American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 34 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data.
One of the top dinosaur museums in the world, the American Museum of Natural History is renowned for being much more than that. The museum also has a butterfly house, the biggest meteorite ever discovered in the country, an exhibit on Alaskan brown bears, and much more. The museum also has a planetarium and a huge screen for movies. Rotating displays have already celebrated everyone from Einstein to mummies. While general admission is $23 for adults, it is $13 for kids, $18 for seniors, and $23 for children. Don't worry if that seems too high. The option of paying what you can for entrance at the ticket booths is also available. If you’ve got the time, after your trip to the museum, check out these free things to do in New York City.
Location: Central Park West, New York, US
Time open: 10 am–5:30 pm
