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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Dinosaurs
Practical Information
Central Park West at 79th St.
Map 16 D5.
Tel (212) 769-5100.
Fourth Open 10am–5:45pm daily.
floor Closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25.
& 7 8 0 -
∑ amnh.org
Transport
q B, C to 81st St. @ M7, M10,
M11, M79, M104.
Komodo Dragons
The largest living lizards, which can grow
Third to 10 ft (3 m), live on Komodo and other
floor Indonesian islands.

Second
floor

African Elephants
Four of the elephants in this group were collected
and mounted in the 1920s by Carl Akeley, who
created the museum’s Hall of African Mammals.

. Barosaurus
This exhibit shows a mother
Barosaurus rearing up to protect
Rose Center for her baby from an attacking
Earth and Space predator. All three skeletons
(see p212) were cast from original fossils.
The plant-eating dinosaur lived
140 million years ago.

First Key
floor Dinosaurs and other fossil
vertebrates
Birds
Fish
Central Park Mammals
West entrance Meteorites, minerals, and gems
Human cultures
Human origins
Giant Sequoia Amphibians and reptiles
Sequoias are among the Environment and ecology
world’s longest-lived plants. Rose Center for Earth and Space
This section has 1,342 annual
rings and measures more Special exhibitions
than 16 ft (4.8 m) across. Non-exhibition space

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