At the Smithsonian | May 26, 2021. Ten More Smithsonian Museums Will Be Opening This Summer. The Director of the Natural History Museum Kirk Johnson reflects on Covid closures; learn tips for ...

Hirshhorn Museum — Aug. 20; National Postal Museum — Aug. 27; The National Museum of Natural History said that you’ll need free timed-entry passes to get in, and you can get them by calling ...

When it was completed in 1855, the Smithsonian Institution’s Castle represented the grand ambitions of a revolutionary education organization. With its library, lecture halls, laboratories and ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Culture presents a new exhibition, ... The Smithsonian Castle Will Close on February 1 for a 5-Year Renovation ...

After reopening seven museums and the National Zoo earlier this month, the Smithsonian will welcome visitors to the popular National Museum of Natural History and nine other sites over a span of ...

A page from the Brief Guide to the Smithsonian Institution shows the first floor plan of the Smithsonian Building ("the Castle") with the location of various exhibits and the basement, first floor, ...

The Castle, of course, has evolved in its purpose, and the Smithsonian has grown enormously over the past 150 years since that fire (21 museums and galleries, nine research facilities and a Zoo).

Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for ...

A rare Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, to be a centerpiece of a future exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, will have to remain hidden a little longer. By Jeremy W. Peters ...

The National Museum of Natural History announced today that it has reached a 50-year loan agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to transfer a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton to the Smithsonian ...

New York's American Museum of Natural History plans to improve its stewardship of thousands of human remains in its collection, which includes the bones of Native Americans and enslaved Black people.

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reopens to the public on Friday, June 18. Like the other Smithsonian institutions, the Natural History Museum will have health ...