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Dining & Shopping

Dining
Ocean Terrace Café
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Coffee Bar
10:00 am – 3:00 pm Food Service
First Floor
The Ocean Terrace Café has been developed with a greater focus on grains and vegetables being at the core of a daily diet. Entrees feature sustainable items, seasonally available local produce, artisan craft foods, vegetable focused entrees, and the reduced use of proteins. Featured items include our Global Vegetable Grain Bowls, Sandwiches, and Market Plates. In addition to lunch try our fair trade certified coffees and teas along with cold brewed and espresso based beverages. Round off our offerings with house baked pastries, desserts, and local crafted gelato. While visiting the café, check out the Mega-toothed Shark exhibit in the first-floor atrium.
Atrium Café
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Ground Floor
The museum’s largest café, featuring Butcher Craft Burgers, Flatbreads, Pasta, and a Chef’s Market Table.
Outside food continues to be prohibited in the museum.
Shopping
Selected merchandise items in our shops are now available for purchase online at the Smithsonian Store.
For inquiries about our museum stores, please contact the NMNH Store Management Team at 202.633.2060.
Gem and Mineral Store
Location: Second Floor
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Extraordinary fossils, gemstones, mineral specimens, and science kits
Gallery Store
Location: Ground Floor, Evans Gallery
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Unique cultural treasures from around the globe – jewelry, gifts, books, media, and graphics.
Family Store
Location: Ground Floor, Evans Gallery
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Engaging and educational toys, tons of fun, museum mementos, dinosaurs galore!
Dinos and More Store
Location: First Floor, near the Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
A world full of plush animals
Natural History Express Kiosk
Location: Second Floor, near Beauty Rich and Rare
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Unique gift assortments inspired from our museum’s exhibits