The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world. Tucked into its 1.6 million square feet of space are several secrets. Some you can see, some you cannot.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's exhibits and facilities (including restrooms, several gift shops and two cafes) are free to visit, but fees do apply for the Butterfly Pavilion ...

The fossil on the left shows signs of margin feeding while the specimen on the right reveals signs of mining, where insects burrow inside the leaf. National Museum of Natural History The key to ...

Aiding researchers across the globe, the National Museum of Natural History maintains and preserves the world’s most extensive collection of natural history specimens. Geologists and other scientists ...

For Scott Lakeram, a paleobiology fellow at the National Museum of Natural History, coal balls are time ... capturing tiny insects and plant life inside. Over time, as the peat was compressed ...

Images documenting the construction of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. In 1903 Congress authorized the Board of Regents to begin a new museum building, ...