The Museum’s gardens were originally set aside for future expansion of the building, but when money ran out they became an outside space for the public. They haven't just been for show - over the years they've been a burial ground for...

What drew Gus Casely-Hayford to researching African history? What aspects of African history and culture are commonly overlooked?<br/>
Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind, Part 1

How is African heritage handled today in terms of preservation? How are communities in Africa preserving their history?<br/>
Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind, Part 4

How has African art influenced some of our great artists? What has been the biggest challenge but biggest highlight in Gus Casely-Hayfords career?<br/>
Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind, Part 6

When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancient lifeless things, like dinosaurs or meteorites. But behind that educational exterior, there are hidden laboratories where scientific breakthroughs...

2015 Public Service Award winners extend their reach beyond those iconic buildings, into classrooms, curriculum and the lives of students.



Winners of the Public Service Award, The Museum of Science in Boston and New York...

Aleš Hrdlička is known as the founder of forensic anthropology, and remains a huge part of the story of the history of anthropology as a science. But his legacy of racism and just bad science is one that this field has been reckoning...

Subscribe to The Guardian'http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Guardian Stephen Hawking speaks live at The Science Museum in London. In 2013, Professor Stephen Hawking was awarded the prestigious Fundamental...

Subscribe to The Guardian'http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Guardian Stephen Hawking speaks live at The Science Museum in London. In 2013, Professor Stephen Hawking was awarded the prestigious Fundamental...

Hank comes to you from his inner sanctum of science news to bring you a couple of things you never knew about human origins, the latest from his best friend on Mars, and what you can do to help one of the craziest, greatest people in the...

The Natural History Museum's Chris Stringer on recent discoveries that are challenging the way we think about our ancestors.

Archaeologist and curator Chip Colwell collects artifacts for his museum, but he also returns them to where they came from. In a thought-provoking talk, he shares how some museums are confronting their legacies of stealing spiritual...

The Natural History Museum in London has opened its doors to the public, giving them a unique opportunity to view previously unseen specimens. The museum's new initiative allows visitors to explore the valuable behind-the-scenes...

Leslie T. Fenwick, PhD, is a nationally-known education policy and leadership studies scholar who served as Dean of the Howard University School of Education for nearly a decade. A former Visiting Scholar and Visiting Fellow at Harvard...

Timothy Snyder is one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals, and enjoys perhaps greater prominence in Europe, the subject of most of his work. He is the Richard Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a...

Explore the hidden world of the museum's extensive collections and the fascinating stories they tell.

Salvador Dali is born in Figueres, Spain, where his first public art show opens at the Municipal Theatre. Salvador is expelled from art school for declaring his examiners too incompetent to judge him. He spends time with Picasso and...

Discover Chicago, known as the Windy City! It offers a vibrant arts scene, stunning architecture, and world-class museums. From the iconic Art Institute of Chicago, showcasing thousands of art masterpieces, to the thrilling sports...

Inigo Gilmore visits the local museum, where the relics are locked away, and learns the items are likely from the Middle East, possibly from ISIS held territory. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.lExplorerSubscribe' target='_blank'...

Inigo Gilmore visits the local museum, where the relics are locked away, and learns the items are likely from the Middle East, possibly from ISIS held territory. ➡ Subscribehttp://bit.lExplorerSubscribe' target='_blank'...

Historians, archaeologists, archivists and cartographers use primary sources, like diaries, tools, and maps, to unlock the secrets of the past and sort the fact from fiction.

Luzia, the oldest human fossil in the Western hemisphere, was lost to the Brazil National Museum fire, but around same time, three new species of ancient primates were discovered in San Diego Natural History Museum.

Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. Peter...

Why do we see rainbows in soap bubbles? What makes an oil slick so oddly beautiful? Iridescent colors, which transform depending on the angle you look at them, are all over nature. How does physics make these shifting rainbows? We’re...