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Darkened gallery in Lights Out with an illuminated wall of nocturnal animal photographs

National Museum of Natural History · National Mall

Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky

Now showingUntil 31 December 2026·Free

The vanishing dark: the moon, a field of stars and the Milky Way, how light pollution disrupts nocturnal animals, and what communities are doing to win the night back. Closes December 2026.

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National Museum of American History

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