American Museum of Natural History
Dinosaur skeletons, the life-size blue whale and the Rose Center planetarium, across Central Park from the Met. Visitors from outside New York State pay standard prices ($37 for adults); open daily.
- Open
- Every day 10 AM–5:30 PM. Closed Thanksgiving and December 25.
- Price
- $37 adults for visitors from outside New York State ($30 seniors, $22 students); more with special exhibitions.
- Time needed
- 3 hours
- Best time
- Weekday afternoons, after school groups leave.
- Address
- 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting there
- 81 St–Museum of Natural History (B, C), which opens straight into the museum, or 79 St (1).
- Accessibility
- Fully accessible, with elevators and ramps; wheelchairs available.
- On site
- Food courts and the Restaurant at Gilder, storage lockers, restrooms on every floor.
Why go
Four blocks of halls on Central Park West: the fossil halls with towering dinosaur skeletons, the life-size model of a blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life, gems and meteorites, and wildlife dioramas that are works of art in themselves. The Rose Center's planetarium shows are extra.
Tips
- Buy tickets online for faster entry.
- It's huge; for a short visit, do the fourth-floor dinosaurs and the blue whale.
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