The Smithsonian is in need of at least two sites for planned museums: the National Museum of the American Latino and the ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History safeguards 148 million objects, yet 99% of them remain hidden from public view in secure areas known as collections. Behind the scenes, these ...

Unschooled in Hindu art, I didn’t know that I was contemplating a pichwai (from the Sanskrit for “back” and “hanging”), a ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

and the Natural World,” the curators at the National Gallery of Art team up with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to create a dazzling exhibition of 16th and 17th century prints, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the hidden treasures of the Smithsonian Museum, where experts manage 144 million objects, aiding research on biodiversity, climate change, and more. 'Blue Bloods' star Donnie Wahlberg ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A new exhibit is opening at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History this month! The 2,000 square-foot exhibition called ‘NASA’s Earth Information Center at ...

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 ...

A large Hyperwall—a giant video screen used to display NASA’s Earth Information Center data—will be the centerpiece of “NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History.” ...

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.