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Always on View at the American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
(between 77th and 81st Streets)
New York, NY  10024
Tel: (212) 769-5200
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$9.00 children, $12.00 seniors, students, $16.00 adults.
Suggestion admission prices above do not include special exhibits or screenings.

Dates

Ongoing

Hours

Mon – Sun: 10 am – 5:45 pm

Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
AMNH has special exhibits but many people come over and over again just to work their way through the permanent ones. Dinosaurs, meteorites and gems, mammals preserved in realistic dioramas, ocean life and exhibition halls that explore the world’s  traditional cultures are just some of the scores of subjects on view 363 days a year. The Rose Center for Earth And Space has its own halls, an IMAX theater and a planetarium.
  • Directions: Subway: B, C to 81st Street - Museum of Natural History

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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.
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American Museum of Natural History Listings

  • Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies

    Sat, June 25, 2011 – Sun, June 24, 2012 Whether scientists are studying parasites, people or planets in other solar systems, cutting-edge imaging technologies now make it possible to examine details that were previously unobservable. This exhibition features over 20 sets of large-format images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies.

  • Journey to the Stars

    Ongoing This space show in the Hayden Planetarium is narrated by actress Whoopi Goldberg and lets visitors experience the life and death of the stars in the night sky.

  • Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence

    Sat, March 31, 2012 – Sun, Jan 6, 2013 This exhibition is all about extraordinary organisms that produce light—from the flickering fireflies found in backyards across the Northeast to the deep-sea fishes that illuminate the perpetually dark depths of the oceans. Learn all there is to know about bioluminescence.

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