Barriers went down at federal memorials, National Park Service sites, as well as the Smithsonian Institution's network of popular museums and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country October 17, 2013 after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.
U.S. shutdown ends: parks, museums and monuments reopen
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Richard Doerner, Museum Specialist for the U.S. Senate Commission on Art, listens to the Ohio Clock as he restarts it outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill, Oct. 17, 2013 in Washington. The clock stopped during the 16-day government shutdown because the workers that care for the clock were furloughed.
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Visitors are led on an official tour, which had been suspended during the 16-day government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2013.
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With the Washington Monument in the distance, Park Service police officers stand on duty at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Oct. 17, 2013.
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People form a tour group at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2013.