After being closed for more than a month because of the government shutdown, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has officially plotted its reopening. The Smithsonian Institution, which operates a network of more than 30 museums and a zoo, will also soon reopen a few of its spaces in D.C. this week, with the rest to follow not long after.The National Gallery of Art will officially begin welcoming the public once more on Friday, with plans to return to normal business hours going forward. (As the museum pointed out in its release announcing the reopening, this also means that its espresso bar and its cafes will once more be in operation, too.)That same day, the Smithsonian-operated National Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum, and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will also reopen. In its announcement, the Smithsonian said all its other museums and research centers, as well as its zoo, would “reopen on a rolling basis” beginning on Monday. Its three-sentence release did not include a precise schedule for those reopenings.With the return of the National Gallery of Art comes one of the season’s most high-profile shows in the US: “The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art,” which is being billed as the biggest survey of its kind ever staged outside Australia. The show, featuring nearly 200 works, was scheduled to open in mid-October, but it never went on view because the museum closed on October 5. It will now officially open on Saturday.In a statement, National Gallery of Art director Kaywin Feldman said, “We are thrilled to welcome back visitors to the National Gallery of Art and debut ‘The Stars We Do Not See,’ which brings important Indigenous Australian masterpieces to the United States, many for the first time. The result of a fruitful partnership with our colleagues at the National Gallery of Victoria, the exhibition is a truly historic opportunity for our audiences to engage with the creativity and history of Australian First Nations art.”The longest government shutdown in US history officially came to an end on Thursday night. The 43-closure was induced by bitter disagreement between Democrats and Republicans over government spending. President Donald Trump signed off on a new spending package after the House of Representatives voted to move it forward last night.