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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Old Fossil Hall, Burgess Shale

Past Exhibits

Please note: This is not a comprehensive tour of all past exhibits at the National Museum of Natural History. This is a tour of only a selection of past exhibits at NMNH.

Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine

Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine
Mine Rescue exhibit

Birds of DC

An exhibits case containing Birds of DC
A Birds of DC exhibits case

Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilization

ancient copper ingot from Cyprus
Ancient copper ingot from the Cyprus exhibit

Dig It! Secrets of the Soil

Soil display
Display of soils from the Soil exhibit

Evolving Universe

Universe photography exhibit
Photographs from the Universe exhibit

Genome

Reading Nature's Code
Display from the Genome exhibit

Iceland Revealed

photography exhibit Iceland Revealed
Iceland Revealed exhibit

Last American Dinosaurs

Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex from the Last American Dinosaurs exhibit

Mud Masons of Mali

Entrance to Mud Masons of Mali exhibit
Mud Masons of Mali exhibit

Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend

Narwhal
Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend

National Geographic: Into Africa

Display from Into Africa
Display from National Geographic: Into Africa

Nature's Best Photography Exhibits

Nature's Best Photography exhibit
Display from the 2012 Nature's Best Photography exhibit

Objects of Wonder

Insect diversity
A dazzling diversity of insects

Orchid Exhibits

Orchid display
Display from the 2008 Orchid exhibit

Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World

Q?rius Jr.

The Discovery Room
Display from Q?rius Jr.

Sea Monsters Unearthed: Life in Angola’s Ancient Seas

Fossil "sea monster"
Fossil from the Sea Monsters Unearthed exhibit

Western Cultures

Prehistoric men painting in a cave
Prehistoric cave painters from the Western Cultures exhibit

Wilderness 50

Wilderness 50 photography exhibit
Photographs from the Wilderness 50 exhibit