SATIFY YOUR CURIOSITY AT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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Christian Stan, at 4 Jun. 23, in News

One of New York City’s top tourist attractions, the American Museum of Natural History welcomes millions of visitors from around the world each year.

Opened May 4, 2023 and designed by Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation project adds exhibition galleries, state-of-the-art classrooms, an immersive digital theater, and a redesigned. 
Opened May 4, 2023 and designed by Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation project adds exhibition galleries, state-of-the-art classrooms, an immersive digital theater, and a redesigned. 

The Museum is home to the Richard Gilder Center for Science Education, and Innovation, a spectacular  addition hailed as “New York City’s most exciting new building.” Recently opened to the public, the Gilder Center features a year-round butterfly vivarium, an insectarium, an immersive experience showing how all life on Earth is connected, galleries featuring scientific collections on three levels, and a new library.

The entrance to the all-new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History is a sparkling showcase for the Museum’s world-renowned collection and an engaging guide to current scientific knowledge about our dynamic planet. The redesigned Halls feature more than 5,000 specimens sourced from 98 countries. 
The entrance to the all-new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History is a sparkling showcase for the Museum’s world-renowned collection and an engaging guide to current scientific knowledge about our dynamic planet. The redesigned Halls feature more than 5,000 specimens sourced from 98 countries. 

Located next to Central Park West in Manhattan, this storied museum includes more than 40 exhibition galleries that feature such iconic exhibits as a life-size blue whale model; Tyrannosaurus rex and other fossils from the world’s largest dinosaur fossil collection; and renowned habitat dioramas as well as cutting-edge experiences in its Hayden Planetarium and Gilder Center that visualize the latest knowledge about our universe and about natural phenomena that are too small, too slow, or too fast to be observed by the human eye. Special exhibitions complement the Museum’s permanent galleries with engaging explorations of a wide range of scientific topics for visitors of all ages, from prehistoric sharks to precious green gemstones.

The revitalized Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History features new exhibits developed with Indigenous communities from the Pacific Northwest Coast. The gallery presents the vitality and persistence of Native Nations and Pacific Northwest Coast cultural treasures—including the Great Canoe, towering monumental poles, and contemporary Northwest Coast art—enriched with interpretation, storytelling, and dynamic media developed with Native scholars, artists, historians, filmmakers, and language experts.
The revitalized Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History features new exhibits developed with Indigenous communities from the Pacific Northwest Coast. The gallery presents the vitality and persistence of Native Nations and Pacific Northwest Coast cultural treasures—including the Great Canoe, towering monumental poles, and contemporary Northwest Coast art—enriched with interpretation, storytelling, and dynamic media developed with Native scholars, artists, historians, filmmakers, and language experts.

Notable projects, new exhibitions, and experiences at the Museum include: 

  • Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation (now open): With soaring architecture inspired by natural Earth processes, this amazing new building on the Museum’s campus invites visitors to share in the excitement of discovery. New exhibition galleries in this must-see expansion include the Susan and Peter J. Solomon Family Insectarium, featuring the largest display of leafcutter ants in the U.S. and 17 other species of live insects; the Davis Family Butterfly Vivarium, where visitors are surrounded by over one thousand free-flying butterflies; and the Invisible Worlds immersive science-and-art experience.
  • Dinosaur Fossil Halls (permanent exhibition galleries): One of the premier attractions in New York City, the Museum’s fossil halls feature the world-famous Tyrannosaurus rex and other spectacular dinosaur fossils as well as a cast of the recently discovered 122-foot-long Titanosaur.
  • Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals (permanent exhibition): Thoroughly redesigned and reopened in 2021, the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals feature more than 5,000 specimens from 98 countries, including two giant amethyst geodes. A new exhibition in the temporary gallery, Garden of Green: Exquisite Jewelry from the Collection of Van Cleef, opens this June featuring jewelry that showcases green gems like emeralds, jade, peridot, and more.
  • Worlds Beyond Earth (ongoing): Visitors can enjoy an exhilarating cosmic journey in this Hayden Planetarium Space Show, which reveals the dynamic nature of the worlds that orbit our Sun and features immersive visualizations of space missions and breathtaking scenes depicting the evolution of our solar system.
  • Sharks (now through September 2023): Guests can discover the incredible diversity of this ancient group of fishes in a special exhibition featuring dozens of life-size models of sharks ranging from the 33-foot megalodon to the 5.5-inch-long pocket shark, fossils from the Museum’s collections, and more. 
  • Northwest Coast Hall (permanent exhibition): Reopened in 2022 with new exhibits developed with Indigenous communities, the Northwest Coast Hall showcases the creativity, scholarship, and history of the living cultures of the Pacific Northwest. Organized as a series of alcoves, the gallery presents more than 1,000 restored cultural treasures enlivened with new interpretation.
The Museum’s Tyrannosaurus rex in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (AMNH) 

The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869 with a dual mission of scientific research and science education, is one of the world’s preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses more than 40 permanent exhibition halls, galleries for temporary exhibitions, the Rose Center for Earth and Space including the Hayden Planetarium, and the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. The Museum’s scientists draw on a world-class permanent collection of more than 34 million specimens and artifacts, some of which are billions of years old, and on one of the largest natural history libraries in the world. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, the Museum offers two of the only free-standing, degree-granting programs of their kind at any museum in the U.S.: the Ph.D. program in Comparative Biology and the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Earth Science residency program. Visit amnh.org for more information.

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