If You Liked the Movie Night at the Museum, You'll Love the Real Thing

During your visit to the American Museum of Natural History you will see the real versions of these displays that were recreated in the movie Night At The Museum:

Museum Façade

The main entrance to the Museum on Central Park West, including the statue of Theodore Roosevelt on the steps of the Museum, appears in the movie.

First Floor

Dioramas and displays depicting the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt are in the Roosevelt Memorial Hall. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the founders of Museum.

In the Hall of North American Mammals, there are moose, and the famous Bison diorama depicts scenery similar to that in the "cowboy" diorama in the film. These dioramas are among the most accurate and most scientifically informative in the world.

The 94-foot-long blue whale hangs from the ceiling in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, which portrays major marine ecosystems and the fragile ocean environment.

Miniature models of mammoths are in the small dioramas at the entrance to the Hall of North American Mammals. They depict prehistoric life on this continent during and at the end of the ice ages more than 12,000 years ago.

A massive cross-section of a 1,300-year-old giant sequoia is in the Hall of North American Forests. These trees are among the oldest living things.

Second Floor

Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt line the walls of the Roosevelt Rotunda.

Barosaurus, the world's tallest freestanding dinosaur mount, is the centerpiece of the Roosevelt Rotunda.

African elephants, lions, zebra, and more are in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals, another of the Museum's great halls that re-create natural habitats.

Egyptian artifacts can be found in the hallway between the Hall of African Peoples and the Akeley Hall of African Mammals. There are miniature dioramas of burial practices, including sarcophagi.

Gold objects can be found in the Hall of Mexico and Central America.

There are Aztec artifacts in the Hall of Mexico and Central America.

There are Incan artifacts in the Hall of South American Peoples.

A model of the skull of Peking Man (Homo erectus) and reconstructed heads of some other early hominids are in the Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, along with tools used by Neanderthals.

Third Floor

An ostrich is in a diorama on the balcony level of the Akeley Hall of African Mammals.

An Easter Island head is in the Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples.

In the Halls of Eastern Woodland and Plains Indians, there are artifacts from the Shoshone tribe, of which Sacagawea was a member. Some items from this tribe are represented in the Sun Dance case.

A capuchin monkey, like Dexter, can be found in the Hall of Primates in a case with its relatives in the genus Cebus.

Fourth Floor

Fossils of a mammoth and a mastodon are in the Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals.

The fossil skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most famous and most scientifically important dinosaur specimens in the world, can be found in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs in the Koch Dinosaur Wing.

What You Will NOT Find at the American Museum of Natural History

The statue of Theodore Roosevelt on his horse in his Rough Riders uniform.

The Temple of Dendur and many other Egyptian artifacts which can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dioramas depicting:

• the Roman Empire's soldiers
• the building of the Transcontinental Railroad (the "cowboy" diorama)
• Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea
• Attila the Hun