Four museums in Washington, D.C., will close due to staffing issues, the Smithsonian Institution announced Wednesday.

The Smithsonian will temporarily close the National Museum of African Art, the National Postal Museum, the Anacostia Community Museum, and the National Museum of Asian Art beginning on Wednesday and reopen them on Monday, giving the museums five days to fill staffing shortages as the omicron variant causes increased sickness among staff.

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