The museum will be closed on Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday. We will reopen on Thursday, December 26.

Collections Revealed

Thursdays at 11 am

Date

Thursdays at 11 am

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Location

NHM Commons Theater
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Tickets

Free with paid admission. Reservation required.
Free for Members. Reservation required.

Every week, explore the 99% of Museum Collections not on display that drive research and discoveries at NHM and across the globe. From tiny marine invertebrates and extraordinary artifacts to newly described species and the oldest things on Earth, get an up close look at the rarely seen Museum Collections we study and care for.

*Featured artifacts and specimens vary
 

Closeup of colorful, stripy spiral-shaped shells in different compartments with labels
Closeup from above of bird talon and feathers
Closeup of child's hand touching a brown fossilized bone specimen
Closeup of hands holding a spiky white specimen in a jar of fluid

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