Unlike the shutdown of 2013, most of Washington’s federally supported cultural spaces are open for business, using unused funds to keep the lights on and the staff paid. Holocaust Memorial Museum is open Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. with a decision to come about the rest of the week. Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are open Monday, with no word yet on Tuesday or beyond. Ford’s Theatre will perform “Jefferson’s Garden” as planned, but the National Historic Site will be closed for daytime visits and National Park Ranger programs are cancelled. The theater is a partnership between the nonprofit Ford’s Theatre Society and the National Park Service, but its theatrical productions are not federally funded and are able to continue.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2018 16:18 UTC