As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As ...

The Smithsonian pollen collection housed at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Smithsonian’s National ...

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is in Chantilly, Virginia, near Washington Dulles ...

Of the 26 scat samples that yielded DNA, the method was able to correctly identify individual foxes with an accuracy of ...

In popular culture, the Sopwith Camel was Snoopy’s plane of choice. The anthropomorphic dog in the “Peanuts” comic strip, one ...

Smithsonian Associates has produced educational and entertaining learning experiences since September 1965, when ...

“An exciting implication of our study is that seismic shaking, caused by moonquakes generated by movement on young faults ...

The Airbus IMAX® Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center features the largest IMAX screen in Northern Virginia, towering six stories high. Getting Here FAQ Group Sales Showtimes are published on ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

These Open Access images from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are available to download and use as you wish — without asking!

This introductory text is pulled from the 1957 Smithsonian Publication "Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum" written by curator Smith Hempstone Oliver. At present a large number of ...