American Museum of Natural History

Where else can you see a crapload of dinosaur skeletons that stretch through doorways? I would give it a five but the Oceans exhibit was closed and I enjoy that. Everyone needs to see this to get a good picture of how we came to be. Seriously, I have been here numeorus times and I think it should be required in high school to come see this.

This is place is the best!
With over 1400 plus reviews there isn’t much more I can really add to the conversation except, if you don’t «Museum It Up» while you’re in New York then you’re really missing out some amazing stuff. The American Museum of Natural History will blow your inner child’s mind with their amazing displays and enormous animal set ups. I mean, where else can you go and have a Blue Whale hang directly above your head!
Ancient shark jaws, prehistoric sloth skeletons, and The Titanosaur! Which is a cast of a 122-​foot-​long newly discovered dinosaur, this display alone is worth the price of admission. It’s not just animals and dinos here, there’s also an entire area dedicated to space and the creation of the universe, which was my personal favorite. Check out the, «Dark Universe» show narrated by my boy Neil deGrasse Tyson; he’s not really my friend. But a boy can dream!
Speaking of NGT, he’s also the Director of the Hayden Planetarium and where they film, «Star Talk» (nerd alert) which is located you guessed it, inside the American Museum of Natural History. I’ve said enough, go here. Now.

This is a must-​do on your list of places to visit in NYC! We took the subway uptown and it drops you right at the doors. After waiting in line for 20 minutes, we finally entered.
There was way too much to see in so little time –you could easily spend all day, if not all week, carousing the many exhibits the museum has to offer. We wanted to spend just over an hour, so we could move on to other tourist activities today!
Highly recommend stopping in for a little while. Best museum!

Went really just to see the dinosaurs. I thought it was good but we really just walked through the whole thing and did it in 2 hrs. If you go to the subway entrance the line is shorter to enter. Also, you can pay whatever you want. We paid $ 15 for the both of us. I feel it was more than generous for the amount of time we spent there.

i went to the museum with my corporate friend and their parents, the dinosaurs.
i didn’t realize i would have to enter the museum to see the exhibits. the crowds are so lifelike you want to just go up to take pictures of all the crowds.
the dinosaurs are really slow and they may be afraid to walk around but i really enjoyed the hall of human dinosaurs. i thank the dinosaurs for their hard work and efforts.
we didn’t know that the museum was a museum so we were all fascinated by the museum itself.
i recommend spending two whole days in the cafeteria exhibit. you can see the food from the food court which is simply breathtaking. it was the second most amazing gem in the museum.
the most amazing gem was the food truck in the planetarium show which was pretty fast and it reminded me of all the exhibits i saw before i got to the planetarium.
i am a bit upset because i had to leave before i could sit in the food truck.
i think the museum is awesome. i love bringing friends from different families to the museum to see how i think. i love bringing animals from central park to the museum. i love bringing friends from the museum to the top of my dread parts. i love learning about how various animals burrow in my mind and get food.
this museum is so crucial to ensuring that i love learning. i think my mind is very crowded with tourists and adults alike.

The Museum of campiness! From the old style dioramas to the amazing dinosaur room, you must go here. You can easily spend half a day here among the myriads of exhibits. You get extra bonus points for coming here in winter and trying to stay cool in the 100+ degree heat that they pump into this place.
Also go and check out the planetarium… it’s a lot of fun. Awesome place for kids.

This museum is located adjacent to Central Park so you can stroll through the park and then cross the street and get some natural history. The museum is enormous so allocate at least half a day if not more. There are special exhibits in addition to the permanent displays. When we went it was about dinosaurs. There are also additional things to do for an extra charge, for example the planetarium which is name the Earth and Space and Center, located within the museum. The suggested admission is $ 22 for an adult, not sure what the «suggested» means in reality. If you add extras such as the planetarium is is $ 27. The gift store is enormous, so plan another half a day for that (lol). Overall, this is a great place for kids and adults.

Ce musée est juste magnifique ! Je vous conseille de partir très tôt le matin car le musée fait 4 étages ! De quoi régaler les goûts de tout le monde. Possibilité de manger sur place cafétéria au niveau –1 du musée.
Le musée est reparti sur plusieurs thèmes. Vous pouvez y accéder très facilement par le métro New Yorkais. Pour ceux qui le souhaitent vous pourrez vous balader à Central Park car le musée est juste à coté.
Si vous êtes de passage à la grosse pomme je vous conseil vivement ce musée !

It is a must to see this museum when In New York City. Since my son was born I took him here when he was 1 year old and every year after that. He calls this place his childhood. You must bring your kids in this place, they will love it just like my son do. One day is not enough to see everything. Our favorite is the dinosaurs museum, gemstones, planetarium and the marine life. It is very educational and it’s amazing that you won’t get tired coming back here.
I recommend for parents to take your kids here it is worth it and worthwhile.
There is a new dinosaur discovery and newest addition, It was discovered in 2014. Member of the group TITANOSAURIA. This species is so new that it doesn’t even have a name yet.
WHERE: what’s now Argentina South America
WHEN: 102 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
Weight: 70 tons
Length: 122 feet (37 meters)
With Neck held at 45 degrees, the neck is 46 feet high from the ground (14meters)
No entrance fee but they will just ask you for a donation. You can give any amount you want except for the special shows and feature films they have during that day. Those aren’t free. You can definitely come back here everyday and see everything. One floor a day is good enough.

Ah, one of the most famous museums in the country! I had the privilege of coming back to visit almost 9 years later! Now that I’m grown up, my visit was much more memorable.
First of all, arrive early to avoid the painfully long lines. My friend and I arrived around 11am and waited 5 minutes to get our tickets. The register lady was very friendly and let my friend and me in for free. My friend is in the military, so his ticket was waived. But because I’m not related to him, I was informed to purchase a ticket. But then she said «Let’s pretend you’re related» and continued to print my ticket for free. She made my day!
Second of all, get a map if this is your first time. The museum is huge, and you can easily get lost through the exhibits within the exhibits. Even though I had a map in hand, I still missed the whale room! I’m a bit upset, but the dinosaurs definitely made it up.
Lastly, if you would like to see the «characters» from Night of the Museum, I would recommend following AMNH’s own website:
Enjoy your visit!

Im not exactly sure what I’m writing this review, as it will just get lost in the sea of other thousands of reviews but…
I enjoyed my half day at the AMoNH. Yes, I only paid half the suggested price, but…
Truthfully, I really only did spend 2 ish hours here.
You cannot read any descriptions if you want to see the exhibits in half a day. Just walk, look… keep walking. KEEP WALKING.
Dang, that thing WAS huge. They were right.
MY favorite was the Mayan exhibit area.
You need a full day if you want to read anything or retain any real information.
I am glad I went. That is all.

1. Would you pay $ 22 to wait in a long line to see some bones? 5 million people do that each year, to see the largest collection of vertebrate fossils in the world in the fossil halls, the most popular exhibits in the museum.
2. Access by 81^st subway station, B or C line, right outside next door. Parking garage on 1^st floor, accessible from West 81^st street. Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
3. Get here at 10am, the opening bell. 5 million visitors annually, or 14,600 per day, or 1,800 per hour. Would hate to wait in an 1,800 person Disneyland like line, at the one entrance.
4. $ 22 for the basic ticket and one cost attraction, or $ 35 for an all access pass –you still have to sign up for cost attractions shows every other hour. This is a donation not a fixed fee, so I guess if you want to pay less you can do so. No AAA discount, and discount for seniors 65+ –darn missed it by two years!
5. Special extra cost attractions include the IMAX screen 2D/​3D movies (National Parks was showing), the Butterfly Conservatory, Dinosaurs Among Us, and the Hayden Big Bang Planetarium Show, which would be my first choice.
6. Except for the Planetarium show, the cost attractions are temporary and change with time –the Butterfly Conservatory is now gone and replaced by Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern World. I’ll take those meat eating Crocs over butterflies any time!
7. 2 million square feet, 45 exhibit halls. If you get here at the 10am opening, and stay until the 545pm closing, that’s 10 minutes per exhibit hall, not including potty and lunch breaks, and for you women, waiting in the long, out the door restroom lines –and that includes you Caitlyn Jenner!
8. 5 floors, at least 8 sets of bathrooms, 5 museum gift shops for the tourists, 6 elevator locations, and 4 cafeterias –so nobody should go hungry!
9. Elevators have to handle wheelchair visitors, strollers, and those with canes, so give them a break and use the stairs whenever you can, even with wall to wall people.
10. Highlight of the fossils halls has to be the Titanosaurus, largest dinosaur ever, and so big that it extends from one hall into another –got to be 100+ feet long.
11. 34 ton meteorite fragment in the Hall of Meteorites, about as big as a tiny subcompact car.
12. Diorama animal exhibits of the gorillas, cheetahs, white owls, golden eagles and the California condor, among others. Many of these creatures sleeping or at a distance in the zoos, so you don’t get a good view of them except at dawn and dusk in the winter times.
13. Liked the model of the life size giant blue whale hanging from the ceiling.
14. Liked the Hope diamond of India in the gem collection.
15. Liked the giant totem poles of the northwest coast Indians, even though the setting was very dark with little light –hard to photograph
16. Human cultural artifact highlights include: replica of the Easter Island head stones, masks of New Guinea, Indians running buffalo over the cliffs, first explorers of the North and South poles.
17. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see the planetarium, and had to settle for the 3D view of the National Parks Film, in an Imax theater., a decent 1 hour show, but nothing to write home about.
18. Why only 3 stars? I’m not a fossil fan, and this museum opened in 1869, and some of the exhibits look dated, with poor lighting. Few hands on exhibits, and many fossils apparently molded in the previous century, before the state of the art computer designs.
19. Visited this museum (rained), the 9 – 11 museum (am. showers) and then the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island museum (cloudy with mist) on three consecutive days. Wanted to see the Empire State Building Observation Deck, but cloudy/​foggy/​showery everyday the first week of May. The wife gave up on seeing the Metropolitan museum of Art –saw too many museums to last a lifetime.

