American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
(between 77th and 81st Streets)
New York, NY 10024
(212) 769-5200
Directions
Subway: B, C to 81st Street - Museum of Natural History
About this organization
American Museum of Natural History
The largest natural history museum in the world has a mission commensurately monumental in scope. Permanent hall exhibitions focus on dinosaurs, mammals, ocean life, geology and more. The Rose Center for Earth and Space explores the entire universe.
Hours
| Mon | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Tue | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Wed | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Thu | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Fri | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Sat | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Sun | 10:00 am - 5:45 pm |
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 - Sun, Aug 11, 2013
Celebrate cultures and cooking, historic meals and markets, and moments in our lives that we mark with food—as well as the ingredients that we have discovered and shaped over the course of thousands of years. As this exhibition takes visitors on a journey of growing, transporting, cooking, eating, and celebrating food, it also examines contemporary issues of environmental and human health, food security, and feeding the world’s growing population today and tomorrow.
SciCafe
Ongoing
The first Wednesday of the month, enjoy the museum after hours with music, drinks and thought-provoking conversation at ...Hayden Planetarium
Ongoing
Dominating the Rose Center is the Hayden Sphere, which features the world's largest virtual reality simulator. Weighing four ...Highway of an Empire: The Great Inca Road
Ongoing
This exhibition of over 35 photographs features the 25,000 miles of roads and trails that the Incas built ...The Butterfly Conservatory
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 - Fri, May 31, 2013
The Butterfly Conservatory is a re-creation of a tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies.Stroll along ...Flight of the Butterflies in 3D
Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - Sun, Jul 07, 2013
"Flight of the Butterflies in 3D" is an interconnected scientific adventure story that spans not only thousands of miles, ...Always on View at the American Museum of Natural History
Ongoing
AMNH has special exhibits but many people come over and over again just to work their way through ...Winged Tapestries: Moths At Large
Sat, Sep 29, 2012 - Sun, Sep 29, 2013
Witness the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths in a presentation of more than 30 large-format prints by ...Whales: Giants of the Deep
Sat, Mar 23, 2013 - Sun, Jan 05, 2014
"Whales: Giants of the Deep" brings visitors closer than ever to some of the mightiest, most massive, and ...Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
Ongoing
The ocean is vast, covering more than two-thirds of the planet. Beneath its waves lie many different habitats, ...