LET'S ALL GO BACK TO THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

DETAILS:

LET'S ALL GO BACK TO: The American Museum of Natural History!! Yes!! On Saturday April 26th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm, we will go on a tour of the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs, The Northwest Coast Hall, and the Hall of Ocean Life. The Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs on the 4th Floor of the Museum displays fossils from one of the two major groups of dinosaurs. This hall features the imposing mounts of Tyrannosaurus rex and Apatosaurus. The Northwest Coast Hall on the 1st Floor features exhibits developed with Indigenous communities and showcases the creativity, scholarship, and history of the living cultures of the Pacific Northwest. The Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, also on the 1st Floor, highlights the drama of the undersea world and its diverse and complex web of life in a fully immersive marine environment. The hall is home to one of the Museum’s most celebrated displays—a 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling.

Here is a link to a map of the museum: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.amnh.org/content/download/385996/5752508/file/english-map.pdf

ALL ABOUT THE MUSEUM

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain about 32 million specimens of plants, animals, fungi, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time. The museum occupies more than 2,500,000 sq ft (232,258 m2). AMNH has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually.

TICKETS

Tickets must be purchased in advance!!! No Exceptions! Why? The line at the Museum to get tickets is usually VERY LONG, so having your ticket in advance is a must. The link to purchase tickets or pay what you want is below.

Go to: https://tickets.amnh.org/select

Residents of: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut residents pay what you want!! IDNYC and Corporate Members CityPASS, NYPass, Go City, Sightseeing Pass, Tiqets, Expedia, Get Your Guide, Viator, Library Pass, Culture Pass, have to reserve online.

Non-Residents: The cost is $30 for Adults, or Seniors aged 60+ are $24.