Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...

From providing forensic wooden “fingerprints” to insights on structural engineering, the museum’s collection of rare and wonderful lumber is a prized scientific resource Erin Wunderlich At the ...

The Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center announced the launch of a three-year study on the collection practices of museums across the United States. The Museums: Missions and Acquisitions ...

Researchers say the fossil found in Aberdeenshire is neither plant nor fungus as previously thought.

The Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama has a collection of American art, but much of it had been tucked out of sight from the public, in storage. That changed in April, when museums partnering with ...

In a collection of more than 500,000 items, these are the weirdest, the wildest, the most significant the Indiana State Museum has to offer. And in the museum’s newest exhibition, visitors have the ...

Miniature Japanese sculptures, called netsuke, from the museum’s anthropology archives available for the public to see at the new exhibit. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History opened an exhibit Nov.

The Vontz family Education, Research and Collections Center will house millions of artifacts of the region's past. The Vontz family Education, Research and Collections Center will house millions of ...