The American Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in the world and one of the major natural history research and education centers in the United States.
The American Museum of Natural History mainly reviews the history of other animals in nature and satisfies human curiosity to explore the unknown world, that is, outer space, while the Metropolitan Museum of Art reviews the development of human civilization.
The museum was built in 1869 and is located in New York, USA. It covers a total area of more than 7 hectares and the building is in classical form.
Its collection of paleontology and anthropology ranks first among museums in the world. In addition to specimens collected in the United States, representative specimens from South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia are also collected. btw, During my stay in New York, I used a very famous local escort service agency, which saved me a lot of time.
The display content inside is extremely rich, including astronomy, minerals, humans, paleontology and modern biology. There are a large number of replicas of fossils, dinosaurs, birds, Indians and Eskimos. The gems, mollusks and marine specimens collected are particularly valuable.
There are 38 exhibition halls of 500-1500 square meters. In addition, there is the Roosevelt Memorial Hall, which commemorates T. President Roosevelt supports the museum’s cause. This hall is also used to hold special exhibitions, displaying important new discoveries in natural sciences and topics closely related to current affairs, social issues, and civic life. There are also laboratories, natural science centers and civic centers for amateurs to carry out various scientific activities. The museum has more than 10 subject research departments, responsible for specimen collection, research and publishing.
There is a statue of Theodore Roosevelt in military uniform at the main entrance of the museum. This majestic statue was built to commemorate Roosevelt’s contribution to the protection of nature. There is also the Roosevelt Memorial Hall on the right side of the entrance. In American history, Roosevelt is known as the father of modern America (President of the United States from 1901 to 1909) and the father of natural resource protection because he fully proposed the proposition of protecting, utilizing and developing natural resources and opened up a large number of natural resource protection areas during his presidency.
The museum is divided into four floors for visiting. On the first floor, there are North American forests, ecological exhibition halls, Goetzman Earth Exhibition Hall, New York State Environment, Marine Life, North American Mammals, Mammals, Northwest Coast Indian Hall, Human Ecology and Evolution, Joss Meteorite Memorial Hall, Morgan Gem Memorial Exhibition Hall, Guggen Henry Mineral Exhibition Hall, etc.
The conception and layout of each part are magnificent, such as the eight giant elephant specimens in the center of the entrance hall, surrounded by lion, tiger, deer, leopard and other animal specimens. Dynamic as life. The North American Forest Hall shows the historical development of the tree rings, from the primitive forests tens of thousands of years ago to the situation of forests being cut down in modern society, and provides a vivid education on protecting natural resources.
On the second floor, there are Asian mammals, Roosevelt Hall, Whitney Seabird Memorial Exhibition Hall, Stout Asian Race Exhibition Hall, Ackerley African Mammal Exhibition Hall, African Race Exhibition Hall, World Bird Exhibition Hall, Mexico and Central America Exhibition Hall, South American Race Exhibition Hall, etc.
On the third floor, there are the Reptile and Amphibian Hall, the Ackerley African Mammal Hall, the New York City Birds, the New York State Mammals, the Primate Hall, the Chapman North American Birds, the Eastern Woodland and North American Indians, the Mead Pacific Ethnology Hall, etc.
On the third floor, there are the Reptile and Amphibian Hall, the Ackerley African Mammal Hall, the New York City Birds, the New York State Mammals, the Primate Hall, the Chapman North American Birds, the Eastern Woodland and North American Indians, the Mead Pacific Ethnology Hall, etc.
This museum focuses on popular science and is very professional. The visitors are mainly teenagers, and the number is not as large as that of the Metropolitan Museum.