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Objects of Wonder: From the Collections of the National Museum of Natural History

March 10, 2017 - TBD 2019

Location: Second Floor

Explore the breadth, scope and splendor of the world's most extensive natural history research collection, including many exceptional objects rarely seen by the public.


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Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend

Opens August 03, 2017

Location: First Floor

This new exhibition will dive deep into the narwhal's Arctic world to explore what makes this mysterious animal and its changing ecosystem so important.

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Deep Time Fossil Hall

Grand Opening June 2019

Location: First Floor

The exhibition will lead families, students, teachers and other visitors on a dynamic journey through Earth's 4.6-billion-year history. It will present the latest findings about our planet's past and how it connects to the present and future. 

The 31,000-square-foot Fossil Hall will feature, the nation's T.rex, a Triceratops, Ice Age mammoth and an 80-foot-long Diplodocus, among other dramatic installations, will appear in lifelike poses that represent major advances in our understanding of how extinct animals lived and moved. 

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