Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...
Museums like the Smithsonian and Natural History Museum are using digital transformation to turn massive legacy collections into accessible, collaborative research tools.
Filled with treasures, the Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. The institution was founded in 1846 with help from the founding donor and the museum’s ...
In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary on the saber-toothed seals Jack Tamisiea As a paleobotanist, Kirk Johnson’s ...
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The National Museum of Natural History commissioned Missouri artist Gary Staab for a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Staab sculpted three bison on a heroic ...
"This is the first of a series of volumes that will be issued to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the California Academy of Sciences, 1853-2003"--T.p. verso. The museum and the academy: geology and ...