Harvard Museum of Natural History - Cambridge History Museum

  • Address: 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2902
  • Phone: +1 617 495 3045
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  • Website:www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Average Rating
4.0
 28+ reviews
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5.0
 1+ reviews
Yelp
4.0
 27+ reviews
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA 02138-2902

Harvard Museum of Natural History Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • In coalition with Harvard University, this museum is three museums in one. The Botanical Museum includes plants, paleontological evidence of ancient plants and a famous collection of flowers made from glass. The Museum of Comparative Zoology has exhibits on paleontology, marine biology and entomo... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) is the public museum of Harvard University's three natural history institutions: the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. -- Through exhibitions and an array of educational programs, the HMNH... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Public museum of Harvard University's three natural history institutions: the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology and ... more on TripAdvisor
  • Kids will find geology no snooze with the museum's stunning assortment of meteorites discovered around the globe. They can watch Impact!, a dynamic video presentation that explores meteorite origins and the factors that bring these extra-terrestrial bodies in contact with Earth. Where do meteorit... more on GoCityKids.com
  • Come see the Harvard Museum of Natural History - a great learning experience for the whole family! - 21 million specimens - ... more on entertainment.com

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5.0
Glass Flowers are amazing!

(February 07, 2003 00:00)

It's hard to believe that the glass flowers aren't real..My son loved all the real 'stuffed animals'. You can get so close to the animals --Bengal tiger, elephant, rhino -- and see strange ones like pangolin or echidnas..or a giant hammerhead shark ... bluemagruder, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
Two Museums for the Price of One

We had a morning to spare, so decided to go to the Peabody Museum of Archeology at Harvard University. It's easy enough to find, although tucked away at one end of the campus. Upon paying a small admission fee, we discovered that we also got to see the Harvard Museum of Natural History as well, w... Mazza57, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0
Museum of Natural History great for kids

The Harvard Museum of Natural History has been a family favorite since my son was 2. The hall of dinosaurs..and the hundreds of stuffed animals..giraffe, tiger, lion, polar bear. He loved ... Hurwitch family - Cambridge, a user of Go City Kids. Read full review on GoCityKids.com

5.0
JJ G. 's review

This museum has really come along since I was a kid. I remember great, dark rooms full of dead animals. A lot of the dead animals are still there, ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Liz W. 's review

An old-fashioned, dusty stuff in glass cases kind of Natural History Museum, mostly untouched by revisionism and political correctness. My favorite thing ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Directions

Entrances to the Museum are located at 26 Oxford Street and 11 Divinity Avenue. Use of public transportation is highly recommended as there is very limited street parking available. Take the Red Line to Harvard Square. Walk into Harvard Yard to the statue

Hours

9am-5pm daily

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: See below
  • Collections: The HMNH galleries presenting both permanent and changing exhibitions that draw from the collections of the parent museums. -- Exhibition highlights include the unique Glass Flowers collection, the historic Hall of Mammals, Romer Hall of Vertebrate Paleon

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