From the legendary Hope Diamond to a rainbow of colorful gemstones, a multigenerational bond between the Winston family and the Smithsonian transformed the museum’s world-renowned gem collection ...

Scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow ...

Scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow the spread of stony coral ...

Aiding researchers across the globe, the National Museum of Natural History maintains and preserves the world’s most extensive collection of natural history specimens. Geologists and other scientists ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

A screening for "Walking with Dinosaurs" was held Tuesday night at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. A screening for "Walking with Dinosaurs" was held on June 3, 2025, at the Smithsonian Natural ...

Nearly a century after becoming the first U.S. museum dedicated to Asian art, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art ...

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.

A Native American family visiting the Smithsonian Institution in the ... told alongside rocks and fossils at the National Museum of Natural History, where the original Americans were an object ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History acquired one of the world's rarest gemstones.Natural red diamonds are some of the rarest gems on Earth, and the Winston Red Diamond is ...

They are part of a collection of at least 30,700 human bones and other body parts still held by the Natural History Museum, the most-visited museum within the Smithsonian. The collection ...

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.