Government shutdown closes national parks, monuments, museums

German tourist Franzi Peters shows her frustration as fellow traveler Nils Vogel snaps her photo at the closed entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A tourist takes a picture of Mt. Rushmore from outside the park in Keystone, S.D. Mt. Rushmore and all other national parks were closed after Congress failed to pass a temporary funding bill.   (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

A sign is placed in the ticket office of the World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington announcing that National Park Service facilities were closed.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Barricades are put up and visitors are herded away from the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington after the government shutdown took effect.  (Shawn Thew / EPA)

Rasim Akin Sevimli, a tourist from Turkey, was planning to visit the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Tuesday but the closest he could get was taking a photo from outside.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Fay Wagstaff of El Paso sits on the steps of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, closed Tuesday after Congress failed to agree on a government funding resolution.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Tourists who had hoped to visit the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday were disappointed when they found that the monument was closed.  (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia was closed by the government shutdown, though visitors can still see the Liberty Bell through the window.  (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)

The Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial west of Paris is closed due to the U.S. government shutdown. American troops killed in World War I and World War II are buried at the cemetery.  (Pierre Andrieu / AFP/Getty Images)