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American Museum of Natural History

79th Street and Central Park West, New York City, NY 10024
212-769-5100
As featured in 3 days in New York City
Ranked #91 of 707 attractions in New York City
4.0 of 5 stars 852 Reviews
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Type: Natural History Museums, Observatories/ Planetariums, Museums
Activities: Shopping
Fee: Yes
Description: Interactive, modernized exhibits and an IMAX theater help bring this museum, dedicated to understanding the past, into the 21st century.
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Florida City, Florida
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

HUGE museum, make a day of it. It takes a few hours. Use kiosk for tickets, you can suggest your ticket price. Food downstairs expensive and not that good. Eat hearty before you go.

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Phnom Penh
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29 reviews 29 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

I believe that THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY is overall the most complete, the most pleasingly and accurately presented, and the museum with diversity that educates, delights and inspires everyone, from toddlers through teenagers to retired scholars. Beautiful life-like taxidermys of elephants, elk, and early man alone make iti well worth the visit. But that's just the tip of... More

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Lakewood, CO
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14 reviews 14 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2012 NEW

Fabulous....plan on spending the entire day....it's huge!

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perth
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2012 NEW

The displays of all sort of animals are still there, and those are all amazing and justify the visit but: . The building lacks signage, hard to find your way around; . New lifts please? . Where are the restrooms?!??

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2012 NEW

If your a history fan, don't forget to go to American Museum of Natural History. This is definitely educational and it does not focus on American history but from other places as well. An awesome experience for historian fan like me

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Boulder, Colorado
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW

If you want to see amazing artifacts of history to include dinosaur skeletons, mastodon skeletons, and many other fascinating pieces of history, then this is the place to visit. The building and presentations could use some updating, but the contents are without equal. Amazing.

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Saint John, Canada
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

Huge museum with something for everyone. Can take hours to go through properly!

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Dublin, Ireland
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15 reviews 15 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

we saw a Whoppi Goldberg narrated explanation of the beginning of the universe. I visited the museum with 3 other people and we all exclaimed at how good this part of the exhibition was.

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Dublin, Ireland
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012

Spent a whole day here with my family, it was amazing. We're big fans of Natural History museums and this is one of the best we've visited.

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Porto Alegre, RS
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9 reviews 9 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012

Beautifull and impressive stuffed animals wing. Really interesting spiral showing the age of the universe.

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