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

Aiding researchers across the globe, the National Museum of Natural History maintains and preserves the world’s most extensive collection of natural history specimens. Geologists and other scientists ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will put the “Lion of Merelani,” which is one of the most finely detailed colored gemstones in the world, on public view starting Thursday.

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 ...

A Native American family visiting the Smithsonian Institution in the ... told alongside rocks and fossils at the National Museum of Natural History, where the original Americans were an object ...

They are part of a collection of at least 30,700 human bones and other body parts still held by the Natural History Museum, the most-visited museum within the Smithsonian. The collection ...

Elsewhere, longtime Smithsonian board member and gem enthusiast Coralyn W. Whitney has endowed a chief scientist position at the National Museum of Natural History, and Bank of America has pitch ...

Established by Congress in 1846 and based in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian is a consortium of 21 museums, including the popular National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space ...

A rare Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, to be a centerpiece of a future exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, will have to remain hidden a little longer. An exhibition ...