In 2026, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is celebrating all things American bison. Through a series of ...

More than a decade after the last major exhibit opened at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, a new display focused on the Paleozoic era is coming soon. Some 600 ...

The San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park unveiled its newest exhibition Friday after a $5.1 million renovation. "Amazement in the Basement" gives visitors a backstage glimpse at the ...

Judy Gradwohl speaks about how the San Diego Natural History Museum is bringing people closer to nature in our region. Learn about the museum’s upcoming exhibition, “Amazement in the Basement,” as ...

Patterson said her team plans to use the green- and wood-tone palette throughout the natural history side of the museum. The museum also plans to move its most famous landmark, its red stagecoach, to ...

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...

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