American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM–5:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: natural history museum in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “American Museum Natural History”, “American museum of natural history, New York”, “American Museum of Natural History, the”, “AMNH”, “amnh.org”, “Museo de Historia Natural de Estados Unidos”, “Museo estadounidense de historia natural”, “Museu Americà d’Història Natural de Nova York”, “Usona Muzeo de Naturhistorio”, “אמעריקן מוזיעם אפ נעטרואל היסטארי”, “המוזיאון האמריקאי להיסטוריה של הטבע”, “מוזיעם אפ נעטרואל היסטארי”, “נאטירליכע היסטאריע מוזעאום”, “נעטרועל מוזיעם אפ היסטארי”, “موزهٔ تاریخ طبیعی آمریکا”, “موزه تاریخ طبیعی امریکا”, “موزه تاریخ طبیعی ایالات متحده”, “미국 자연사박물관”, “미국자연사박물관”, “米国自然史博物館”, “美国国家自然历史博物馆”, “美国自然历史博物馆”, and “美國自然歷史博物館”
- Address: 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Central Park and Hayden Planetarium.
Hayden Planetarium
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Photo: Spheroide, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper West Side and Lincoln Square.
American Museum of Natural History
- Categories: natural history museum, educational institution, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7811° or 40° 46′ 52″ north
Longitude
-73.97421° or 73° 58′ 27″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Established
April 6th, 1869
Levels
5
Height
151 feet (46 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
87G8Q2JG+C8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“American Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الأمريكي للتاريخ الطبيعي”
- Armenian: “Ամերիկյան բնագիտական թանգարան”
- Asturian: “Muséu Americanu d’Historia Natural”
- Azerbaijani: “Amerika Təbiət Tarixi Muzeyi”
- Bashkir: “Америка тәбиғәт тарихы музейы”
- Basque: “Natur Historiaren Amerikar Museoa”
- Belarusian: “Амерыканскі музей прыродазнаўчай гісторыі”
- Belarusian: “Амэрыканскі музэй прыродазнаўчай гісторыі”
- Catalan: “Museu Americà d’Història Natural”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ئەمریکی بۆ مێژووی سروشتی”
- Chinese: “美国自然史博物馆”
- Chinese: “美國自然史博物館”
- Chinese: “自然历史博物馆”
- Croatian: “Američki prirodoslovni muzej”
- Czech: “Americké přírodovědné muzeum”
- Danish: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Dutch: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Dutch: “Amerikaans Museum van Natuurlijke Geschiedenis”
- Esperanto: “Usona Muzeo de Natura Historio”
- Estonian: “Ameerika Loodusloomuuseum”
- Finnish: “American Museum of Natural History”
- French: “musée américain d’histoire naturelle”
- French: “Musée américain d’histoire naturelle”
- French: “Muséum américain d’histoire naturelle”
- Galician: “Museo Americano de Historia Natural”
- Georgian: “ამერიკის ბუნების ისტორიის მუზეუმი”
- German: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Greek: “Αμερικανικό Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας”
- Gujarati: “નૈસર્ગિક ઇતિહાસનુ અમેરિકન સંગ્રહાલય”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון האמריקאי לתולדות הטבע”
- Hindi: “अमेरिकन म्यूजियम ऑफ नेचुरल हिस्ट्री”
- Hungarian: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Hungarian: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Igbo: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Amerika”
- Irish: “Músaem Mheiriceá ar Stair an Dúlra”
- Italian: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Italian: “Museo americano di storia naturale”
- Japanese: “アメリカ自然史博物館”
- Korean: “미국 자연사 박물관”
- Latin: “Museum Historiae Naturalis Americanum”
- Malay: “Muzium Sejarah Semula Jadi Amerika”
- Malayalam: “അമേരിക്കൻ മ്യൂസിയം ഓഫ് നാച്ചുറൽ ഹിസ്റ്ററി”
- Marathi: “अमेरिकन म्युझियम ऑफ नॅचरल हिस्ट्री”
- Mongolian: “Америкийн байгалийн түүхийн музей”
- Newari: “अमेरिकन म्युजियम अफ नेचुरल हिस्ट्री”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Norwegian: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی آمریکا”
- Polish: “Amerykańskie Muzeum Historii Naturalnej”
- Portuguese: “Museu Americano de História Natural”
- Russian: “Американский музей естественной истории”
- Serbian: “Američki muzej prirodne istorije”
- Slovak: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Slovenian: “Ameriški prirodoslovni muzej”
- Spanish: “Museo Americano de Historia Natural”
- Swedish: “American Museum of Natural History”
- Tamil: “அமெரிக்க இயற்கை வரலாற்று அருங்காட்சியகம்”
- Telugu: “అమెరికన్ మ్యూజియం ఆఫ్ నేచురల్ హిస్టరీ”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ธรรมชาติวิทยาอเมริกา”
- Turkish: “Amerikan Doğa Tarihi Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Американський музей природознавства”
- Urdu: “امریکن میوزیم آف نیچرل ہسٹری”
- Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Lịch sử Tự nhiên Hoa Kỳ”
- Welsh: “Amgueddfa Hanes Naturiol America”
- Western Frisian: “Amerikaansk Natoerhistoarysk Museum”
- Western Panjabi: “امریکن میوزیم آف نیچرل ہسٹری”
- Yiddish: “אמעריקאנער מוזיי פון נאטירלעכער היסטאריע”
- Yue Chinese: “美國自然史博物館”
- “American Museum of Natural History”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Columbus Circle and Carnegie Hill.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Central Park West & West 79th Street and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial.
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Worth a closer look: Central Park and Upper East Side.
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