American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is a museum about science. It is one of the biggest and most-visited museums in the world.
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| Established | 1869 |
| Location | Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY |
| Type | Science |
| Visitor figures | About 5 million visits annually |
| Director | Ellen V. Futter |
| Public transit access | B, C, M7, M10, M11, M79 |
| Website | http://www.amnh.org |
The museum is made of 25 connected buildings in Theodore Roosevelt Park on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA. It has 46 exhibition halls, a lot of laboratories, a research library, and more than 34 million specimens and artifacts.
More than 200 scientists work at the museum, researching biology, paleontology, earth science, astrophysics, and anthropology. Its graduate school awards doctorate degrees in biology and masters degrees in education. The museum also provides education programs for children and adults, including for teachers.
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Famous people who have worked at the museum include Teddy Roosevelt, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
American Museum Of Natural History Media
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The old Romanesque Revival-style 77th Street entrance
American Museum of Natural History, NYC (2012)
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This building was completed by the end of the 19th century. The buildings beside this one would be complete in the early 20th century. Currently, this building houses (first floor to fourth floor) the Grand Gallery, Birds of the World, Primates, and the Wallach Orientation Center.
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The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall is the main ticketing lobby.
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Akeley Hall of African Mammals
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James L. Clark (right) and assistants mount specimens for the "Lions" diorama
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Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall of Asian Mammals
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The Indian rhinoceros diorama at Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall
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The two Alaska Peninsula brown bears at the AMNH
Other websites
- AMNH American Museum of Natural History main website
- History of the AMNH Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Library collection is searchable online.
Coordinates: 40°46′52″N 73°58′27″W / 40.781033°N 73.974174°W