WASHINGTON (AP).- Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports. While prehistoric art depic…
WASHINGTON (AP).- Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports. While prehistoric art depic…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- The surprising discovery of a fossil of a sharp-toothed beast that lurked in what is now the western U.S. more than 200 million years ago is filling a gap in dinosaur evolution. The short snout and slanting front teeth of the fi…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- The surprising discovery of a fossil of a sharp-toothed beast that lurked in what is now the western U.S. more than 200 million years ago is filling a gap in dinosaur evolution. The short snout and slanting front teeth of the fi…
WASHINGTON (AP).- Officials say a fire broke out at a building near the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, emitting a plume of black smoke and closing area streets. Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas says a building…
WASHINGTON, DC.- Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S. Botanic Garden will open the 16th annual orchid exhibition, “Orchids: A View from the East,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Saturday, Jan. 29. The exhibition will…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hope Diamond, the world’s most famous diamond, began another chapter in its already illustrious history. For the first time the diamond is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in a setting o…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hope Diamond, the world’s most famous diamond, began another chapter in its already illustrious history. For the first time the diamond is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in a setting o…
NEW YORK, NY.- On Friday, October 15, the The Museum of American Finance will unveil the display of an 18-karat solid gold Monopoly set covered with hundreds of precious gemstones, on loan from the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural His…
NEW YORK, NY.- On Friday, October 15, the The Museum of American Finance will unveil the display of an 18-karat solid gold Monopoly set covered with hundreds of precious gemstones, on loan from the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural His…
