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Discover the wonders of nature at the American Museum of Natural History, an iconic New York landmark established in 1869. With 34 million objects, specimens, and artifacts on display, the museum boasts awe-inspiring collections of dinosaur skeletons, stuffed wildlife, gems, minerals, and much more. The museum is also home to the Rose Center for Earth & Space, with its state-of-the-art planetarium, and the Butterfly Conservatory, which offers the chance to marvel at hundreds of live butterflies from October to May.
Little ones can get familiar with the museum beforehand by watching the Night at the Museum movies, many of which were partially filmed at the museum. Visitors can explore the Fossil Halls, which contain more than 600 specimens, from Apatosaurus and Titanosaurus to Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and a full mammoth skeleton. In the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, visitors will find dioramas dedicated to marine ecologies, weather, and conservation, as well as a 94-foot replica of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling. There are also plenty of displays of American and world wildlife species, like stuffed Alaskan brown bears and giant moose.
The Mignone Halls feature an impressive set of geodes, gemstones, crystals, and raw metals, while the 77th St Grand Gallery contains a 63-foot canoe with designs from different Native American peoples of the Northwest Coast, as well as anthropological displays from around the world. Finally, the Rose Center gives visitors the chance to view stellar displays on the history and mysteries of the universe at the planetarium and to marvel at the Willamette Meteor, a 15.5-ton hunk of metallic iron that fell to earth in present-day Oregon some 30,000 to 40,000 years ago.
Little ones can get familiar with the museum beforehand by watching the Night at the Museum movies, many of which were partially filmed at the museum. Visitors can explore the Fossil Halls, which contain more than 600 specimens, from Apatosaurus and Titanosaurus to Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and a full mammoth skeleton. In the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, visitors will find dioramas dedicated to marine ecologies, weather, and conservation, as well as a 94-foot replica of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling. There are also plenty of displays of American and world wildlife species, like stuffed Alaskan brown bears and giant moose.
The Mignone Halls feature an impressive set of geodes, gemstones, crystals, and raw metals, while the 77th St Grand Gallery contains a 63-foot canoe with designs from different Native American peoples of the Northwest Coast, as well as anthropological displays from around the world. Finally, the Rose Center gives visitors the chance to view stellar displays on the history and mysteries of the universe at the planetarium and to marvel at the Willamette Meteor, a 15.5-ton hunk of metallic iron that fell to earth in present-day Oregon some 30,000 to 40,000 years ago.