Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Collections Core
Only a small fraction of the Museum's specimens and objects are on view in exhibit halls. Millions more, from dinosaur fossils to fish skeletons, DNA specimens, and digital maps of the Milky Way, are stored and studied by researchers behind the scenes.
Now, you can see more of these collections: more than 3,000 specimens and artifacts, displayed across three levels of 35 engaging exhibits in the Gerstner Collections Core, including the Macaulay Family Foundation Collection Galleries on the first and second floors.
Find out how they are studied and what they can reveal about the universe and life on our planet–including ourselves. Behind the displays, visitors can glimpse some of the Museum's working collections.
Three levels of engaging exhibits, including the Macaulay Family Foundation Collection Galleries on the first and second floors, display 3,000 artifacts and specimens.Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Visitors can glimpse behind the displays into the Museum's extensive working research collections, which are used by researchers, students, and others.Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
This exhibition is included with any admission.
What You'll See
Explore spectacular displays, and the stories behind the specimens in digital interactive exhibits, across three levels.
Enjoy free tickets for General Admission, special exhibitions, giant-screen movies, planetarium shows, and more!
In a dramatic representation of an imagined prehistoric encounter between predator and prey, a Barosaurus rears up to protect its young from an attacking Allosaurus. The enormous Barosaurus is the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur mount, and composed of casts of real bone, since fossils are too heavy to support in this way.