A series of interactive galleries reveal how our brains shape our perceptions of reality.

Offering a vision of the future of space travel, this exhibition explores humanity’s next steps into our solar system and beyond.

Discover the workings of our most amazing organ through imaginative art, vivid brain-scan imaging, and dynamic interactive exhibits.

Explore the extraordinary organisms that produce light, from backyard fireflies to alien-like deep-sea fishes.

Discover Cuba’s dynamic culture and abundant biodiversity, from colorful urban streetscapes to dazzling coral reefs. 

Explore the life of the iconic naturalist, geologist, and thinker whose extraordinary ideas on evolution by natural selection were a critical turning point in modern science and culture.

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This exhibition highlights how new discoveries and technologies reveal how dinosaurs lived, moved and behaved.

Learn about the natural and cultural roots of some of the world’s most enduring mythological creatures, and explore their enduring hold on the human imagination.

Experience the intersection of food, nature, culture, health and history. Explore the complex relationship we have with food, and consider some of the most compelling issues of our time.

These beautifully designed and scientifically accurate exhibitions showcase illustrations, photography, and infographics covering an array of themes from natural history to ecology.  

Explore the amazing superpowers that animals, plants and other living organisms have developed to survive and to thrive.

Explore poison’s roles in nature, myth, and human health — as a defense against predators, source of strength, or lethal weapon-turned-lifesaving treatment.

Discover the diversity of pterosaurs, and explore how these remarkable flying creatures evolved and thrived for nearly 150 million years before going extinct.

Relive one of the most stirring tales of Antarctic exploration: the contest to be the first to reach the South Pole. Learn about historic and modern day research on this unique continent.

Your body is brimming with microbes—trillions of them. Explore the ecosystem that is the human microbiome.

Journey along the most celebrated trade route in human history, and experience evocative sights, sounds, and artifacts from the Silk Road.

Examine new discoveries and technologies that have revolutionized our understanding of the biology of sauropods, the largest dinosaurs to have walked the Earth.