The Ultimate Museum-Lover's Guide To NYC

This Upper West Side museum has a taste of culture, science, politics, ecology, and…well, history. With 4 floors, 45 permanent halls, and over 32 million pieces, this museum has it all, and there’s no way you could possibly see it all in one visit. However, check out New York City Travel’s visitor tips and AMNH’s self-guided tour to make sure you stay on track and see all the highlights. NYC Travel named the top 8 permanent AMNH exhibits, which includes the world’s largest collection of dinosaur fossils (see here and here), ocean life (with a 94’ model of a blue whale), and a hands-on mineral collection with over 90,000 specimens. Current temporary exhibits include the Science of Natural Disasters, Spiders Alive, and Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease. General admission for adults is $22. If you’re a history buff, you definitely won’t want to miss this one. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, NYC Interested in other history museums? Check out the Jewish Museum or the New York Historical Society Museum and Library. [Photo via @u2traveller]