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PERMANENT HALLS

Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins – Offering the most comprehensive evidence of human evolution ever assembled, this hall explores the most profound mysteries of humankind: who we are, where we came from, and what is in store for the future of our species.

Grand Gallery – The Museum's historic 77th Street lobby restored to the grandeur of its original 1904 design celebrates the preservation and revitalization of a century-old Museum icon—the 63-foot-long Great Canoe.

Iridescent Opals – Renowned for their colorful iridescence, a display of 25 beautiful opal gemstones is now on public view in the Museum's Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals.

Rare Jade Slab – One of the Museum's newest and most spectacular mineral specimens, a rare two-foot long jade slab with dramatic whorls of green and white, is now on display in the 77th Street Grand Gallery.

Iridescent Ammolite – A dazzling iridescent gemstone fossil of an 80-million-year-old ammonite measuring two feet in diameter is now on display in the 77th Street Grand Gallery.

Spectacular Stibnite – A 1,000-pound stibnite with hundreds of sword-like, metallic blue-gray crystals sprouting from a rocky base is now on display in the 77th Street Grand Gallery.

Dioramas Web site - features four 360° panoramic virtual tours, archival photos, and hall highlight videos with Stephen Quinn, author of Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History—now available in our online shop.

Fossil Halls – Four 360° panoramic virtual tours and hall highlight videos with curators Mike Novacek and Mark Norell are among the features showcasing the famed fourth-floor halls.

The Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites – The circular layout of this permanent hall centers around a massive 34-ton iron meteorite fragment called Ahnighito.

The Milstein Hall of Ocean Life – Home to one of the Museum's most celebrated icons, the 94-foot-long blue whale model, the hall is a fully immersive marine environment with video projections, interactive computer stations, and new ocean dioramas.

The Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth – This permanent hall displays one of the most outstanding collections of geological specimens ever displayed in an exhibition hall.