This out-of-the-way Smithsonian campus houses more than 150 million museum specimens

More than 150 million specimens that belong to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History are housed at a support ...
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Museum Happenings in February 2026 at the National Museum of American History

MALL ENTRANCE CLOSURE: Note: The museum’s Mall Entrance at Madison Drive, between 12th and 14th Streets, will be closed due ...

Meet the Smithsonian’s unlikely skeleton preparation assistants

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re going behind the scenes at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Osteology Prep Lab in Suitland, Maryland.
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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 ...

The Real Fight for the Smithsonian

Its museums, more than any others, shape the nation’s narrative. No wonder the country argues about it.