Hours and Temporary Hall Closures
Open daily, 10 am–5:30 pm.
Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
The Discovery Room is open on Saturdays and Sundays, 10:30 am–1:30 pm and 2:15–5:15 pm.
Temporary Hall Closures
Some exhibitions and amenities may be temporarily closed for maintenance or events that support the Museum's scientific research and educational programs.
This list is updated weekly. For May 14–25:
Floor 3:
- Hall of Eastern Woodlands is closed.
- Hall of the Great Plains is closed.
- Akeley Hall of African Mammals Mezzanine will partially close at 4:30 pm and will close at 5 pm.
Floor 2:
- Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda will close at 3:30 pm.
- Central Park West entrance/exit will close at 3:30 pm.
- Hall of Asian Mammals will close at 3:30 pm.
- Akeley Hall of African Mammals will close at 4 pm.
Floor 1:
- Futter Gallery will be partially closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Northwest Coast Hall will be partially closed.
- Mollusks of New York State will be closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life lower level will close at noon and the upper level will close at 4 pm.
Floor 4:
- Astor Turret will close at 2 pm.
- Hall of Primitive Mammals will partially close at 2 pm.
Floor 3:
- Hall of Eastern Woodlands is closed.
- Hall of the Great Plains is closed.
- Akeley Hall of African Mammals Mezzanine will partially close at 4:30 pm.
Floor 2:
- Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda will close at 3:30 pm.
- Central Park West entrance/exit will close at 3:30 pm.
- Hall of Asian Mammals will close at 3:30 pm.
- Akeley Hall of African Mammals will close at 4 pm.
Floor 1:
- Futter Gallery will be partially closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Northwest Coast Hall will be partially closed.
- Mollusks of New York State will be closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life lower level will close at 2 pm and the upper level will close at 4 pm.
- Roosevelt Hall of Biodiversity will partially close at 3:30 pm.
Floor 3:
Floor 1:
- Futter Gallery will be partially closed.
- Mollusks of New York State will be closed.
- Northwest Coast Hall will be partially closed.
Floor 3:
Floor 1:
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life lower level will close at 3 pm.
Lower Level:
- Cullman Hall of the Universe will open at 1 pm.
Floor 3:
Floor 1:
- LeFrak Theater will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
Floor 3:
Floor 1:
- Cafe on 1 will be closed.
- LeFrak Theater will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- School Group Check-In will be partially closed.
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall will be partially closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life will be partially closed 10 am–2 pm and will close at 2 pm.
- 77th Street exit will close at 3:30 pm.
- Futter Gallery will partially close at 3:30 pm.
- Eyes on the Universe will partially close at 3:30 pm.
- Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth will close at 4 pm.
Please see our Calendar for evening and other special events.
All times subject to change.