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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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There are many ways you can bring the National Museum of Natural History to your home or classroom. Our digital offerings range from virtual tours of exhibits to distance learning webinars and activities for all ages. 

Online Exhibits

A Tyrannosaurus rex ripping the head off of a Triceratops
Museum Virtual Tour
images of diseases on top of vector circles
Outbreak Digital Exhibit

Voices of the Museum

A man sits in a green chair and holds a book of botanical specimens.
Museum Blog
Dr. Hans Sues in front of a blue screen next to a dinosaur.
The Dr. Is In video series

Distance Learning

Maggy Benson and Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer are seated at a table with several large bones and various rocks on the table and in a display case behind them.
Upcoming Live Video Schedule
Paleobiologist Advait Jukar touches a fossil elephant skull that is on a table next to other fossils.
Video Webinar Archives
A museum educator holds up two models of human skulls during a school program in Q?rius.
School Programs (coming this fall)

Teaching Resources

a wave logo
Ocean Portal Website
a face of a human ancestor
Human Origins Website
Plastic cast of a male modern human right femur. The cast displays the pathology of an unset healed fracture. Catalog number EO401737.
Written In Bone
A selection of specimens from the collections from the National Museum of Natural History
Featured Collections
A red grooved coral on a reef.
Smithsonian Marine Station Resources
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Activities

A striped fish swims in front of a coral reef with a biocube on it – a one-cubic-foot frame made of bright green tubing.
Biocube at Home
Two fan-shaped ginkgo leaves resting on a fossilized ginkgo leaf.
Fossil Atmospheres
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Around the Smithsonian

A black and white illustration of a person sitting at a desk with a computer and lamp.
Smithsonian Distance Learning Resources
A photograph of a fossil with a black background.
Open Access
Image of a pressed plant with a white background.
Digital Volunteering: Transcription Center
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