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?
Smithsonian Magazine

This Fall at the National Museum of Natural History: Dinosaurs, Neanderthals and Elmo!

Learn about the history of humans’ taste for tuna, Yellowstone’s iconic bison and much more at the museum this October and November ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What Do You Get a Museum That Has Almost Everything for the Holidays? One of the Most Spectacular Dome-Headed Dinosaur Skulls Ever Unearthed

The National Museum of Natural History’s new Pachycephalosaurus skull sheds light on enigmatic group of dinosaurs and will be on display during the holiday season Jack Tamisiea The museum recently ...
Smithsonian Institution

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 ...