WTOP gets a look at how a “fossil preparator” uncovers the past at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C.

When it first opened in 1910, the Dinosaur Hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History was called “The Museum of Extinct Monsters.” But it’s a forgivable designation ...

Matthew Carrano is Curator of Dinosauria at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. His research examines the evolutionary relationship of predatory dinosaurs, the paleoecology of ...

Before his arrival at the Smithsonian in 2012, Johnson was a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science who led expeditions in 18 states and 11 countries. His research focuses on fossil ...

With a collection of more than 147 million items, this robust Smithsonian museum on the National Mall ... including Tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops dinosaurs. Other permanent exhibits explore ...

As dinosaur researcher Dr. Susie Maidment tells the London-based Natural History Museum, while dinosaur DNA that may be ...

A night at the museum with the Smithsonian's "Laser Cowboys" http ... Vince Rossi and Adam Metallo are recreating a digital Dinosaur Hall before it's dismantled Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

These dinosaur models ... which has a veranda that overlooks the quarry. Among Smithsonian Magazine's Most Anticipated Museums, the Edelman Fossil Park and Museum has another feature that makes ...

On Thursday, March 20, Rowan held a ribbon cutting for the museum named by Smithsonian Magazine one of its top 10 most ...

That resident was, of course, the fossil skull of a Triceratops dinosaur that had sat on display at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History for decades. In May, a team from the ...

The center is part of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Visitors can sit inside a full-sized Comanche tepee or learn how to build an igloo. They can also explore methods of ...