Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for posterity, proposed cuts to the institution give her experiment extra weight.

Underneath the towering 11-tonne African bush elephant immortalised in the rotunda of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, ...

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 ...

With photographs by Smithsonian photographers Kjell Sandved and Chip Clark. Summary A popular volume on the National Museum of Natural History, separated into chapters covering the evolution of the ...

Object Details Subject National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Summary Partially dismantled staircase in 17th century Massachusetts House. Cite as ...

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In 2024, there were 47 "unprovoked" shark bites around the globe, and 28 of those happened in the U.S., according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File (ISAF).

The Trump administration is trying to dilute history by removing the parts he finds offensive. This leads to a far worse ...

From unexplained phenomena to baffling disappearances, follow the clues while discovering our country’s treasured protected ...

A U.S. Army Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter is parked on display on the National Mall across from the Smithsonian Natural History Museum on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Dogs have lived with Indigenous Americans since before they came to the continent together 10,000 years ago. A new analysis ...