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The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 million visitors in 2023, it was the second most-visited museum in the United States.
Visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Explore the natural world around you, discover dinosaur fossils and more at this free gem on the National Mall. Planning your visit to the Natural History Museum.
National Museum of Natural History. Visit the world’s largest natural history museum. Highlights include the 45.5-carat Hope Diamond, Ocean Hall, Mammals Hall, Hall of Human Origins, Insect Zoo, dinosaurs, and the magnificent African bush elephant in the museum’s rotunda.
- African Bush Elephant & Rotunda. Rotunda: South. Rotunda: North.
- African Voices. African Voices 1 / Entry to Deep Time. African Voices 2. African Voices 3. African Voices 4. African Voices 5. African Voices 6. African Voices 7. African Voices 8.
- Bone Hall. Bone Hall 1. Bone Hall 2. Bone Hall 3. Bone Hall 4. Bone Hall 5. Bone Hall 6. Bone Hall 7.
- Butterfly Pavilion. Butterflies 1. Butterflies 2. Butterflies 3.
National Museum of Natural History. 10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW. Washington, DC. See on map Floor Plan. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Closed Dec. 25. Admission is free. naturalhistory.si.edu.
Established in 1910 and located on the National Mall, this prestigious museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution, holds the world's most extensive collection of natural history specimens and human artifacts including the remains of dinosaurs and tools used by early man. Duration: 2-3 hours. Meets animal welfare guidelines.
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's David H. Koch Hall of Fossils is a $110 million, 31,000-square-foot exhibit with a theme of Deep Time, borrowed from a scientific phrase that illustrates how Earth’s history has played out over billions of years – what we think of as history is just a small fraction of our planet’s past.
