Metadata is a vital tool for discovering and preserving history. Learn about efforts across the Smithsonian to highlight ...

The Natural History Museum Ice Rink has now closed. After an incredible 16 years of ice skating at the Museum, the five-acre gardens on which the rink used to sit have now been transformed into a hub ...

For Scott Lakeram, a paleobiology fellow at the National Museum of Natural History, coal balls are time capsules ripe with insights about the evolution of ancient plants and insects.

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It grew from a small library to a massive and wide-ranging educational institution before focusing on art.

A video shared in a Feb. 21, 2025, X post claimed to show a "mesmerizing yet eerie" jellyfish moving across the seafloor. The ...

The National ... makes the museum worth a visit, travelers were also impressed by the size of the museum and the breadth of the exhibitions on offer from medieval history to natural history.

Visitors to the National ... awkward mixture of natural and artificial light. Its basement storage area has a history of flooding. But exactly what a new version of the museum should look like ...

Dazzle of Darkness,” 31 artists illuminate darkness through diverse media, ranging from storytelling to scientific ...

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Sherwood has resigned his post as director of the American Museum of Natural History to give his entire ... He has been given the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society in recognition ...