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Nine Museums on the National Mall Now Have Mobile Device Services for Visitors

Boeing Exhibition Hall at The National Air and Space Museum - on the Mall in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC.- Until recently, visitors to
Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., faced an
unexpected challenge: they could not use their cell phones unless they were near
a window or door.
The solid construction of the Smithsonian’s historic
buildings made it nearly impossible for cell phone signals to penetrate the
walls. The 100-year-old National Museum of Natural History, for example, has
granite-faced walls that are nearly three feet thick.