Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for ...

Five Facts About the Smithsonian’s Sprawling Whale Collection That Will Blow Your Mind. This World Whale Day, take a look inside of the National Museum of Natural History’s whale bone repository ...

Megan Kalomiris is an intern in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Office of Communications and Public Affairs. She has previously written for the NIH Catalyst and Stanford News ...

Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum* Smithsonian Institution Building ... of which nearly 148 million are scientific specimens at the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian ...

Discover the hidden treasures of the Smithsonian Museum, where experts manage 144 million objects, aiding research on biodiversity, climate change, and more. Ernst doubles down on Medicaid comment ...

Goliath bird-eating tarantula (Photo by: Meghan Murphy, Smithsonian’s National Zoo) 1. ... (Photo by: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Insect Zoo/ Butterfly Pavilion) 2. Spiders can see ...

Then, in 1964, the Smithsonian opened a new franchise — the Museum of History and Technology, which eventually became the National Museum of American History — and welcomed a new leader, S ...

The National Museum of Natural History welcomed visitors again Friday, adding to the list of Smithsonian museums reopening this summer. The hours are a little different at first: Wednesdays ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Culture presents a new exhibition, “Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky,” that focuses on how the night sky’s disappearance is ...

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is ranked #20 out of 41 things to do in Washington, D.C.. See pictures and our review of Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Check out some facts on its history and how the founder eventually became part of the collection. The Smithsonian’s founder never set foot in the U.S. No one was really sure what Smithson intended.

June 9 (UPI) --The Smithsonian Institute announced Wednesday that it will reopen its National Museum of Natural History on June 18 after being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.