Natural World. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., except Dec. 25 and Jan. 20 We're on the National Mall 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20560 Free Admission

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Explore the breadth, depth, and splendor of the world's most extensive natural history collection. View some of the most intriguing, beautiful, and awe-inspiring objects in our collection.

Natural history holds the key to Earth’s future. Our mission is to promote understanding of the natural world and our place in it. The museum’s collections tell the history of the planet and are a record of human interaction with the environment and one another.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device.

When the “new” U.S. National Museum building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), opened its doors on March 17, 1910, it housed art, culture, history, and natural history collections.

Museum Support Center and Research Stations; A Few Other Smithsonian Tours; Narrated Virtual Tours

In this university-like atmosphere, scientists delve deep into the history of our planet and the processes and peoples that shape it today. Museum explorers travel to ocean depths, the peaks of the Andes, Africa's Rift Valley, the rainforests of …

Get a map of all three floors of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

The collections at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) are acquired and preserved to serve the Smithsonian’s mission to increase knowledge. They are held in trust for research, exhibition, education, and public enjoyment now and for future generations.