This February at the museum, we're celebrating a new season of the podcast, commemorating Black History Month, and listening to some jazz. Check out the calendar to find out what's going on this month ...

The Smithsonian was one of the first museums ... Special display cases were designed so that the exhibits were all within a child's view. Latin labels, commonly found in all natural history museum ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

Hours of exciting discoveries await at one of the biggest natural history museums on the planet.

Even before it has a home on the Mall, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum is sharing stories of overlooked ...

Kirk Johnson is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History where he oversees ... Koch Hall of Fossils-Deep Time. This exhibition will interpret the history of life on ...

Fish are often known for their beautiful varieties of scales and their elegance in the water as adept swimmers. But what lies beneath the surface of their flashy exteriors is ...

Alaskan artist Ray Troll and Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Kirk Johnson will present ...

Additionally, museumgoers can download the attraction's free mobile app for audio stories about some of the museum's exhibits ... the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History ...

A new, permanent and free exhibition at the Natural History Museum is designed to warn people about their impact on our "broken planet" and help them make changes for the better. Whale earwax and ...

In today’s episode of Matt About Town, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, WTOP’s Matt Kaufax explores what’s being done to preserve that part of D.C.’s history at a new Smithsonian exhibit ...