I love, love, LOVE this place! It is one of the most incredible educational resources New York City has to offer– regardless of your age or level of education. I’ve been coming here since I was 4, and I never gets old. Special exhibits change every few months and are usually fantastic. The permanent collection is enormous and well-​maintained. It’s exhausting and impractical to do everything in one day here… Better to stretch it out over several visits a year, if you can :)
I regularly attend Educators’ Evenings here, which include a lecture on a particular science topic, a tour of an exhibit that relates to that topic, wine, fruit, and cheese :) Last year I also attended the Chancellor’s Day Professional Development for educators, which was one of the best PDs I’ve ever attended in my 10+ years as a teacher.
I’ve taken my students on two different trips here. Last year we went to the planetarium, the hall of the universe, and the Native Americans exhibit. This year we saw National Parks Adventure in 3D, visited The Secret World Inside You, and toured the Hall of Human Origin, as well as the Asian Peoples exhibit. I highly recommend all of these– but National Parks Adventure and The Secret World Inside You in particular.
When I’m not in teacher mode, I like to wander under the blue whale, stare up at the giant dinosaur bones, and walk through the butterfly garden (temporary).

This is probably one of my favorite museums I’ve been to in NYC so far.
You must take the B or the C train if you want to end up close to the museum.
This museum has a suggested donation, so technically it’s free, but they reccommend you to pay at least $ 24 or so. If you want to special exhibitions, suggested price is $ 27.
Tickets must be purchased, for special exhibitions, one must return to a ticketing booth to get the extra and exclusive look at certain exhibits.
SO MUCH INFORMATION!
I think there’s generally two types of people at museums. The ones that like to read everything and get to know the meaning and information behind and the ones that looks and appreciates and moves on the the next thing.
I’m honestly the latter. There’ were so many cool exhibits. I think you either need a full day or multiple visits to really learn and experience everything.
The Biodiversity Room was great! Dinosaurs always a solid choice. Ocean Room is large and it has 2 levels.
At the café, an apple cost $ 2. So expensive. Pack your lunches! or if you go on a Sunday, there’s a farmer’s market right outside.
This is such a great place to take your kids. It’s a safe place to take your kids for Halloween! They different candy and each of the exhibits.
I really do need to come back.

Such an amazing museum if you’re a nerd like me! Went on a beautiful Saturday afternoon with my best friend and we spent hours taking in the variety of exhibits the museum had to offer.
My recommendation would be to get there once it opens like we did to get a head start because the crowds increase as the day goes on. We opted for the general admission plus an additional IMAX movie (National Parks which I highly recommend). $ 22 because we used our student IDs from Grad School.
The Museum of Natural History literally has something for everyone. If astronomy is your interest check out the Rose shall section. If you’re into dinosaurs the entire 4^th floor is where you’ll be for some time. Everything from mammals to even cultural past times of the Native Americans and Latin Cultures can be found.
We didn’t get to see everything we wanted but who does usually! I’ll be back either ways for a personal trip or a class trip I plan on organizing for next school year.

Je n’ai malheureusement pas du tout aimé ce musée qui est surpeuplé, aucun sens de visite, mauvaise organisation et finalement le contenu né fait pas partie de mes intérêts.
Cependant le bâtiment est juste magnifique !!

Visit this museum and journey through eons of history set amidst decades of architectural design. Certain areas, like the gem room, feel like a 1960’s drug nightmare. Many of the classic collections could use some sprucing up even as they’re kept pretty up-​to-​date with respect to contemporary academic knowledge.
The museum’s content is exhaustive, and seeing it all can be exhausting but also very fascinating and rewarding. Also a little bit disheartening, as it turns out everything I learned as a child about dinosaurs and animal classifications was wrong. Did you know birds are now considered dinosaurs, which means dinosaurs still walk the earth? Some dinosaurs even had feathers. (Although this latter fact isn’t reflected in the not-​quite-​as-​current gift shop merchandise.)
Lastly, the skeleton of the currently unnamed titanosaurus species was awesome. Rawr.
Summary: A *day* at the museum is so much better than that lame movie.

So I did enjoy their special exhibition on butterflies. They have a room that’s built to imitate a humid, tropical forest with plants and lights to allow many different types of butterflies to fly around. I’d never seen such an interactive, real-​life exhibition like that, so I was thoroughly impressed.
Another good thing was that, in addition to normal ticket-​purchasing offices, they had self-​service machines. There were no lines and I was able to buy the ticket I wanted (general admission + ONE special event) right away and without confusion.
I do have to deduct two stars for the run-​down interior and structure of some parts of the museum. The sections showing dioramas of peoples and animals were decrepit, with ripped wallpapers, fluttering light bulbs and dim lighting. I mean, I was quite surprised — the Museum of Natural History is a New York staple, and well-​known, isn’t it? Especially with its feature presence in Night at the Museum starring Ben Stiller. Is there just not enough support and funding going to it? It makes me want to join their fundraising team to do my part in renewing parts of this museum, because I think the content of this place is really interesting and worth showcasing.

You’ve seen the movie, right? Okay, it’s just like the movie without all the exhibits coming to life. Just an awesome place! You could spend days here without seeing it all.
I highly recommending downloading the free Explorer app to find your way around. There are GPS repeaters positioned everywhere to help your phone figure out where you are in the building. Damn accurate and helpful. I had other tourists coming up to me asking for directions!
It’s infested with school kids and other groups, so be patient and work your way through.

Hablemos de la calidad de museos en NYC chicos… delen expliquenme esta genialidad!
Un museo enorme!, me esperaba menos para ser sincera y NO, no vi «una noche en el museo» PERDÓN.
Cuenta con una amplia colección de arte y elementos cotidianos de distintas culturas a través del tiempo, pasando por todo el mundo y épocas, nos regala un cachito de historia.
Bien enfrente al central park, con una fachada divina, el Museo de historia natural, sorprende con su colección de animales, que invitan a preguntar si posta, no estan ¿Vivos?
Son muy reales, y las escenas van desde africa hasta la patagonia sin escatimar en detalles.
Ojo que hay una parte de animales marinos INCREIBLE.
Lo mejor? La colección de dinosaurios, dale loco! DALE tan geniales son?
Si, también hay wi-​fi y se paga lo que quieras.
Ni se te ocurra perdertelo.

How can you not adore this place? I used to go a lot when I was a nanny! And now I only go when my mom is in town, but I would go more often if I lived closer!
How can you not be in awe of the dinosaurs? And now the new one is phenomenally huge! It doesn’t even fit in one room, it comes out in the hall way. It is so so fantastic to be able to travel so far to the past.
How can you not adore the giant whale display floating above your head at the ocean section? How can you not want to become an astronaut when your head is in the stars?
The AMNH is such a wonderful place for kids and adults alike, you always learn something new and there always are fantastic exhibitions.
I suggest you look up online the aisles and expos of each floor and you choose which selected ones you want to visit that day so you can fully enjoy that only –otherwise there is an overload of awesome and your brain stop awing when it shouldn’t haha–
Note on the cafeteria food: didn’t try because it is wayyyy too expensive for cafeteria food… Lots of great places an avenue or two away, so walk out :)

Quel lieu incroyable ! Ce musée est tout simplement impressionnant par sa grandeur et la diversité des pièces exposées.
C’est vraiment un must do à NYC !

I’m a space enthusiast. I love learning about stars, galaxies, and the universe. I wish AMNH had a bigger section devoted to space. However, I did enjoy the museum’s presentation, «Dark Universe.» That was the best part of my visit. The museum itself is big and it covers every aspect of the human race. Come with your kids, but keep a watchful eye on them. I’m an adult, and I got lost a few times.

There was so much to see here. I came here about 45 minutes before they closed and tried to look through all four floors. This place was huge so I had to skip through some of the exhibits. I don’t remember which exhibits were on which floor and what I would say could be incorrect later if anybody reads this.
The exhibits I remembered going to was the dinosaur exhibit where they had skeletons of a lot of dinosaurs. It was cool to see how big they were and crazy to think how long ago they were alive. Another exhibit was the reptile exhibit where they showed how the animals lived in their own specific environment. There were a lot of other exhibits which I can’t remember, but I didn’t have enough time to check out everything before they closed.
Come check this place out as there was a lot to see and good place for kids.

This is likely my favorite museum on the planet! When I was young we lived in New York State and my parents would often make the 3 hour trek to NYC a stop at the museum was often on the agenda. I just can’t get enough of this place.
On a recent trip to NYC with our adult son there was no question that we would visit the museum. What we didn’t know was that a new dinosaur was unveiled just the day before. What great timing! The Titanosuar is immense! So amazingly cool! It head sticks out of the room in which it is displayed. I loved being there during the initial excitement of the opening.
We also took the time to watch the «Dark Universe» in the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater. Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, it talks about our ever expanding universe and current theories. A very interesting and informative production but I would skip it with young children. These are complicated theories and difficult for the young one to grasp.
Can’t count how many trips this makes for me but I can’t wait to go again!

I’ll just give the Museum itself the five stars it deserves for its collection and for the stunning Hayden Planetarium — we ended up spending two whole days there when we’d planned on an afternoon — and will skip to the kvetches/​things to be improved, which were very annoying but in no way should discourage a visit. Just trying to help you plan accordingly. Please take the following complaints in appropriate context.
First off, the place is still a nightmare to get around. It needs much better signage and some thought about how to rework the connections and flow around the museum. It’s not just the old parts: the Hayden was the worst in this regard. (At one point we were told to go down three stories so we could go up two and then down two to get where we wanted to go.)
Food service: avoid at all costs. The «Food Court» isn’t one. It’s just a cafeteria line that is overcrowded, majorly overpriced even by tourist standards, and a nightmare to get around with kids. One of the cafes was closed (there was no explanation of why or notice) and the supposed sanctuary of the slightly higher end Café on One was just a miniaturized version of the same chaos as the food court.
Finally, online ticketing notwithstanding, they have to do something about reengineering the massive line problem for tickets and entrance. There are multiple entrances and not all are created alike — my one tip is to try the 81^st street Planetarium entrance and use a ticket kiosk, that is, if any are working, if you haven’t bought in advance. The odd security lines and a bitterly cold day made entrance a grotesque experience. And I am flabbergasted the museum continues to have such limited hours on weekends, particularly a holiday weekend; not only is it missing a major revenue opportunity, it would make the quality of the visit that much better by spreading things out a little.
OK, the whining aside, this was the first extended visit I’d made since I was a kid many decades ago, and it was both a fantastic update and a wonderfully warm revisiting of some old friends. Yes, some of the exhibits are out of date — some more than others — and they vary quite a bit in how they are presented, but seeing the Dutch Apple Orchard exhibit brought as much joy to me as the fantastic Neil Degrasse Tyson-​narrated planetarium show. (The one thing though: a biodiversity exhibit consisting of nothing but panels and screens, no specimens or living things? How is that different from just doing the same thing on-​line?)

Any museum is awesome. It’s an enclosed area of history, dedication and preservation for us to see, feel and sometimes touch.
I had no recollection of ever being to this museum so, I was a little bit excited!
As much as this was a great experience, and it truly was, it had flaws as every establishment does. But the non-​flaws were amazinggggg…
1 — Dinosaurs… I never «got» the whole love that kids/​adults establish for the dinos. After seeing this, I do. Its truly amazing to see these massive boned creatures once roamed the Earth and a bit sad that they still don’t! I really learned that every animal and creature kinda evolved from the dinosaur. The bone structure descriptions really allow you to see the similarities.
2 — Survival methods… we drive/​walk from point A to B. We really have no worries about a lot compared to the Indian tribes centuries ago. They hunted for food, made their own clothes, built their homes and created beautiful jewelry that we probably take for granted now.
3 — Butterflies… OMG I have a fascination with butterflies. I guess it is because they are a bit rare in NY. I mean we have butterflies of course. Every time I see one though, I stop in my tracks. They are beautiful. One once landed on me outside and I freaked out. The butterfly exhibit is pretty cool. It is extra from the ticket price FYI.
4 — GEMS… Wow. I guess if shiny things distract you, this is the floor to be distracted. The gorgeous gems and jewels made me forget how bad my feet hurt after this 8 hour day.
Flaws…
There was a long line upon entering. I suppose it was because people were seeking shelter on the coldest Valentine’s Day on record. Then more lines to get tix. Then even more for the restroom.
Many, many MANY stairs. Yes there are elevators but, yup, they also had long lines.
On our visit, the fire alarms and lights went out. Of course we were all like looking at each other like, should we evacuate? The alarms went on for a good 10 minutes without announcement or reassurance. Chock it up to a false alarm? Guess so…
As cool as the Butterfly Conservatory was, it wasn’t worth it on this day. It was super crowded, and standing there in the heat and humidity, with people stopped in one area taking 1 000 000 selfies, it was brutal. Again, it was super crowded. I would love to experience this on a non-​weekend. I am sure its great. The butterflies were beautiful but I am sure I missed half of them because of all the claustrophobia and swarms of people.
I love how excited people are to go to this museum and see the great reviews! I was exhausted and bored after a while. I guess I am more of a portrait museum go-​er. Glad I got to see everything I did though!

It seems I might be in the minority amongst my Unilocal buddies, as I actually enjoyed this museum. Okay, sure it’s very basic and typical of natural history museums, but it’s so voluminous and ginormous, like OMG information overload! But in a good way?
Anyway, great place to take your elementary school and older children. However, as stated above, this place is nearly overwhelming in the sheer volume of historical artifacts and informational narratives, so don’t count on your kiddo maintaining enough attention to cover every square inch of the museum. I think we, two full grown adults, briskly wandered around, without much pausing, for nearly an hour and a half, and still ended up missing over 25% of the museum!
The layout and orientation of the exhibitions does seem to follow a sensible chronological timeline for the most part. Most of the exhibition halls are also quite roomy and enable seamless navigating in, out, and around other tourists and the occasional bulky baby stroller.
I don’t think the contents were significantly more noteworthy than collections at other history museums, but I liked my visit darn it! Maybe because it was a departure from all the artsy stuff? Overall, it’s a darn impressively thorough and massive collection of historical stuff — so if that’s up your alley, give this place a go.

AMNH is definitely not my favorite museum experience. I had not been in number of years due to my dread over the crowds, but my brother wanted to go. There is a ton of info to take in and while well presented, it sort of dulls the senses. The great canoe, totem poles and whale are certainly awe-​inspiring, but you can barely stand still to see it with the crush of people. Only go if you are very interested in Science.

This museum is like four museums combined into one! In Chicago, we have four museums for that — a planetarium, a natural history museum, a science museum and an aquarium. Here in NY, it’s been squished all into one very crammed space.
I do really love that their admission is whatever you’d like to donate, it makes the museum accessible to so many more people who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Please note that if you buy tickets online or at the digital booths at the museum, you have to pay the full admission price. The only way you can get the choose-​your-​donation tickets is to do it the old-​fashioned way by standing in the ticket line at the museum.
Museum cons:
–Crowded
–Hot and smelly — smells of humanity (but mostly B.O.)
–Lots and lots of kids — some of them whining, crying, jumping, running…
–Terrible navigation and flow, maps are not really that helpful
–Museum is spread throughout several floors and it’s confusing to even figure out which floor you’re on! They need better signage!
–So many of the exhibits are not included in the general admission and you have to pay extra to visit them
Museum pros:
–Pay what you wish
–Truly amazing and massive collection of mammals, historic artifacts, dinosaurs, etc
–Did I mention the largest mammal collection I’ve seen anywhere?
–Beautiful, historic building
–Educational and entertaining for adults and kids alike
–A 94-​foot, 21,000 pound fiberglass blue whale on display
I will have to revisit now that I’ve seen the movie «A Night at the Museum» so I can see if I can spot the rooms/​exhibits featured in the movie. Try to go during off-​peak, which I’m afraid this museum does not have. Go when it’s nice outside because when it’s cold or rainy, it’s going to be a mad house in here. You need about four hours to see the entire museum, you can breeze through in two hours if you don’t plan to linger. If you are visiting NYC, the two museums I’d recommend you see are this one and the Met.

One of my favorite museums in New York City. Came here again today as an adult and enjoyed it as much as before because of all the interesting exhibits and the more relaxed atmosphere (vs. MOMA for instance). However, food court is terrible in terms of price, selection of food. $ 3 approximately for ¹⁄₃ of a pound.
Mac and cheese sucks!

There’s so much learning to be done in these four gigantic walls. The new titanosaurs exhibit is pretty darn cool and I recommend any Dino freak go!

The AMNH is probably the second most popular museum in the city after the Met. I’m sure that every kid who attended a NYC public school went to this museum on a field trip at least once. When I was a kid, this was my favorite museum. Back then, I was really into science. And then, life happened. I stopped going to museums. I was preoccupied with getting a job, paying off my student loans, and meeting women. I forgot 90% of the science that I learned in school (seriously, unless your job is in the applied sciences, do you really need to know what is photosynthesis?). However, when I found about the Titanosaur exhibit, it piqued my interest. I just had to see it.
There is a very long and disorganized line to get into the museum. With that said, the wait is totally worth it. I used the NYC ID (the only thing Mayor de Blasio has ever done right) to get into the museum for free. The food in the cafeteria is as expensive as the food in a gourmet restaurant. The food truck vendor also price gouges ($ 3 for a hot dog, the same hot dog that costs $ 1 on 34 Street). And there aren’t any fast food restaurants or Subways in the vicinity of the museum.
The exhibits in the museum were mesmerizing. Like I said before, I forgot almost all of the science terminology that I’ve learned so I’ll describe the exhibits in layman’s terms. There was a giant head (I think Aztec?) on the 3^rd floor that looked cool. There was also a replica of a (Mayan?) pyramid. I really liked the tombs and skeletons. A somewhat intruiging exhbit was about the various plagues and diseases on the planet Earth (malaria, polio, Ebola, etc). It discussed the origins of the diseases as well as how the disease affects the body and whether it can be cured or vaccinated against.
The IMAX show was free (the Hayden Planetarium requires an additional fee). I found the IMAX show to be underwhelming. However, there were other interesting shows scattered throughout the museum. One of them was about how South American (?) people used poison darts to hunt monkeys. The other talked about the ecology on the planet Earth and how it is affected by overzealous capitalists who destroy forests and jungles in order to build power plants and expand cities.
The best exhibit was fittingly on the 4^th floor, the highest floor that is accessible to the public. When I saw the Titanosaur for the first time, I literally said to myself, «Holy shit». It is the largest animal I’ve ever seen. It’s roughly the size of a Staten Island Ferry boat. It’s like the Tyrannosaurus Rex took HGH.
If you’re heading to the museum, prepare to do a lot of walking. Each floor is arranged in a labyrinthine manner. I wouldn’t recommend using the elevator unless you absolutely have to since there is a 5 minute wait. Besides a few annoying brats who treated the museum like a jungle gym, I had a lot of fun. IMO, this is a better museum than its crosstown rival.

To me it’s the best museum in the world. You can choose how much you would like to donate. I usually pay the recommended entrance fee because I can and others cannot but still want and need the education. There’s so much to learn and see and everything is made so interesting that it is a great place to take the kids. Bathrooms are clean and all the staff is so helpful and nice.

Museum of Natural History has been my all time favorite category of museum, so when I was visiting New York City, I would not like to miss this one out of the list. As one of the Most popular Museums in NYC, this place might take awhile to wait on the line and get the ticket. Well, at least that happened to me, when I was there. but it was still alright, because I hold the New York City Pass, so I had to do the regular procedure to get the ticket. if you have a membership card. you can just skip the line, there is special line just for the member. there were also some kind of the ticket machine there allow people to purchase tickets.
After I got my ticket, I didn’t waste much time, stated to explore this museum. The Museum just huge. There were many interesting exhibition in this whole place. from little bugs on earth to Meteorite from the space. it was just fascinating. I personally like couple exhibitions, such as the area about cosmology just cool, Hayden Big Band Theater was awesome. There was just many things to see and learn. I spent about half day here. And finished a little more than half of the exhibitions inside the museum. but again, the museum was selling different kind of ticket, some exhibition the regular ticket was just not included
I also went to the food court, which located at the basement. Well, the place was quite a mess and the food was really expensive. I was really really hungry, the food was alright. most of it just junk food. I would probably suggest, try to eat something first to get to museum like this. It will going take you awhile. I am really glad to pay a visit. I really like it. Fantastic!

No one can deny that this is a great museum. Albeit very crowded, especially with children on the weekends, but worth it. My favorite section is the human species area. Super informative and the exhibit holds real skeletons of our ancestors — love it!
The marine area is always a crowd pleaser and a visual delight. I find many parts on the museum to have a little too much going on at once. It would take multiple visits to really see everything. There are so many great Indian exhibits and the 4^th floor dinosaurs are always an awesome sight.
It can get very exhausting to walk around, mentally and physically, so be sure to take breaks.
Student prices are on point for $ 17. They have kiosks to purchase your tocket so no worrying about lines. I came her recently prime time noon on a Sunday and didn’t wait at all.

If you’ve never been to a museum of this kind in a major city (i.e.: Chicago or Los Angeles), then this is a must-​do. This museum is absolutely huge, so be prepared to do quite a bit of walking.
The A, B, C and D subways have a stop that drops you off right at the museum and you can enter/​exit at the subway stop.
Notice that the price for General Admission says «Suggested Admission…$ 22.00». Basically, you don’t have to pay $ 22.00 each to get in, it’s just suggested. While they won’t let you in for free, you do have to pay something (and you should since operating a museum of this magnitude isn’t cheap). We paid $ 20 for two people.
As I mentioned, this is a large museum, but it can also have some relatively short operating hours. You should try to prioritize exhibits and manage your time. There are a lot of exhibits and they may not all appeal to you. There are also some special exhibits that require additional admission, so be sure to check when you arrive.
Grab a map when you walk in because you can get lost. Assuming you have a smart phone, the museum also has a good app you can download that (with Bluetooth turned on) can locate you and give you step-​by-​step directions to any exhibit. You can delete the app when you leave.
All of the exhibits are well-​done, but many are showing their age (hence the need for money to update them). I saw several videos that were made in the ‘90s and early 2000s. Perhaps the exhibits that garnered the most attention were the dinosaurs (thanks to the Jurassic Park movie franchise) and the Hall of Human Origins that has a cast of the ‘Lucy’ skeleton (the real Lucy skeleton was returned to Ethiopia) amongst a host of other bones and fossils. The space exhibit also had a lot of attention partly because it’s very large and one of the first things you see as you enter the museum, though there wasn’t much that really captivated your interest. There is a huge iron meteorite that the Docent will repeatedly tell you is «…the oldest thing you have ever touched in your life…»
Of course, there is a café to get something to eat, and gift shops peppered through the museum. However, seeing that the main museum store was selling Star Wars Lego (which has no legitimate reason to be there) somewhat tainted my view of the museum’s integrity.

Be prepared to walk! I didn’t realize how big this museum was. I suggest arriving early to see as many exhibitions as possible. My favorite was the dinosaur exhibition. I also loved the Hall of Mexico and Central America that features diverse art and architecture.
Don’t pay the suggested price ($ 22). You pay what you want to pay. Be generous but if you’re on a tight budget, don’t pay the full price. Many people don’t understand this and end up paying $ 22 for their ticket. In other words, admission is donation based.

I’ve been here about a half dozen times in the past year because, well I got to go for free. If you know anyone related to teaching encourage them to come to the free PDs they have here and they give out free tickets like they’re candy-​free admission to a special exhibit too!
So maybe I’m not the best guy to write a review of this place because of that, but I have to say how much I’ve enjoyed my visits every time I go. The last time I was there, I ended up seeing Dark Universe, well I saw it twice. The first time I fell asleep, but that’s just because I was really tired.
Even though I’ve visited many times I still would like to go back because there’s so much that I could go back another 6 times and there would be something I discover there that I never saw before.
A friend of mine recently came in from out of town and I suggested he go there with his girlfriend since they bought a Citypass booklet. They had visited MoMA and weren’t impressed and were hesitant to see another museum but I let him know that it was worth visiting. He texted me to let me know that he was glad I told him to go and how great the museum was even though they were staying all the way down near the WTC. Seriously, go and check it out it’s the best museum in NYC.

I came here when I was in high school and I thought it was cool because we were learning about a lot of the things here. First of all. THIS MUSEUM IS PAY AS YOU WISH. Stop paying full price. Trust me, they have enough money. I paid $ 1.
As an adult, who isn’t that interested in history and doesn’t like kids, it was average/​annoying.
I liked that the animals were real and I got to read about the ones that were interesting to me. The ocean displays were anticlimactic, as I like aquariums much better than plastic fish.
I also enjoyed the forest section and being able to learn about how various animals burrow, etc.
My real problem with this museum was my overall experience. This place was really crowded with kids. Not young adults there to learn, but little, tiny kids… Who have no idea what they’re looking at/​probably can. They were all over the displays and laying on the information panels. It was awful.
Take your kids here when they’re over the age of 9… just a tip.
There should be some people there regulating how people act. Some people do pay full price to get into here and everyone should be able to walk around, learn what they please and be able to actually read the panels without kids all over them.

I would honestly say the only reason to go here is to see the Dinos and the Indian/People’s exhibits. The animal exhibits are just so depressing to me; since I’ve seen most of the live species in zoos. Some of the species they have are extinct or close to extinction (like the White Rhino) which was cool to see I suppose. The blue whale model was also really awesome to see.
We watched the Dark Matters exhibit which was cool I suppose. We just didn’t have enough time to see everything in the four hours we had. We had to stand in line for tickets for about 20 – 30 minutes.

Very good exhibits of historical value. At one time it was probably world’s top museum. Now all the exhibits are dated in terms of their presentation. You can see the age on everything, especially the inefficient layout which makes you backtrack like mad to get from one section to another.
Hot tip — if the front line up is very long, try the North entrance by the planetarium.

Bön, ok, j’avais un super souvenir de ce musée et pour y être revenu pour la 2nde fois, ben finalement, je l’ai pas trouvé extraordinaire… Ok ok, il y a beaucoup de choses à voir, mais j’ai pas vraiment accroché cette fois ci… Allez y quand même !!

Too big to complete in one day. Many exhibits to see and enjoy. Especially liked the T-​Rex exhibit. Price is reasonable and great for families. Nice and clean but very crowded even on weekdays.

El American Museum of Natural History es un lugar realmente asombro. En principio hay que decir que este museo es enorme y tiene de todo lo que se puedan imaginar dentro del universo de las ciencias naturales. Ubicado en el Upper West Side y al límite del Central Park es que se encuentra este hermoso edificio, uno de los tantos sitios imprescindibles si es que visitan New York.
Lo mejor de todo son sus exhibiciones de fósiles de dinosaurios, es genial la cantidad y variedad de especies que tienen en este museo que de seguro los dejará sorprendidos. También, como todo gran museo de ciencias naturales, tiene una extensa variedad de especies del reino animal, sobre distintas culturas y el espacio, en tanto que tienen un planetario súper moderno que es más que pintoresco.
En fin, el American Museum of Natural History es un lugar que realmente vale la pena visitar y así poder recorrer sus extensas e interesantes muestras y cada sala de este imponente museo, encima la entrada es a voluntad.

Great place if you have a whole lot of free time!
Museums of Natural History always seemed the same to me. You have your handful of dinosaur bones, stuffed animals from major countries, etc. But, New York’s American Museum of Natural History is HUGE and it goes on and on! There are also ongoing special exhibits that most Natural History museums never offer!
First of all, the exterior and architecture of this museum is beautiful! There’s a grand statue of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse outside and marble pillars/​walls in the main lobby. Each exhibit is VERY elaborate and well-​made, and I felt like I could get lost in the history here.
My favorite exhibit was the Hayden Planetarium, which is now connected to the overall Museum. It is a large high-​ceiling room where giant models of planets are hanging from the ceilings, as you can learn all the neat information about space and beyond. Perfect for the little ones! The show in the huge globe theater is amazing, as you get to see great telescopic views of Earth and space!
The museum is filled with golden nuggets of not only great pieces of general history but also the history of the museum himself. Near the end of the museum tour is a general sitting area with statues of Teddy Roosevelt as you read on about how the American Museum of Natural History came to be. I felt a greater appreciation of general Museums of Natural History and cannot wait to come back here for more trips!
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É o famoso museu do filme «uma noite no museu» e sim você se sente no filme a todo momento.
O museu é espetacular, diferente de tudo que já visitei na vida, vale realmente a visita e se prepare pra ficar lá por no mínimo 3 horas pois ele é gigante e você não vai querer perder nadinha.

Pro tip: You can donate any amount to the museum instead of paying full admission.
This is such a cool place to wander and learn and I’m a huge fan of taxidermy so the AMNH is a dreamland for me. However, this museum has been looking a little run-​down since I was here last. Maybe it’s time for a restoration?

The natural museum of history is wonderful experience. You have to take your time and be patient to all of the exhibits, it can be overwhelming. The great part is that the museum knows this and they have lots of seating areas to relax and take in the displays and history.
I really enjoyed the American animal wing, African exhibits. The animals with their backdrops of their habitats are so lifelike it seems like your looking at them through a window. Make sure you get a map of all of the exhibits or you’ll just wander aimlessly.
If your a fan of the movie «night at the museum» then this is your Graceland. I saw all of the characters such as Rexy, Dexter, Theodore Roosevelt and the Easter head island statue. I really loved this adventure and I know our great president Theodore Roosevelt would’ve loved it too!

Eu nunca gostei de museu, definitivamente. Mas, para acabar com essa afirmação, conheci este museu e mudei de ideia. Que lugar espetacular. Os engenheiros fizeram os cenários dos animais mamíferos, por exemplo, tão elaborados, que você se transmite para dentro de uma selva. Fantástico. Baixei o App logo quando cheguei e tive tudo na palma da minha mão, sem ficar perdido em nenhum momento. Consegui filtrar as coisas que gostaria de ver sem ter que pegar o velho mapinha de papel. A baleia gigante é um dos principais atrativos e também vale muito a pena conhecer. Mas, se eu tivesse que escolher um lugar para passar o dia, seria a parte dos mamíferos empalhados. Super recomendo.

Le musée d’histoire naturelle fait partie du New York city pass, dans notre programme c’était un matin à l’ouverture!
Ce musée est absolument immense ! Il y a tellement d’informations que c’est impossible de tout faire. On se perds facilement dedans aussi!

Eindrucksvoll und eine riesige Sammlung an Artefakten. Nehmt euch eine ganzen Tag dafür. Jede Sekunde da wahr eine persönliche Bereicherung. Absolut empfehlenswert. Auch das 3D Kino bietet da Unterhaltung.

What an experience! When you’re coming to the museum, make sure you’re ready to WALK. It’s such a HUGE museum. I highly recommend the tours that run every hour, 15 minutes after the hour. We had an amazing guide who walked us around a few of the key exhibits of the museum and explained things and informed us of things I would never known. The tour was about an hour and 15 minutes long, and it was super informative. They also have a dinosaur tour that focuses solely on the dinosaur exhibits (there are two, I believe) that is 45 minutes long. Both are complimentary with ticket purchase.
There are a few other exhibits that cost additional money to enter like the live spider exhibit (pretty cool) and the butterfly world exhibit (didn’t have time to go). The museum has a few cafes (I think one on each of the 4 floors) but it’s a little cheaper to go outside and get food at a nearby restaurant or a food cart that surrounds the museum. You can re-​enter at any time so keep your tickets handy! There are also plenty of places to relax and sit and rest your feet.
I wish I lived locally because I would come here much more often to just browse the exhibits and jog my mind!

Des espèces empaillées ou reproduites les unes à la suite des autres, aucune interactivité. Les expositions temporaires payantes né sont guère plus attrayantes. On voit bien que ce musée date déjà de plusieurs dizaines et il mériterait grandement un lifting pour le mettre au niveau des technologies modernes. À éviter !

Le musée d’histoire naturelle fait partie du New York city pass et nous avions une heure à tuer.
J’ai cru que c’était moi qui allait me tuer une fois ans ce musée immense et labyrinthique, un samedi après-​midi, alors qu’il semblait que tous les enfants du monde étaient rassemblés ici et hurlaient à la mort.
J’avoue que le musée est très grand, très complet, qu’il y a beaucoup beaucoup de chouettes choses à voir avec des enfants (je né comprends pas les adultes qui fin des selfies devant un faux ours empaillé ou qui s’émerveillent devant la statue d’un inuit qui fait la cuisine, mais passons…)
La partie sur les dinosaures était sympa, mais par goût personnel (amour du calme et de l’art contemporain)(oui ça a l’air d’être une phrase de connasse, pardon!) je n’y retournerai pas.
Ou alors si je reviens à New York avec mon propre enfant un jour et qu’il m’a eue à l’usure, car oui, pour les enfants, c’était endroit est parfait!

Great. Just great.
Nous n’avons pas grand chose à dire sur ce musée, si ce n’est qu’il est extraordinaire et très complet.
Petite astuce: si vous le souhaitez, vous n’êtes pas obligés de payer le plein tarif pour l’entrée au musée. Les donations sont à votre discrétion, et vous pouvez donc vous acquitter de 5 $ comme de 20 $ selon votre porte-​monnaie.

Ce musée est énorme ! dans tous les sens du terme et il faut bien prévoir une journée entière pour en faire le tour (en 4 heures je n’ai pas eu le temps de faire le Rose Center ni le planétarium et pourtant j’ai bien couru).
Etant une fan du film la nuit au musée et de sciences, je né pouvais pas passer à côté de ce monstre de la culture américaine.
Ici il y a de tout, de l’anthropologie sur toutes les cultures possible, de l’art, des animaux, des dinosaures, des minéraux, des végétaux … de quoi satisfaire la curiosité de tous.
N’oubliez pas de garder votre plan avec vous car avec ses 4 étages l’endroit devient vite un labyrinthe.
Et après s’être bien cultivé, il suffit d’en sortir pour s’aérer avec une longue balade dans central park, juste en face du musée.
J’y retournerais surement pour mon prochain voyage à NY et cette fois je ferais la visite spéciale La Nuit au Musée avec lampe torche ^^

Après la 3ème tentative de visite de ce musée compte tenu de la file d’attente énorme, nous avions décidé de prendre notre mal en patience…
Il faut savoir qu’il est possible d’éviter la file d’attente en prenant les tickets d’entrées à une borne mais dont le prix est d’environ 20 $. Alors que si vous faite la queue au guichet, vous réglez le prix que vous souhaitez… Après c’est une histoire de temps et de budget …
Mise à part ça, le musée est vraiment impressionnant à découvrir, et l’espace consacré aux animaux préhistoriques est gigantesque !!!
Je né regrette en aucun cas, le temps perdu à attendre pour y entrer …
J’ai adoré !!!

Einen Tag in New York haben wir uns dem im Jahre 1869 gegründeten American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) gewidmet. Das war ein eindringlicher Wunsch unserer Kinder, die den Film «Nachts im Museum» mehrmals gesehen haben.
Wir sind per Subway zur 81^st Street gefahren und von dort kommt man direkt unterirdisch zu einem Eingang. Der vorgeschlagene Eintrittspreis für Erwachsene beträgt 22 $ und für Kinder 12,50 $. Für einen Aufpreis kann man auch noch das IMAX Theater besuchen. Audiogeräte werden in deutscher Sprache angeboten.
Erst später habe ich nachgelesen, dass man theoretisch auch weniger bezahlen könnte, denn hier gilt «Pay what you wish». Allerdings haben wir gerne mit unserem Eintritt dieses wunderbare Museum und dessen Mitarbeiter unterstützt.
Das Museum ist hat über 25 miteinander verbundene Gebäude mit 46 Hallen, nebst Forschungseinrichtungen und einer Bibliothek. Das Gebäude ist architektonisch sehr reizvoll und liegt in der Nähe des Central Parks.
Man sollte sich schon einen Tag Zeit nehmen für das Museum, denn es ist einfach nur riesig. Unter anderem hatten wir folgende Ausstellungen besucht:
— Rose Center for Earth and Space
— Schmetterling Konservatorium (2. Stockwerk, Eingang)
— Nordamerikanische Säugetiere (1. Stockwerk)
— Leben im Ozean (1. Stockwerk)
— Priärie-​Indianer /​Eastern woodlands Indians (3. Stockwerk)
— Erforschung des Universums (3. Stockwerk)
— Dinosaurier (4. Stockwerk)
Es gibt in den USA mehrere Museen in dieser Art, aber dieses fand ich wirklich fantastisch. Wer mit Kindern unterwegs ist, sollte sich dieses Museum nicht entgehen lassen. Sehr gut kann man damit mal einen Schlechtwettertag in New York überbrücken.

Otro must de NYC, al igual que el museo de historia natural de Chicago, me he quedado sorprendida con el contenido de este museo.
Lo mas sobresaliente y por supuesto lo que mas recomiendo es la extensa exhibición de dinosaurios que tienen, en su mayoría son fósiles originales y quedarás sorprendido con la gran colección que tienen.
Al igual que muchos museos, necesitas dedicarle todo un día para salir completamente satisfecho, de lo contrario sentirás que te hizo falta «algo».

Ça c’est du musée. Grand, vraiment très grand, gigantesque. Et absolument génial !
Il y a un million de choses à voir et on veut tout voir, ou presque.
Un musée incontournable de NYC, qui plaira forcément à tout le monde, petits et grands.

das museum ist mit seiner extremumfangreichen sammlung einfach ein muss für jeden an musseen interessierten menschen. die präsentationsarten spiegeln auch die ausstellungskonzepte der letzten jahrzehnte wider — das tut dem ganzen aber keinen abbruch. an jeder «ecke» gibt es themenshops, um noch mehr geld auszugeben… ;-) wir fandens dennoch suuuuuper hier!!!
der food-​court ist recht teuer, vorsicht, die tellerpreise beziehen sich aufs viertelpfund!

No voy a entrar en el asunto del precio de entrada porque es consecuencia de un modelo económico ligeramente diferente al nuestro y probablemente sea lo que vale realmente, pero puede chocarle a mucha gente que los museos allí valgan el doble o el triple que aquí. Nosotros compramos la entrada básica, que te permite el acceso a toda la colección permanente pero a ninguna de las temporales (había otras modalidades con acceso a una temporal o a todas).
También consecuencia de ese modelo económico menos público que el nuestro es que la colección del museo escape de la propia Historia Natural y también tenga material arqueológico y antropológico que, a mi parecer, estaría mejor en el Metropolitan; también puede ser que este último no tenga espacio para mostrar más cosas y sea preferible que estén aquí, pero me chocó bastante que dos museos tan cercanos se dediquen a exponer piezas similares y de la misma naturaleza de conocimiento. Será que soy un rígido mental.
En cuanto al propio museo y su colección, es una pasada y puede darte para ocupar el día entero (aunque allí cierran bastante antes que aquí) viendo animales de todo el globo, esqueletos de dinosaurio, las colecciones arqueológicas y antropológicas que he nombrado anteriormente… Por desgracia, tiene un fallo evidente y es que es muy laberíntico y opino que está más señalizado y mal organizado: no tiene sentido que en una sala tengas los grandes simios, y en las contiguas los indios americanos y los pájaros de una parte del planeta que no tiene nada que ver. Probablemente siga unos criterios de espacio ya antiguos que cambiar ahora sería complicado, pero si tienes materiales de diferente naturaleza es más lógico que los concentres en vez de dispersarlos entre plantas y alas del museo. Como ya he dicho, soy muy rígido, pero es que aquí sin un mapa y sin establecer tú el orden de las cosas que te interesan y cómo seguirlo te puedes volver tarumba de las disonancias cognitivas continuas.

Un musée absolument gigantesque, Il faut se renseigner avant d’y aller pour bien préparer son parcours.
Nous avons choisi de visiter le Akeley Hall avec les reproductions incroyables des mammiferes dans leur environnement, plus vrais que nature. On se replonge dans le film «Une Nuit Au Musée»
Nous avons aussi parcouru la spirale de la création de l’univers depuis le big bang jusqu’à nos jours, mettant en perspective l’histoire de l’humanité si courte avec celle de l’univers vieille de plusieurs milliards d’années.
La projection IMAX est un must, nous avons vu les requins, parfait pour une projection 3D.
Il faut y aller et prévoir d’y rester la journée.

Le musée américain d’histoire naturelle est à la fois le plus beau et passionnant de ceux que j’ai visité jusqu’à présent à New York.
On le trouve du coté de la 81eme rue vers Central Park West et les lignes de métro B et C permettent d’être déposer juste devant.
Pour bien le visité, sachant qu’il est assez grand et qu’il dispose d’une collection gigantesque, il est conseillé d’établir son parcours en fonction des différents secteurs répartis en plusieurs étages.
Au premier, qui est en fait le –1 par rapport à l’entrée principale, on trouve une reproduction grandeur nature d’une magnifique baleine bleue. Au quatrième, c’est le squelette du tyrannosaure qui constitue une pièce maitresse de l’étage.
Même si c’est deux parties m’ont bien plu, je pense tout de même accordé mon coup de cœur pour le «Akeley Hall» avec son nombre impressionnant de vitrines de reproduction de mammifères dans leurs environnement. Absolument saisissant !.

Un des plus beau muséum d’histoire naturelle que j’ai visité…
vraiment très bien avec les scèné animalière
et les scèné sous marine.
Par contre attention ce musée ferme assez tôt et il est très long a visité
compté 3 heures si vous prenez bien le temps de tout voir…

L’un des musées à faire lors d’une visite à New York. Afin de visiter le musée entièrement je vous recommande d’y passer la demi-​journée.
Depuis les dinosaures, les peuples amérindiens, faune sous marine et arts de toutes les époques, ce musée est un bijou!

C’est un très grand musée de New York, avec beaucoup à visiter, beaucoup de vestiges de dinosaures et une grande place dédiée aux indiens et leurs habitats traditionnelles.
Il y a un secteur réservé aux nations du monde, il doit y avoir un mètre cube réservé à la Suisse et les pilotis du troglodyte.
Un musée un peu vieillot, mais certes très intéressant.

Schon sehr umfangreich und lehrreich, aber etwas viel Keramik aus allen Erdteilen.
Sehr schön die Elefanten und Tiere Afrikas.
Insgesamt sehr umfangreich, aber auch etwas langweilig.

Das ist ein sensationelles Naturkunde Museum.
Wenn man einmal um die große Kugel herumläuft bekommt man einen Begriff der Längendimensionen. Von der Größe des Virgo-​Superhaufens arbeitet man sich allmählich herunter bis auf das menschliche Meter. Dazwischen sind noch Sonne, Mond und Sterne. Dann begibt man sich unter das Meter in die Tiefe des Mikrokosmos zu Viren, Molekülen, Atomen und Atomkernen. Man denkt sich zerhackte Nukeonen und Gluonengezappel darum herum. Unvorstellbar kleine Abstände!
Daneben haben mich auch die Saurierspuren sehr beeindruckt.

Esse museu é para ir com MUITO tempo (umas 3 ou 4 horas), tem coisas lindas, diferentes e legais de se ver, máquina fotográfica tem que tem muito espaço para fotos e haja bateria. Muito bom mesmo.

Pour moi ce lieu est avant tout le lieu où Ross travaille dans Friends et où se déroule le premier volet d’une Nuit au Musée.
Je n’avais par contre pas conscience que le lieu était aussi immense!!! 4 étages plus le planétarium à côté il en faut du temps pour en faire vraiment le tour!
On trouve dans ce musée principalement des reconstitutions très nombreuses et très bien faites d’animaux dans leur milieux naturels, de populations dans leur habitats… On trouve également de nombreux squelettes de dinosaures (faux ou vrais je suis incapable de le dire) assez impressionnants. Et puis bien entendu des objets et des explications.
Enfin (si vous choisissez l’option) vous pourrez voir un film dans le planétarium qui est assez récent.
Si vous voulez en faire le tour complet sans être pressé, il faut bien prévoir une demi journée complète…
Le musée me semble également parfait à faire avec des enfants, ils devraient beaucoup apprécier de voir tous ces animaux à échelle réelle et tous les décors qui vont avec.
En plus, comme beaucoup des musée de la ville, celui-​ci est situé au bord de Central Park et bénéficie donc d’un cadre vraiment sympa et d’une superbe vue depuis la plupart de ses fenêtres.

⁴⁄₅ good museum

Man bekommt schon eine Menge geboten, aber irgendwann ist man auch einfach nicht mehr aufnahmefähig :)
Was nicht so toll ist, ist, dass es sehr schwierig ist sich zurecht zu finden. Unbedingt einen Übersichtsplan besorgen!!! Empfehlen würde ich auch in der oberen Etage anzufangen, da man dann die coolsten Sachen zuerst sieht, nämlich die Dinosaurier.
Die Dinos sind auch sicherlich das Highlight des Museums und wirklich beeindruckend ansonsten muss man sich aber bei seinem Besuch darüber im klaren sein, dass man überwiegend Kleidung, Werkzeuge und Musikinstrumente fremder Kulturen und aus früheren Zeiten zu sehen bekommt, was vielleicht nicht jeden soooo sehr interessiert. Vor allem für Kinder ist ein Großteil deke ich eher uninteressant. Aber das muss jeder selbst entscheiden.
Was ich etwas vermisst habe waren jeweils genauere Informationen zu den Ausstellungsstücken vor allem Zeitangaben haben sehr oft gefehlt.

C’est le musée d’histoire naturel de New York, il est très grand et très intéressant, surtout pour les enfants, il faut y aller pour voir les dinosaures, enfin les os, il y a un T-​Rex complet, il faut savoir, des grands dinosaures complets il y en a qu’à New York, Paris et Londres, faut faire les trois, après il faut déposer plainte une ministère de la culture pour qu’ils rénovent le musée cocorico, car il est passablement poussiéreux. Quant à celui de New York c’est de nouveau un chef d’oeuvre du style.

Bin total enttäuscht. Geht bitte nie um 10 hin. Schlangen. Und unfreundliches Sicherheitspersonal.
Ich wollte ins Planetarium. Das wurde so gar nicht angeboten. Nachher bekam ich Karten für Planet Earth aber nicht das Planetarium. Das ist schon Nepp. Und nachkaufen kostet extra und nochmal rein in die wartenden. Fahrstuhl ging nicht nur Treppe. Ok mir gings nicht so doll, aber die Ausstellkungstücke haben mich nicht umgehauen. Nicht für den Preis. Sorry. Für Kinder vielleicht aber ich nicht mehr.

Das American Museum of Natural History ist ein gigantisches Museum, das Ausstellungen zu den verschiedensten Bereichen der Naturgeschichte Amerikas beherbergt.
Von den Dinosauriern über die Ureinwohner bis zum Weltraum wird hier alles abgedeckt. Ich war mir bewusst, dass das Museum riesig ist, aber wie groß es wirklich ist, konnte ich mir erst vorstellen, als ich selbst dort war. Man muss auf jeden Fall genügend Zeit für seinen Besuch einplanen, denn man kann dort Stunden verbringen, ohne dass einem langweilig wird. Die Zeit vergeht hier für Groß und Klein wie im Flug.
Zusätzlich zur normalen Ausstellung gibt es regelmäßig Sonderausstellungen zu verschiedenen Themen. Bei meinem letzten Besuch dort gab es eine Sonderausstellung rund um das Thema Pferde.
Meine persönlichen Highlights waren der Bereich über die Dinosaurier und das Planetarium. Der Eintritt für letzteres kostete einen Aufpreis, hat sich aber auf jeden Fall gelohnt. Alles in allem ein wirklich interessantes und vielseitiges Museum.

Con más de 30 millones de piezas expuestas, el Museo Americano de Historia Natural merece que reserves unas cuantas horas del día para visitarlo. Es uno de los museos más conocidos y completos del mundo, en el que se hace un recorrido desde los orígenes de la Tierra, hasta la aparición de los dinosaurios, las culturas de otros continente o la fauna de cualquier lugar del mundo.
Un gran esqueleto de dinosaurio da la bienvenida al visitante que podrá disfrutar de toda clase de animales, plantas, fósiles, meteoritos, piedras preciosas, etc. Tras aguantar una cola que suele ser bastante larga, prepárate para entrar en un mar de historia y conocimiento.
El museo, que cuenta con cuatro plantas, hace las delicias de niños y adultos y a su colección permanente, se suman algunas exposiciones temporales para las que se suele pagar una entrada aparte.
En él podrás ver representaciones de animales de todos los países del mundo, muestras de ropajes y elementos de multitud de culturas e incluso recreaciones de casas y habitaciones de diferentes partes del mundo. Vasijas, joyas, espadas, jarrones…
Para representar el mundo marino, el museo tiene una sala gigantesca donde cuelga una enorme ballena azul del techo. Además incorpora el The Rose Center of Earth and Space’, un edificio en forma de cubo que conforma el espacio para el planetario, donde se proyectan documentales en tres dimensiones.
Un museo que merece la pena visitar, eso sí, tomándoselo con calma, porque tiene salas verdaderamente laberínticas.

