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Visit the museum on the National Mall and explore its exhibits, collections, and events. Learn about the natural world, its history, and its connections with your cellphone, fossils, and butterflies.
- Plan Your Visit
Navigate your way around all three floors of the museum. Get...
- Exhibits
Explore the breadth, depth, and splendor of the world's most...
- Cellphone
But many of us haven’t considered the ways our cellphones...
- Lights Out
Artificial lights have become such common nighttime fixtures...
- Research
In this university-like atmosphere, scientists delve deep...
- David H. Koch Hall of Fossils
Deep Time starts at the very beginning—4.6-billion-years...
- Join us
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is a...
- Donate
Your gift to the museum supports scientific research, the...
- Butterfly Pavilion
Tickets can be purchased in person at the National Museum of...
- Plan Your Visit
Delve into the fascinating story of our planet, from its fiery beginnings through billions of years of transformation, and explore life on Earth through exhibitions and activities, collection objects and research that happens in the lab and in the field.
Visit the world's most extensive collection of natural history specimens and human artifacts at the NMNH. Learn about the scientific research and exhibitions that explore biological diversity, global climate change, and human cultural heritage.
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.
Explore the largest natural history collection in the world and the stories of Earth's unfolding history at this museum in Washington, D.C. Learn from scientists, visit exhibitions, join programs and discover the beauty and wonder of the planet.
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