Night at the Museum Exhibits

See the real exhibits behind the characters featured in the Night at the Museum movies!

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Night at the Museum

Floor 4 

Tyrannosaurus rex

The fossil skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most famous and scientifically important dinosaur specimens in the world, can be found in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. Unlike Rexy, however, this fossil doesn’t play fetch!

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Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil mount on display in the Museum's Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH

Floor 3 

Moai Statue

A cast of the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) statue that came to be called Dum-Dum is in the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples. These remarkable human figures, called moai, were carved out of volcanic rock some 815 years ago.

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Moai statue in the center of the Hall of Pacific Peoples beside glass exhibit cases holding a Māori chief’s pātaka and other objects. Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Capuchin Monkey

The capuchin monkey, which inspired Dexter, can be found in the Hall of Primates in the American Monkeys section with its relatives in the genus Cebus.

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Four monkey mounts with the capuchin monkey in the center posed clinging to a branch on view in the Hall of Primates. Daniel Kim/© AMNH 

Floor 2 

African Mammals

Off the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, African elephants, lions, zebra, and more are in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals. This hall is comprised of 28 habitat dioramas spread across two floors. Find other animals from the movie, like the ostrich and the rhinoceros, on Floor 3. 

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The African Elephants in the center of the Hall of African Mammals.

Floor 1 

Blue Whale

The 94-foot-long Blue Whale hangs from the ceiling in the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, which features dioramas of major marine ecosystems.

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94 foot long model of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling of the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. Daniel Kim/© AMNH 
Neanderthals

A diorama of three Neanderthals at a campsite in what is now Western France can be seen in the center, circular area of the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.

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Diorama depicting three Neanderthals, one standing and holding a long stick and the others sitting and working on a piece of leather in a rocky landscape. © AMNH
Theodore Roosevelt

In the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, dioramas and displays depict the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt, including a bronze statue of the Conservation President, a visionary environmentalist who protected more than 230 million acres of U.S. land. This hall is part of New York State’s official memorial to the 26th President of the United States.

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A seated statue of Theodore Roosevelt on a wooden bench in front of the Hall of North American Mammals. Daniel Kim/© AMNH 

Outside 

Lewis and Clark

At the Museum’s entrance on Central Park West, to the right of the entry arch, atop Ionic columns, are statues of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. These statues were sculpted by James Earle Fraser.

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Labeled statues of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis on top of two Ionic columns on the Central Park West facade of the Museum. Denis Finnin/© AMNH

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