The Museum from Home

Everything you ever wanted to know about this iconic dinosaur from the Museum’s fossil halls and the star of a recent Museum exhibition.

There’s nothing quite like standing under the 94-foot-long model of a blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life, but in the meantime, you can enjoy reading this conversation between the whale and the titanosaur.

Learn how to draw a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly, one of the many species of moths and butterflies that live in the Butterfly Conservatory.

Check out this mystery photo. Hint: It’s a detail from a diorama in the Hall of Human Origins.

It’s not easy being an artifact. Find out why in this urn-est interview with an artifact from the Hall of Mexican and Central America.

There are 168 specimens in the Hall of Planet Earth. Meet six of them that traveled to the Museum from places like Mexico, Scotland, and even outer space!

The newest (and largest) dinosaur in the fossil halls has a lot to say. You can read this interview to find out how it lived millions of years ago and how it came to the Museum.

Astronomy is a BIG subject. In this interactive article, you can read up on some of the big ideas, from constellations to rockets to the mysterious stuff called dark matter.

Play this game to explore the plants and animals of the Dzangha-Sangha rain forest in Africa (a replica can be found in the Hall of Biodiversity!).

See how many birds you can spot on a virtual birdwatching trip in Oyster Bay, where President Theodore Roosevelt spent his summers.

Did you know that six dioramas in the Hall of North American Mammals show landscapes from national parks? You can explore three of them here.

Bring six North American mammals to life with this coloring book that features a few of the beautiful dioramas from the Hall of North American Mammals.