening of Smithsonian's National Zoo today in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

National Zoo enthusiast Allen Richon wears a mask of the late Sumatran tiger Dumai, one of over 300 handmade zoo masks he owns, as he awaits the reopening of Smithsonian's National Zoo today in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

U.S. first lady Jill Biden views a cabin from a South Carolina slave plantation dating to the 1850’s during a brief tour as the museum reopens to the public in Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst