National Museum of Natural History

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Inside the National Museum of Natural History, underneath the rotunda.
Inside the National Museum of Natural History, underneath the rotunda.
The museum as seen from the National Mall, the Old Post Office Building visible in the distance
The museum as seen from the National Mall, the Old Post Office Building visible in the distance
National Mall museum entrance
National Mall museum entrance

The National Museum of Natural History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The museum's collections total over 125 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts. It is the second most popular of all of the Smithsonian museums and is also home to about 185 professional natural history scientists — the largest group of scientists dedicated to the study of the natural and cultural history in the world.

The museum was established in 1910, with its building designed by Hornblower & Marshall. The building, designed in the neoclassical architectural style, was the first constructed on the north side of the National Mall, along Constitution Avenue, as part of the 1901 McMillan Commission plan.

Hall of Dinosaurs

Hall of Mammals

The skeleton of a prehistoric sea turtle

Hope Diamond

Mummified bull

Sabre-toothed cat

American mastodon

American angler goosefish

PHSCologram depicting a salt crystal

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