New York is home of greatest museums in the world, no visit to New York City is complete without a trip to the American Natural History Museum. The American Museum of Natural History, or AMNH, has been in operation since 1869. The museum is also voted as the number 1 attraction in New York by a family travel guide.

The American Museum of Natural History has galleries and exhibits that will give you an exciting experience, such as the planetarium space show, Rose Center for Earth and Space, Hayden Planetarium Space Show, Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, and the Fossil Halls that will make you marvel every time you drop by. The museum also has the most significant collections of dinosaur fossils in the world. One of the most exciting and major accomplishments of this history museum can be seen in the recent collaborative research that they have taken part in regarding the extraordinary fossils which have been discovered of feathered dinosaurs and furred mammals. These fossils are estimated to date back to approximately 100 million years and are from old rock findings in northern China.

For anthropologists the Culture Hall offers an exploration into ancient cultures of Asia, Africa, North and South America, and the Pacific. The museum also has the most significant collections of dinosaur fossils in the world.