Navigating your natural history museum Whether you follow the route laid out above or decide to chart your own path around the museum’s open exhibits, there are plenty of objects to discover.

Covid-related staffing shortages have pushed the Smithsonian to close the National Museum of Natural History through Jan. 5, bringing the number of museums shuttered this week to five. On Tuesday ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Culture presents a new exhibition, “Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky,” that focuses on how the night sky’s disappearance is ...

The Natural History Museum is one of the largest of the Smithsonian sites, a fact that has kept it closed when other popular Smithsonian museums reopened last year, Johnson said.

The National Museum of Natural History welcomed visitors again Friday, adding to the list of Smithsonian museums reopening this summer. The hours are a little different at first: Wednesdays ...

The Natural History’s famed dinosaur hall reopened in 2019 after the most extensive renovation in the museum’s history. Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and The Museum of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will put the “Lion of Merelani,” which is one of the most finely detailed colored gemstones in the world, on public view starting Thursday.

The National Museum of Natural History is the latest Smithsonian museum to reopen since closing at the beginning of the pandemic. To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.