# Museums and Research Centers

**Agency:** Smithsonian  
**Account:** Salaries and Expenses  
**Source document:** SMITHSONIAN · p. 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/smithsonian/museums-and-research-centers  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 347.6 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 350.8 |
| FY2027 | request | 303.7 |

## Smithsonian discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $1.20B, FY2026 $1.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Funds the programming overseen by the Smithsonian's museums, galleries, and research centers, sustaining public exhibitions, education, and scientific and cultural research across the Institution's units.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Smithsonian › SMITHSONIAN › Salaries and Expenses › Museums and Research Centers


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*