Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
The Milstein Hall of Ocean Life highlights the drama of the undersea world and its diverse and complex web of life in a fully immersive marine environment. The hall is home to one of the Museum’s most celebrated displays—a 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling.
200 Central Park W (btwn W 77th & W 81st St) New York , NY 10024 United States
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fantastic displays with detailed paintings and clean taxonomy. adjacent to the overwhelmingly educational Hall of Biodiversity
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal that ever lived. An adult can grow nearly as long as three school buses and weigh over 400,000 pounds—as much as 24 African elephants.
although the whale looks gray, it's actually blue. it appears this way because of the dust it collects and the lack of dusters.
Still awed, mystified and enamored 30 years later...
Watch out the gigantic blue whale above your head.
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Wow, really just a huge blue whale making you feel incredibly small. - Elizabeth Lee
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The David H. Koch Dinos exhibit by far outdoes any other that I've seen! AMNH has an entire whole floor of dinos! Amazing hierarchies throughout the exhibit. They really condense a lot of information - ℳ????????♍
It's amazing. But as many signatures item, it overhelms a bit the whole museum. What I mean is: go to natural history museum for itself, and enjoy t-rex as one of many item there. - Vito Tartaglia
Gets very crowded on weekends, but definitely always a fun place to visit with kids! - Paige C
One of the very few hamburgers I'd actually enjoy. Variety of choices. Cheese fries were amazing. - Staci Stevens
Read EVERYTHING. There is a wealth of amazing information about our ancestors here! - Ben Hunter
Category Arts and Entertainment » Exhibit
Place United States » New York » Upper West Side