Take a virtual tour of our exhibits from your desktop or mobile device Before coming to the smithsonian, the hope diamond traveled from a mine in india to the court of the louis xiv, from the merchant houses of europe to the homes of the american elite You can also explore past exhibits, the museum support center, and the smithsonian marine station in florida
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Get information and guidelines for visiting the smithsonian national museum of natural history.
Our mission is to promote understanding of the natural world and our place in it
The museum’s collections tell the history of the planet and are a record of human interaction with the environment and one another. Constitution avenue entrance & ground floor scene from the ground floor museum shop Museum explorers travel to ocean depths, the peaks of the andes, africa's rift valley, the rainforests of south america, and the deserts of central asia. The collections at the national museum of natural history (nmnh) are acquired and preserved to serve the smithsonian’s mission to increase knowledge
They are held in trust for research, exhibition, education, and public enjoyment now and for future generations. We strive to make our vast national collections accessible, both online and in person, to anyone with a research question related to our collections
