Laid out like an orchestra in a quiet gallery room, 40 colorful gems have one of the planet’s most distinguished conductors: a red diamond, 2.33 of the rarest carats in the world, shining like a ...

The scarcely visited museum cost a whopping $4 million taxpayer dollars to build in accordance with Smithsonian standards and ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Earth Day is Saturday, April 22! The Smithsonian is hosting a monthlong celebration dedicated to the ...

The president’s order called for curbing the independence of the sprawling network of museums and urging it to promote ...

Diana is what’s known as a “fossil preparator,” working in full view of the public inside the oblong, glass-enclosed FossiLab at D.C.’s Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

Phillip R. Lee, Smithsonian Institution Each year, more than four million people visit the National Museum of Natural History. And the first thing that greets many visitors is the museum’s ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will be shuttering its very own hardly visited museum due to the ...

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to remove what he describes as "corrosive" anti-American ideology from the ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... Trump visited a Smithsonian museum in 2017 (Getty Images) The Smithsonian Institution consists of 21 museums and the National Zoo.

These are just some of the incredible images celebrated by the Natural History Museum in recent years. Every year, thousands of photographers across the globe submit work to the museum showcasing ...