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

Step into the world of prehistoric giants with a 4K walking tour through the Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. Known ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...

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 ...

Today, the first 16 stops of the interactive “51 Steps to Freedom Trail” went public in DC. The founders say they plan to have all 51 sites of the augmented-reality experience available by July 4, ...

While it may look like a blazing red ruby, the 2.33-carat Winston Red Diamond is just that—a diamond. One of the rarest diamonds in the world, the Winston Red Diamond is on display at the Smithsonian ...

I mean, I'm a museum lover, but New York museums… When I was a teenager, the two places that I would go to find peace were the whale room at the Museum of Natural History, that sense of feeling like I ...

I've lived in several cities throughout my 31 years, including Atlanta for college and New York for adulthood, but my favorite place has always been my hometown of Washington ... National Museum of ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Analysis - South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school ...

While big military parades in Washington, D.C., other than immediately following ... such as watching the balloons being inflated behind the American Museum of Natural History on the evening before ...

Doubleday Field and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum may be the stars of Cooperstown's lineup, but the ...