Museum collections have underpinned scientific research for centuries. But physical specimens in boxes and drawers don’t easily lend themselves to the research techniques of the new millennium. “How ...

The AHC's Military History collections document the service of Wyomingites in the military, the service of soldiers in Wyoming, and the American military on the Western frontier. The AHC also has some ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has a long-standing tradition of collecting objects that capture and document the broad history of American democracy and politics. The Political ...

This year, NMNH director Kirk Johnson helped spearhead an effort to add up the collections of the world’s largest museums Jack Tamisiea A small fraction of the more than 50 million specimens housed in ...

Natural history collections housed in museums and herbaria are generally not on display to the public – what visitors see represents only a tiny section of the wealth held behind locked doors. What ...

Researchers have found an unlikely but compelling example of sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world. The fact is that visitors are more likely to find male than female ...

Some of the world’s most popular museums are natural history collections: Think of dinosaur fossils, gemstones and preserved animals. Herbaria – collections of pressed, dried plant specimens – are a ...

Specimens like these at Dublin’s Natural History Museum contain valuable information about the evolution of pathogens and host organisms. Kieran Guckian via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 In less than 20 ...

Natural history museums contain an astonishing snapshot of the planet's biodiversity. Using this information to better research and inform conservation projects could help lead the way in nature ...

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The Photographic History Collection (PHC) is part of the Division of Information Technology & Communication. There are approximately 200,000 photographs in various formats representing the work of ...