The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world. Tucked into its 1.6 million square feet of space are several secrets. Some you can see, some you cannot.

Images documenting the construction of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. In 1903 Congress authorized the Board of Regents to begin a new museum building, ...

Aiding researchers across the globe, the National Museum of Natural History maintains and preserves the world’s most extensive collection of natural history specimens. Geologists and other scientists ...