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Natural history museumDowntown DC, District of Columbia
National Museum of Natural History
Natural history museumFounded 1910
KindNatural history museumDowntown DC
Visitors a year6.9M2015
Founded1910
Best monthsApr · Sep–OctDowntown DC
38.89° N, 77.03° WUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goDowntown DC · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low69° / 48°
About
National Museum of Natural History in brief
National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Downtown DC, District of Columbia, United States. Natural history museum in Washington, D.C.
It was founded in 1910.
In 2015 it welcomed 6,900,000 visitors.
Its best-known works include Marie Louise Diadem, #IfThenSheCan and Rongorongo text R.
For the trip, the weather in Downtown DC is best in April, September and October; in October afternoons average 69°.
Facts
- Kind
- Natural history museum
- Founded
- 1910
- Visitors
- 6,900,000 (2015)
- Town
- Downtown DC
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Coordinates
- 38.89130° N, 77.02590° W
In the collection
Famous works to see here
The best-known pieces of the collection, by how widely they are written about.
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Location
Where to find it
Nearby
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Plaster Cast Collection of the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution
under 0.1 mi NE
Plaster cast gallery
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Smithsonian Institution
0.2 mi S
Museum
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National Archives Museum
0.2 mi NE
Museum
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S. Dillon Ripley Center
0.2 mi S
Museum
Around here
Downtown DC and around
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Downtown DC
District of Columbia · United States
Apr · Sep–Octbest months
89°July high
39 ftaltitude
Nature
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Anacostia River
River · 3 ft
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Rock Creek, District of Columbia
River
Mountains
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Mount Saint Alban
381 ft
Heritage
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White House, Washington
National Historic Landmark · 1800
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United States Capitol
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark · 1793
Washington Monument
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites · 1848
Museums
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Smithsonian Institution
1846
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National Gallery of Art
1937
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