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American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: natural history museum in Manhattan, New York
  • Also known as: “AMNH” and “amnh.org”
  • Address: 180 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Hayden Planetarium.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a part of the American Museum of Natural History in . The Center's complete name is The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space.

Museum
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The is a part of the American Museum of Natural History in . The Center's complete name is The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest . is situated 350 feet northeast of American Museum of Natural History.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Lincoln Square.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

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The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

American Museum of Natural History

Latitude
40.7811° or 40° 46′ 52″ north
Longitude
-73.97421° or 73° 58′ 27″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Inception
April 6th, 1869
Levels
5
Height
151 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2JG+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 388436810
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5107123
Wiki­data ID
Q217717
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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: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Catalan: “AMNH”
  • Catalan: “Museu Americà d’Història Natural de Nova York”
  • Catalan: “Museu Americà d’Història Natural”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ئەمریکی بۆ مێژووی سروشتی”
  • Chinese: “美国国家自然历史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美国自然历史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美国自然史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美國自然史博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國自然歷史博物館”
  • Chinese: “自然历史博物馆”
  • Croatian: “Američki prirodoslovni muzej”
  • Czech: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Czech: “Americké přírodovědné muzeum”
  • Danish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Dutch: “American museum of natural history, New York”
  • Dutch: “American Museum of Natural History, the”
  • Dutch: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Dutch: “Amerikaans Museum van Natuurlijke Geschiedenis”
  • Dutch: “AMNH”
  • Esperanto: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Esperanto: “Usona Muzeo de Natura Historio”
  • Esperanto: “Usona Muzeo de Naturhistorio”
  • Estonian: “Ameerika Loodusloomuuseum”
  • Finnish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • French: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • French: “AMNH”
  • 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”
  • German: “AMNH”
  • Greek: “AMNH”
  • Greek: “Αμερικανικό Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας”
  • Gujarati: “નૈસર્ગિક ઇતિહાસનુ અમેરિકન સંગ્રહાલય”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון האמריקאי להיסטוריה של הטבע”
  • 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”
  • Igbo: “amnh.org”
  • Igbo: “AMNH”
  • Indonesian: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Amerika”
  • Irish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Irish: “Músaem Mheiriceá ar Stair an Dúlra”
  • Italian: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Italian: “AMNH”
  • Italian: “Museo americano di storia naturale”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ自然史博物館”
  • Japanese: “米国自然史博物館”
  • Korean: “미국 자연사 박물관”
  • Korean: “미국 자연사박물관”
  • Korean: “미국자연사박물관”
  • Latin: “Museum Historiae Naturalis Americanum”
  • Malay: “AMNH”
  • Malay: “Muzium Sejarah Semula Jadi Amerika”
  • Malayalam: “അമേരിക്കൻ മ്യൂസിയം ഓഫ് നാച്ചുറൽ ഹിസ്റ്ററി”
  • Marathi: “अमेरिकन म्युझियम ऑफ नॅचरल हिस्ट्री”
  • Mongolian: “Америкийн байгалийн түүхийн музей”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Norwegian: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی آمریکا”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ تاریخ طبیعی آمریکا”
  • Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی امریکا”
  • Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی ایالات متحده”
  • Polish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Polish: “Amerykańskie Muzeum Historii Naturalnej”
  • Portuguese: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Portuguese: “AMNH”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Americano de História Natural”
  • Russian: “AMNH”
  • Russian: “Американский музей естественной истории”
  • Serbian: “Američki muzej prirodne istorije”
  • Slovak: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Slovenian: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Slovenian: “Ameriški prirodoslovni muzej”
  • Slovenian: “AMNH”
  • Spanish: “American Museum Natural History”
  • Spanish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Spanish: “AMNH”
  • Spanish: “Museo Americano de Historia Natural”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Museo estadounidense de historia natural”
  • Swedish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Swedish: “AMNH”
  • Tamil: “அமெரிக்க இயற்கை வரலாற்று அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Turkish: “American Museum of Natural History”
  • Turkish: “Amerikan Doğa Tarihi Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “AMNH”
  • 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”
  • Yiddish: “אמעריקן מוזיעם אפ נעטרואל היסטארי”
  • Yiddish: “מוזיעם אפ נעטרואל היסטארי”
  • Yiddish: “נאטירליכע היסטאריע מוזעאום”
  • Yiddish: “נעטרועל מוזיעם אפ היסטארי”
  • Yue Chinese: “美國自然史博物館”
  • “AMNH”

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