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

History —Established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an ...

Smithsonian museum educators have curated a list of their top picks for summer reading to keep kids engaged and their ...

This fact sheet attempts to dispel the fears and answer some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History by presenting some general facts about the biology and natural ...

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one ...

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

You may know a ton of fun facts about animals, but we bet you haven't heard these jaw-dropping truths Are you up on your fun facts about animals? For every extraordinary creature on the planet, there ...

The speedy, plant-eating creature lived in what is now Colorado roughly 150 million years ago, and its skeleton went on ...

Dippy – a complete cast of a diplodocus skeleton – is Britain’s most famous dinosaur. It has resided at the Natural History Museum in London since 1905 and is now on show in Coventry where it is ...

It is unclear if Sajet, who served as the museum's director for 12 years, made her decision prior to the Board of Regents meeting. The Smithsonian did not respond to a question about that.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — 7News is taking you back to the prehistoric world. A screening for "Walking with Dinosaurs" was held Tuesday night at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

The Smithsonian Latino Center will focus on an “integrated approach” “highlighting the contributions of Hispanics to our shared history, economy, culture, and armed forces, and not on ...