The Smithsonian Institution will receive $25 million from the Recovery Act. These funds will go towards renovations and improvements to a number of facilities managed by the Smithsonian Institution in and around Washington, D.C.

More information about Smithsonian Institution plans can be found by visiting www.si.edu/recovery.

SI Programs Receiving Funds

Arts and Industries Building - Washington, D.C.: $4.6 million

Description: These funds will go towards masonry repointing of failed joints to stop the ingress of water and hazardous material removal and selective demolition. (from Smithsonian Institution Recovery Act Projects)

Type of funding: Agency Plans

How to apply: For more information on this project, visit www.si.edu/recovery.

National Zoological Park: $11.4 million

Description: These funds will go towards:

• Fire protection projects at Rock Creek campus (Washington, D.C.) and Conservation Research Center (Front Royal, Virginia)

• Replacing roofs at Rock Creek campus and Conservation Research Center
• Replacing deteriorated animal-holding facilities at Conservation Research Center

• Repairing bridges at Rock Creek campus

(from Smithsonian Institution Recovery Act Projects)

Type of funding: Agency Plans

How to apply: For more information on this project, visit www.si.edu/recovery.

Other Smithsonian Projects: $9 million

Description: These funds will go towards:

• Installing high-voltage electrical safety improvements at multiple locations on the National Mall (Washington, D.C.)

• Installing sewage backflow preventers on potable water lines at multiple locations off the National Mall; biggest project is at Museum Support Center (Suitland, Maryland)
• Installing two emergency generators at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Edgewater, Maryland)
• Refurbishing or replacing elevators and escalators at the National Air and Space Museum and National Museum of American History (Washington, D.C.)

(from Smithsonian Institution Recovery Act Projects)

Type of funding: Agency Plans

How to apply: For more information on this project, visit www.si.edu/recovery.