This fact sheet attempts to dispel the fears and answer some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History by presenting some general facts about the biology and natural ...

The witch mold was manufactured by Eppelsheimer & Co. of New York, one of the three largest American ice cream mold manufacturers at the time. These hinged molds, dating from the 1920s and 30s, while ...

Chase F. Robinson has been director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art since December 2018. During his tenure, the museum has launched initiatives that have increased the number of ...

When an animal becomes endangered, it is usually a bad thing, but not for the scimitar-horned oryx. Before the end of 2023, scimitar-horned oryxes were classified as “extinct in the wild,” teetering ...