Outside of the American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West and 79th Street . Telephone 212-769-5100.


Outside of the American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West and 79th Street . Telephone 212-769-5100 . (Mon- Fri 10am- 5 : 45pm / closed on Christmas and Thanksgiving / donation recommended including the Rose Center: adults $ 16US / seniors and students $ 12US / $ 9US ages 2-12 ) . This is one of the largest natural history museums in the world, and one of the most recommended of the city if you travel with children places. It was founded in 1869 and contains over thirty million objects. The areas that attract attention are the three rooms devoted to dinosaurs esquelos full- alongside another skeleton hanging from the ceiling belonging to the replica of a female whale captured on the south coast in 1925. In the hall you can also see the world's largest Barosaurus mounted through original fossils. It is a female defending her brood under attack by another predator . There are also scenes of grizzly bear habitat in Alaska, African lions and elephants, Komodo dragons, and many other animals


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