The chances are extremely small to none that she will be pulled aside.
The security screening in the larger museums uses a combination of magnetometers, cameras and machine learning to allow most people without bags or laptops to just walk right on through without stopping. Anyone with a bag, suitcase, stroller or similar may be asked to open their bag.
I don't know when I last saw a wand, but I can say that TSA security is way higher, because airplanes.
Source: I go to the museums on a very regular basis.
The Smithsonian guards are really kind - I went to college and grad school in the metro area and used to take study breaks and days off in the museums all the time (because free and interesting!) - I've passed out on the food court at Air and Space, I've used American History on school trip days to acclimate service dogs in training to utter chaos and screaming kids - I'm used to being made the center of a scene about medical crap that shouldn't be a problem but the Smithsonian only ever made it a problem once and all they did was talk to us quietly and call a supervisor to make a call and he was very knowledgeable and nice about it. There are plenty of people drunk on power in DC but the Smithsonian museums have always been pleasant.
The chances are extremely small to none that she will be pulled aside. The security screening in the larger museums uses a combination of magnetometers, cameras and machine learning to allow most people without bags or laptops to just walk right on through without stopping. Anyone with a bag, suitcase, stroller or similar may be asked to open their bag. I don't know when I last saw a wand, but I can say that TSA security is way higher, because airplanes. Source: I go to the museums on a very regular basis.
I went to several of the museums when I had an implanted heart monitor, never once had an issue!
The Smithsonian guards are really kind - I went to college and grad school in the metro area and used to take study breaks and days off in the museums all the time (because free and interesting!) - I've passed out on the food court at Air and Space, I've used American History on school trip days to acclimate service dogs in training to utter chaos and screaming kids - I'm used to being made the center of a scene about medical crap that shouldn't be a problem but the Smithsonian only ever made it a problem once and all they did was talk to us quietly and call a supervisor to make a call and he was very knowledgeable and nice about it. There are plenty of people drunk on power in DC but the Smithsonian museums have always been pleasant.