Share in the excitement of discovery with more than 40 galleries exploring the natural world and the universe at one of NYC's top destinations, the American Museum of Natural History.

Highlights:  

• Don't miss out on ticketed exhibitions! Choose the General Admission + One option for one of the following:

  • The age of dinosaurs might well have continued to this day, if not for a spectacular event that changed everything. Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs explores the before-and-after storey of the cataclysmic asteroid collision that happened sixty-six million years ago, and the explosion of life that followed.

  • Encounters in the Milky Way: The Museum’s NEW Space Show, narrated by Pedro Pascal, is a time-traveling journey about the cosmic movements that shape our galactic area. Discover the chance encounters that have shaped our place in the universe.

  • Be transported into nature’s hidden realms—from the depths of the ocean to the DNA strands in all living organisms—in Invisible Worlds, a unique experience on view in the Museum’s permanent 360-degree immersive theatre.

  • Life at the Limits: Nature's Superheroes: Meet the amazing species that survive and thrive on planet Earth. Over billions of years, living things have evolved from simple cells into an awe-inspiring array of life forms—a spectacle of colours, textures, behaviours, specialised parts, and exacting skills.

  • Davis Family Butterfly Vivarium: Delight in the year-round immersive exhibit and mingle with up to 1,000 free-flying butterflies—and maybe even experience one landing on you!

• Taking the museum experience to soaring new heights, the new Richard Gilder Centre for Science, Education, and Innovation showcases a year-round Butterfly Vivarium with up to 80 species of free-flying butterflies, an Insectarium devoted to Earth’s most diverse and abundant animal group, and floor-to-ceiling displays of the Museum’s scientific collections.

• Explore the Museum’s famous fossil halls, featuring the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world, including imposing mounts of Tyrannosaurus rex and Apatosaurus, as well as the 122-foot-long cast of a tit