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American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History Review
The largest natural history museum in the world is also one of the most impressive sights in New York. Four city blocks make up its 45 exhibition halls, which hold more than 32 million artifacts and wonders from the land, the sea, and outer space. With all those wonders, you won't be able to see everything on a single visit, but you can easily hit the highlights in half a day. The Rose Center for Earth and Space should not be missed.
- Address: Central Park W. at W. 79 St., Upper West Side, New York, NY, 10024 | Map It
- Phone: 212/769-5200
- Cost: $19, includes admission to Rose Center for Earth and Space
- Hours: Daily 10-5:45, Rose Center until 8:45 on Fri.
- Website: www.amnh.org
- Subway: B, C to 81st St./Museum of Natural History.
- Location: Upper West Side
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Member Reviews
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bachslunch, from US
If this is not the best natural history museum in the world (The Smithsonian is excellent as well), it's surely one of the best. Huge place with a staggering amount of fossils (dinosaurs and otherwise), stuffed animals in habitat exhibits, minerals and meteorites, and dioramas of Native American and foreign societies. Expensive, but luckily the $20.00 asking price is a suggested donation, not a mandatory admission fee. An absolute must.
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spaniard, from Virginia
I was very excited to come here and finally see this... but, there's a lot of stuff that they could do away with. The highlights are the dinosaour bones. The stuffed animals are pointless... the "suggested" price makes it a good value, but don't spend too much in there... All in all, not what i expected.
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