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![an image of a cellphone taking a picture of a cellphone photo of two women wearing masks](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/cellphone-wood-paneling-circular-area-bones-halloutlined6.png.webp?itok=Qdm9UPfy)
Second floor | Special Exhibit
Cellphone: Unseen Connections
![a bright halo of stars over a dark landscape](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/pr-lightsout-56-entry2-nik6807p-babaktafreshi-twan.jpg.webp?itok=c7YfRW-C)
Second floor | Temporary Exhibit
Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky
![a black man with orange hair kneeling under giant sunflower with a sign reads nature is the pillar of community](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/brandon-b-sign-20.jpeg.webp?itok=Oj_QcIUO)
First Floor | Temporary Exhibit
Our Places: Connecting People and Nature
![Monarch butterfly sitting on a pink flower.](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/180918monarchbutterflyrosapinedasmithsonianbutterfly-15.jpg.webp?itok=sRZ25JYg)
Second Floor | Experience
Butterfly Pavilion
![A fossilized T. rex biting a triceratops](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/nhb2017-000221.jpg.webp?itok=Sugsj4Oi)
FIRST FLOOR | EXHIBIT
David H. Koch Hall of Fossils - Deep Time
![Wolf spider](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/1809111400x930wolfspider-rosapineda-smithsonianrp-8-2.jpg.webp?itok=aaNpECMr)
Second Floor | Exhibit
O. Orkin Insect Zoo
![Tyrannosaurus rex attacking a Triceratops](/sites/default/files/styles/exhibit/public/media/image/t-rex-vs-triceratops.png.webp?itok=tZK53oF6)
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Virtual Tour
![Henry the elephant front view on new platform in Rotunda](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/henry.jpg.webp?itok=QYMzevQY)
First Floor | Exhibit
African Bush Elephant
![a bird flying out of a cage](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/africanvoicesteaser2.png.webp?itok=sXdZ0OmH)
First Floor | Exhibit
African Voices
![Black and Yellow Tucan in tree](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/screen-shot-2022-08-18-32308-pm0.png.webp?itok=69Ds-R7U)
Second Floor | Temporary Exhibit
Barro Colorado Island 100 Years of Discoveries and Wonder
![a bird skeleton](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/bone-halteaser.jpg.webp?itok=teAeVnyB)
Second Floor | Exhibit
Bone Hall
![Monarch butterfly sitting on a pink flower.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/180918monarchbutterflyrosapinedasmithsonianbutterfly-15.jpg.webp?itok=2l4UuAZs)
Second Floor | Experience
Butterfly Pavilion
![an image of a cellphone taking a picture of a cellphone photo of two women wearing masks](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/cellphone-wood-paneling-circular-area-bones-halloutlined6.png.webp?itok=Bewlq3qg)
Second floor | Special Exhibit
Cellphone: Unseen Connections
![A fossilized T. rex biting a triceratops](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/nhb2017-000221.jpg.webp?itok=smgCReYr)
FIRST FLOOR | EXHIBIT
David H. Koch Hall of Fossils - Deep Time
![An illustration of a human ancestor](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/hoteaser2.jpg.webp?itok=uekxANyd)
First Floor | Exhibit
David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins
![a sarcophagus](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/ancientegyptteaser.png.webp?itok=2S3D3Dv2)
Second Floor | Exhibit
Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt
![four colorful (green, yellow, red, and pink) gems on black background](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/78-7006.jpg.webp?itok=YIxr3wab)
Second Floor | Exhibit
Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
![cheetah on branch with other animal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/leopard.jpg.webp?itok=miKX8YX4)
First Floor | Exhibit
Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals
![a bright halo of stars over a dark landscape](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/pr-lightsout-56-entry2-nik6807p-babaktafreshi-twan.jpg.webp?itok=JWAqLGm4)
Second floor | Temporary Exhibit
Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky
![An image of the megalodon model hanging from the ceiling of the Natural History Museum.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/megteaser.jpg.webp?itok=OGe7e9Ih)
Atrium First Floor | Exhibit
Mega-toothed Shark
![a collage of 7 images with a variety of books](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/notb-collage-2.jpg.webp?itok=f2b3d0XV)
Ground Floor | Exhibit
Nature of the Book
![Wolf spider](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/1809111400x930wolfspider-rosapineda-smithsonianrp-8-2.jpg.webp?itok=xUfXWr-q)
Second Floor | Exhibit
O. Orkin Insect Zoo
![a large piece of blue lapis lazuli](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/lapislazuli2.jpg.webp?itok=aToMBDaO)
Second Floor | Exhibit
Objects of Wonder
![a black man with orange hair kneeling under giant sunflower with a sign reads nature is the pillar of community](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/brandon-b-sign-20.jpeg.webp?itok=iS7oY--H)
First Floor | Temporary Exhibit
Our Places: Connecting People and Nature
![Two young girls in white lab coats use a hand lens to examine models of fossils at a table in Q?rius jr. – a discovery room.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured/public/media/image/children-qrius-jrpaulfettersnmnh1807141457.jpg.webp?itok=E6pEoTop)
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