Photo: Harvard Crimson. One of three huge whale skeletons in Great Mammal Hall, Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Harvard Museum of Natural History

617-495-3045
www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Included admission free with the card.

Description

Explore 12,000 specimens from around the world, including dinosaurs, hundreds of animals, huge whale skeletons, amazing insects, and butterflies. Get close to one of the first Triceratops ever discovered and see the world's only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long prehistoric marine reptile. Touch meteorites from outer space and find thousands of minerals and gems, including a 1,642-lb amethyst geode. Discover how color is produced and how and why color variation has evolved in a wide variety of birds and animals in the new exhibit, Language of Color (on display through 2011).

The museum's collection of Glass Flowers is the only one of its kind in the world. Between 1886 and 1936, father-son glass artisans Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka produced exquisite, breathtakingly lifelike models of over 3,000 plants to be used for teaching botany.

Cost without the card:

Adult $9.00, Child $6.00

Hours:

Daily, 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Closed

Thanksgiving Day,Christmas Eve,Christmas Day,and New Year's Day.

Public Transportation:

Take Red Line T to Harvard Square. Walk through Harvard Yard, past Science Center, 150 yards down Oxford Street. Harvard Museum of Natural History is the large brick building on right, 6-8 minute walk from Harvard Square.

Please read: important instructions on how to use your card.

Redemption Instructions:

Included general admission with the Go Boston Card

The Go City Card is accepted until 5:30pm unless otherwise noted; during all other times standard admission will apply.