Harvard Museum of Natural History

Harvard Museum of Natural History, in the University Museum Building on Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, was created in 1998 as the public face of Harvard’s research collections. It unites specimens and expertise from the Harvard University Herbaria, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Harvard Mineralogical Museum. Its 16 galleries display about 12,000 specimens spanning dinosaurs, fossil invertebrates, birds, fish, mammals, minerals, gemstones, and meteorites. Notable holdings include the Glass Flowers, Sea Creatures in Glass, and the only mounted Kronosaurus. The museum also offers changing exhibitions, public programs, and broad access to Harvard science, becoming the university’s most-visited museum in 2013.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States