J’ai cru voir un dinosaure
fantastique!
Malheureusement, trop de fatigue lors de cette visite, je reve de pouvoir y remettre les pieds

Besonders die Ausstellung zum Weltraum hat mir gefallen, echt genial! Man sollte sich aber unbedingt viel Zeit nehmen, da das Museum riesig ist und viele interessante Exponate hat…
Im Nachgang kann ich einen Besuch bei Isabella’s, gleich um die Ecke empfehlen!

Ich war zwar schon vor einigen Jahren da, aber es hat mich begeistert.
Die Darstellung ist so lebhaft und die Vielfalt grandios. Da macht das Museum richtig Spaß! Man sollte sich allerdings viel Zeit nehmen, damit man alles ansehen kann… für den Kurztrip nach New York ist das eher nicht geeignet, da man gar nicht wieder gehen möchte.

Für Kinder allein schon deshalb Pflicht, weil hier «Nachts im Museum» spielt (obwohl es hier nicht gedreht wurde). In diesem Museum könnte man mehrere Tage verbringen. Es ist riesig und sehenswert. Hier gibt es alles über die Geschichte der Amerikaner und der Menschen im Allgemeinen. Auch die Fauna kommt nicht zu kurz. Hier findet jeder den Bereich, der ihn interessiert.

Zu umfangreich um es in einem Besuch abzuhandeln. Viele Schulklassen, daher hohes geräuschniveau. Man sollte die Spacetour mitmachen.

Für mich das beste Museum der Welt. Wer sich entscheidet hier hin zu gehen (und das sollte man wirklich) muss Zeit
einem Tag ist es nicht zu schaffen. ich hatte ein bisschendas Gefühl das hier das gesamte wissen der Menschheit lagert. Einfach großartig! Zumal es einfach nur spannend ist die Räume zu erforschen und die überraschendsten Dinge zu sehen. Also auch wer nicht gerne die zugehörigen Informationen lesen kann oder will: gucken allein lohnt sich.

Ein weitres Museum in NYC und zur Abwechslung mal keine Kunst.
Dafür mal ein Blauwal in Originalgröße und der größte Saphir der Welt. Ein tolles Museum mit vielen verschiedenen Abteilungen, wie Raumfahrt und Astronomie, Zoologie usw. Definitiv etwas für ein paar kurzweilige Stunden.

La collection de dynosaures est tout simplement fabuleuse!
Important centre d’intérêt également: tout ce qui concerne l’histoire des Indiens d’Amérique, mais aussi les différentes peuplades et les peuplements du monde entier avec par exemple une large place faite aux travaux de la célèbrissime anthropologue Margaret MEAD (
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Il y a des reconstitutions sous forme de maquettes réalistes de toutes sortes de moments de vie de ces peuples (villages à différentes saisons, types d’agriculture, de pêche, de chasse etc.). Exposition de costumes (hommes, femmes, enfants) en grandeur réelle etc.
Impossible de bien visiter ce musée en une seule fois, donc il faut choisir et prioriser ses centres d’intérêt puis les localiser sur plan et organiser le parcours qui peut être vraiment long avant de commencer la visite.

Das ist ein wahnsinnig gutes Museum. Man kann hier Tage verbringen. Ich war begeistert von der lebenschten Darstellung der Ausstellungsstücke. Man hatte das Gefühl, allein durch das Anschauen erfährt man mehr über die Tiere und Pflanzen. Der Inhalt des Museums ist überwältigend und nicht an einem Tag zu schaffen.
Die Space Show fand ich das Geld nicht wert. Ein paar Effekte und Stühlewackeln. Ich hatte mir mehr Inhalt in der Show erwartet. — 15 Min für ca. 20 USD. Enttäuschend.
Tipp: unbedingt die kostenlose Führung mitmachen, um einen Überblick zu erhalten. Dauer ca.: 1 h.
Tipp 2: wenn man sowieso viele Atraktionen in New York anschraut, dann bietet sich der New York Pass an. Dann kommt man nämlich «kostenlos» in das Museum, allerdings nur einmailg.

C’est un musée extraordinaire dans tous les domaines: animaux préhistoriques, formation des planètes et de la nôtre en particulier, explication de la théorie de l’évolution
J’ai été surpris par la clarté des explications, la qualité de l’accueil et des expositions.
Quel contraste avec La Galerie de l’Evolution à Paris;
Un bon moment aussi bien pour les enfants que les adultes !

Pour les enfants c’est génial.
Ils y verront des squelettes de dinosaures et pléthore d’animaux empaillés.
Pour les adultes ce musée présente vraiment peu d’intérêt.

Wer New York besucht, ‘muss’ hier einfach hin. Es ist atemberaubend, was alles zu sehen und zu erfahren ist. Man könnte Tage dort verbringen mich haben die kosmischen Darstellungen und Infos sehr beeindruckt die space show ist obligatorisch all die Darstellungen zur Erde, die Exponate zum früheren und jetzigen Leben, Mineralien, undundund schau selbst unter ’
;… nichts wie hin, wenn es Dich anspricht, was es dort alles gibt

Zunächst mal: dieses Museum, westlich des Central Parks gelegen, ist definitiv sehenswert. Die Ausstellungsfläche ist enorm: Auf 4 Etagen wird zum Thema Technik, Geografie, Raumfahrt, Zoologie uvm. einiges geboten. Besonders gut gefallen hat mir der Spirallauf um die Hayden Sphere, auf dem die Größenverhältnisse im Universum von der Makro– bis zur Mikroebene anschaulich verdeutlicht werden.
Zwei Dinge sind mir jedoch ständig unangenehm aufgefallen:
Zum einen der schlechte Zustand der Exponate. Mangel an finanziellen Mitteln? Ich weiß es nicht, aber manche Bildschirmtexte waren kaum lesbar, andere erst gar nicht in Betrieb. Vieles schien abgenutzt und überholungsbedürftig.
Zum anderen die fürchterliche Aufteilung des Gebäudes. Ich glaube wir haben mehr Zeit damit verbracht eine bestimmte Ausstellung in diesem Labyrinth aus Treppen und Etagen zu finden, als wirklich diese zu betrachten. Am besten viel Zeit mitbringen und einfach von unten nach oben alles ablaufen
Der Eintrittspreis wird freiwillig gewählt. Für Studenten ist der empfohlene Preis 11 USD, der Normalpreis ist 20 USD. Manche Ausstellungen bedürfen aber Zusatzkarten; mit unserer Normalkarte konnte wir z.B. das Planetarium nicht besuchen, obwohl es auf der Karte nicht als Extra-​zone gelistet war. Ärgerlich, sonst hätte ich den Aufpreis direkt bezahlt.

Ein riesiges Museum also viel viel Zeit mitbringen! Und zwar das größte naturgeschichtliche Museum der Welt mit 40 Mio. Exponaten zur Naturgeschichte der Erde.
Die Themen reichen von Biologie von Mensch und Tier über Kultur und Naturgeschichte Nord und Mittelamerikas sowie Schwarzafrikas.
Mir haben am besten die Dinoskelette gefallen.
Aber es ist wirklich für jeden was dabei denk ich einfach mal hingehen!!!

Museo de historia natural, es tremendamente grande, asi que no lo podreis visitar todo en un dia esta al lado del central park. Hay todo tipo de animales, fosiles, esqueletos
A mi me encanto.

Este museo, esta situado al lado de Central park en su lado oeste, a la altura de la calle 79. Ali podreis encontrar un gran esqueleto de dinosaurio, el cual da la vienvenida a todos aquellos que lo visitan. Ademas podrá disfrutar de toda clase de animales, plantas, fósiles, meteoritos, piedras preciosas.
No creo que lo podais ver todo en un mismo dia, asi que centraros en lo que os interese.

Es el museo de historia natural, se encuentra al lado de central park mas o menos en la mitad, por el lado oeste, es un museo donde aparte de las exposiciones fijas, simepre hay de itinerantes, quando yo estuve havia una de mariposas vivas, era genial, el museo en si es muy denso para una sola visita, yo recomendaria solo visitar una parte, puedes comprar las entradas por secciones, seguro que si vais os suena, a salido en muchas películas.