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![Aerial view from the National Mall of the National Museum of Natural History with its Gold Dome, wispy clouds, and DC in the background..](/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/media/image/nhb2017-02029.jpg.webp?itok=FIEZWdb8)
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Hours
Open seven days a week.
10:00 a.m - 5:30 p.m., including holidays with the exception of December 25th when we are closed to the public.
Location
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20560
Visitors may enter from the National Mall on Madison Drive or Constitution Ave.
Admission
Admission is FREE.
Tickets are not required
Guidelines for Visiting
The Smithsonian is implementing COVID-19 safety measures based on guidance from the CDC and local governments. The latest guidelines are available at si.edu/visit/tips.
Must-do Experiences
![Two visitors standing in front of the case holding the Hope Diamond, holding up their smart phones to take a picture of it.](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/visitors-and-hope-diamondpaulfettersnmnh1806185933.jpg.webp?itok=ihZNip8g)
Hope Diamond, The Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals, Second Floor. Photo by Paul Fetters.
![Two children in a dark exhibit hall looking at the coral reef fish tank which is right in front of them.](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/children-and-coral-reefpaulfettersnmnh1807141718.jpg.webp?itok=mnsCJM0Q)
Coral reef fish tank, Sant Ocean Hall, First Floor. Photo by Paul Fetters.
![Two children put their hands over handprints on the wall of a model cave in the Human Origins exhibit.](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/children-cave-handprintspaulfettersnmnh1806308397.jpg.webp?itok=DwYGvvcI)
Cave handprints, David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, First Floor. Photo by Paul Fetters.
![A woman in front of 10 foot tall Megalodon shark jaws, holding up her smart phone to photograph four people behind the jaws.](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/visitors-megalodonpaulfettersnmnh1806196273.jpg.webp?itok=5ZvUA-dd)
Megalodon jaws, Sant Ocean Hall, First Floor. Photo by Paul Fetters.
![An Insect Zoo employee holds a tarantula in his hand as three children and a woman look in amazement.](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/visitors-and-tarantulapaulfettersnmnh1806308716.jpg.webp?itok=9sv4Wg3G)
Live tarantula, O. Orkin Insect Zoo, Second Floor. Photo by Paul Fetters.
![Bronze sculpture of an early human with a beard and mustache squatting and holding out a piece of wood.](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/media/image/sculpture-human-originspaulfettersnmnh1806141222.jpg.webp?itok=nkUmD0Mh)
Early human species sculpture, David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, First Floor. Photo by Paul Fetters.
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![A view of the Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals with a hippo in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/media/image/hall-mammalspaulfettersnmnh1806141155.jpg.webp?itok=qwho-kSG)