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Spend Solstice Saturday in DC with the Smithsonian
WDVM via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — June 22 is the first Saturday of the summer — also known as Solstice Saturday — and the Smithsonian is celebrating by staying...
Estimated 11,000-pound, largest horned dinosaur fossil found in US
Interesting Engineering· 4 days agoJoseph Sertich, a paleontologist with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and co-lead author...
National Museum of Natural History Blog
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoThe Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has hundreds of scientists, researchers, curators and collection managers who connect people everywhere ...
The ‘Ultimate Honor’: Why a Colorful Mineral Honors the Smithsonian‘s Namesake
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoWith more than 148 million specimens and objects, the vast majority of the National Museum of...
Newly discovered dinosaur’s horns look ‘like something a heavy metal rocker would wear’ | CNN
CNN.com· 3 days agoFor more than a year, visitors at the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark, have been in for a...
Summer at the Smithsonian: Educational fun at the Museum of Natural History
WDVM via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Summer is officially here and parents may be looking for fun educational...
The Hope Diamond: The 'cursed' blue gemstone coveted by royalty
LiveScience· 2 days agoWhere it was found: It was long believed that the diamond was extracted from the Kollur Mine in...
NYC's Museum Mile Festival draws crowds for annual cultural showcase
FOX 5 New York· 5 days agoLines were wrapped around the block along several of New York City’s Iconic museums on 5th Avenue as...
At 91, a Nigerian artist who reimagined the crucifixion gets a Smithsonian show
MPR News· 2 days agoBruce Onobrakpeya’s home and studio, partly shielded by trees, sits discreetly along a frenetic side street in Mushin — a working class neighborhood of Lagos, dense with small manufacturing ...
Meet the mover and shaker ensuring 'Hair' takes 'its rightful place' at Smithsonian
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoOn Thursday, June 20, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in collaboration with ...