Sorry, all the national parks are closed during the shutdown. So are all the attractions that are part of the federally funded Smithsonian Institution, including the National Zoo. That might mean no peek at the new baby panda, but she鈥檚 not scheduled for her public debut for about two more months (and most hope that the shutdown would be over by then).
During the last government shutdown, two periods that totaled 26 days in late 1995 and early 1996, the closure of 368 National Park Service sites meant a loss of 7 million visitors, as well as a loss of tourism dollars to local communities, the CRS reports. Closure of national museums and monuments meant a loss of 2 million visitors.
