Smithsonian Magazine

What Natural History Objects Represent Your State? You Can Find Out in This New Exhibition of More Than 600 Specimens and Artifacts

Inside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is a room that brings together objects from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and five territories. In the stunning collection are a Menominee ...
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National Museum of Natural History’s Sant Director Kirk Johnson To Depart for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Kirk Johnson announced today that he will step down as the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural ...

Fashion & feather fashion show takes flight at Cleveland Museum of Natural History

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bird feathers are the inspiration for a fashion show coming to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Friday, Oct. 2. The museum and Kent State University’s School of Fashion are ...
Science Friday

Are natural history museums going extinct?

The country’s oldest natural history museum, in Philadelphia, has closed its doors to visitors. Will other museums follow?
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See Inside the American Museum of Natural History’s Cavernous New Expansion, Complete With an Insect City and a Butterfly Wonderland

Since 1874, the American Museum of Natural History has been slowly growing its footprint in Theodore Roosevelt Park on New York’s Upper West Side. This week, the beloved institution opens its latest ...