Paleobiologists at the Smithsonian study fossil animals, plants, and single-celled organisms to understand the biological and environmental history of Earth. The National Fossil Collection at the ...

Human Origins on the National Mall When the Hall of Human Origins opened on March 17, 2010, it also marked the 100th anniversary of the National Museum of Natural History’s historic building.

A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City and the ...

The American Museum of Natural History in New York will remove all human remains displayed in its exhibits and is preparing a new storage location for its collection of 12,000 remains – which ...