Natural History Museum’s ‘Lights Out’ ponders a world without stars Exhibition examines the effects of light pollution, both culturally and scientifically, on the night sky May 2, 2023 More ...

Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one museum we must visit every time we go to DC even though it doesn’t have a ...

UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium and other events at the National Museum of Natural History on February 11 will be postponed, ...

The history of the National Museum of Natural History's collections begins with specimens collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, and transferred to the Smithsonian Institution ...

The National Museum of Natural History is the latest Smithsonian museum to reopen since closing at the beginning of the pandemic. To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.

The National Museum of Natural History said that you’ll need free timed-entry passes to get in, and you can get them by calling 800-514-3849, ext. 1, or going online.

Some new bling is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, in D.C., as the museum unveiled an exhibit called Great American Diamonds on Friday.

A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park: North America’s oldest known pterosaur. The newly identified species — a flying ...

To compensate for the museum's ever expanding collection, two new wings were added in the early 1960s bringing the total square footage of the building to just under two million. In 1950, the name of ...

Near the center of the National Museum of Natural History exhibition “Cellphone: Unseen Connections” is a case containing mineral samples that represent most of the 65 elements used in a ...

New York's American Museum of Natural History holds the remains of some 12,000 people. The museum is removing human remains from public display and reviewing its repatriation procedures.