The Natural History Museum is by far one of my favourite museums! I was a bit confused about whether the tickets were free or not? We did end up paying about $28 but we saw signs at the front saying that it was free but something about donations. I have just googled it and it’s keeps saying it’s free so I am still confused. Regardless of the cost this museum is brilliant! If you go make sure you have quite a few hours or even a full day to get round everything! It really is stunning! I was a bit stumped that we had paid to go in and there were further charges if you wanted to go in certain exhibits.

Excellent selection of things to look at, we’ll worth the money. Didn’t take too long to gain access since we bought tickets on the phone (with a time slot) during our walk in. Don’t eat at the cafe if you can help it, the food is a rip off and the staff there aren’t very helpful. They did have a vegetarian sandwich but it was too expensive for what it was.

The main entrance was a block over from what I was thinking. It is $39 for each adult for every possible part of the museum experience. It may be worth it if you have several hours to spend here. Otherwise it's $28 per adult for the basic entry. The Big Bang theory was interesting. The African animals was also nice to look at the displays. The American animals was cool to see some of the animals up close. Haven't ever seen a mountain goat or any bears, not that I need to see any bears up close at all. The layout of this museum is all over the place, it is was hard to get a good flow and see as much as possible. The national history museum is bigger and the exhibits are better if you map out your visit. We likely missed some areas as we walked along our own path with no plan.

We just loved the gem and mineral wing. Hadn't been here in decades, and this exhibit is breath taking. Also enjoyed the beautiful panoramas and of course the dinos. Only thing: the basement cafeteria was HORRIBLE. Not much selection, poor quality, and high prices. But the museum itself is a must see for anyone!

This museum has the most fantastic collection of exhibits I have ever seen. The sheer volume of high quality items on view is really staggering. We spent about 4 hours here, but easily could have spent 8 hours in order to see everything. We're big dino fans- they surely have the best and largest collection of bones and fossils in the country, if not the world! (I didn't look this up, maybe I'm wrong)... We also loved the taxidermy displays as well as the indigenous proples displays. They've really just done an incredible job here. We have a membership at our local natural history museum, which is very nice and about to complete an extensive remodel- it really cannot be compared to AMNH. We joked that 5 or 6 of our museum would fit inside here!

The Gilder center just opened and has made visiting this museum a lot easier and more fun. Plus, the online ticketing is a gift: if you’re a tri-state resident you can now, finally, enter your zip and do the “pay what you wish part” on the app instead of the previous clunker: get your timed admission but still have to wait inside in line to pay. Visitor? Ok, you’ll pay more for basic admission and a few bucks more for the butterfly exhibit, which you will enjoy, with or without kids. With kids, it’s a must must must see. Whatever, do it all on the museum app, get in quick (early in day is good, but even a recent crowded weekend was fun). Entering through the Columbus Ave Gilder entrance is fun, less people, has a sweet little park winding in front w benches—you can cobble together lunch from food trucks or even a cool green market if it’s there (Sundays, maybe other days as well). Gilder is a huge sculptural addition that makes access to the Gem and Mineral room easy (and it’s dazzling, definitely go right in). There are many fun, family friendly exhibits in the Glider center itself, from the aforementioned butterflies on the 2nd floor (timed admissions), to ant watching on the first floor and much more. I suggest you focus on Gilder/Gems and then scoot up to 4th floor DINOSAURS, the gems of the museum. Everyone loves the naked, hairy little Neanderthals, but like a lot of the old museum, they look taxidermied (it was, after all, Teddy Roosevelt and his shoot ‘em up peers shootin’ ‘em up and bringing ‘em back to end up in dusty dioramas. And Teddy….that’s a whole nother story, as they say, but one can appreciate that he and his family started this wonderful museum and it’s a true treasure).

Absolutely a must visit especially when you are in New York with kids. We booked the tickets in advance as the time slots were introduced. It is the largest natural history museum in the world, spans 4 city blocks and consists of around 25 interconnected buildings. It accommodates 45 permanent exhibition halls, a planetarium and a library. It is located next to the Central Park. Depend on what you want to see you have to calculate at least 3 hours for seeing parts of the museum. And do not forget, the famous series ''Friends'' was shot here, as Ross and if I am not mistaken Joey worked here.

We did a very quick tour of the museum as my teenage children were not that interested! However, they were interested in looking for the characters from 'Night at the Museum' and also seeing where Ross Geller from Friends worked! I would have liked to have spent longer in the museum. There were also many exhibits for younger children.

We went right smack in the middle of Christmas and the New Year, so prime busy time. From other reviews, we were anticipating entry to be a mess. We did buy our tickets online about a month ago directly through the museum. I made a mistake with my email address, but is easily remedy with a phone call. There are no signs and no one was directing people. There are also no separate lines for those who already have tickets. We used the entrance that was noted on our tickets which was much shorter than the one wrapped around the building. We still had a wait. We showed up around 9:30 for a 10 entry ticket. Some exhibits were much better than others. Overall, I wish we had days instead of hours because there is a lot of good information and items to dive into.

One best spot to spent family time in cold weather of NYC. My kids love this museum & dino bones, we can be there whole day. must see museum of NYC