The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission a
View of the main façade from Madison Drive
Ford Model T parked in front of the National Museum in 1926
The museum as seen from the National Mall
Aerial view, 2008
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The Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums, education and research centers, created by the United States federal government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded on August 10,
National Museum of Natural History
…The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. It received 3.3 million visits in…
The Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., also known as "the Castle"
"The Castle" (built 1847) in April 1865.
"The Castle" on the National Mall: the institution's earliest building remains its headquarters.
The Smithsonian Institution area around the National Mall.