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Hall of Northwest Coast Indian
The Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, the Museum's oldest hall, showcases the research conducted during the Museum's first major field expedition, the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), considered one of the most important anthropological field studies ever made. Organized by Museum Presiden... [ + ]t Morris K. Jesup and led by Franz Boas (1858-1942), known as the "father of American anthropology," the expedition set out to investigate the cultural and biological links between people living on both sides of the Bering Strait, with the hope of determining whether or not America was first populated by migrations from Asia. The cultures featured in the hall occupy North America's shores from Washington State to southern Alaska. The artifacts, folklore, and artwork displayed document and celebrate the customs and artistry of the Kwakiutl, Haida, Tlingit, Bella Coola, and other peoples. Exhibits include exquisite totem carvings, clothing, tools, and masks.
General Admission: Adult $28 / Child (2-12) $22 / Senior & Student $16.
Includes admission to all 45 halls and the Rose Center for Earth and Space but does not include special exhibitions, giant-screen film, or Space Show. Pay-what-you-wish admission is available only at ticket counters, where the amount you pay is up to you.
General Admission +1: Adult $34 / Child (2-12) $20 / Senior & Student $27.
Includes General Admission plus one special exhibition, giant-screen film, or Space Show.
General Admission + All: Adult $39 / Child (2-12) $24 / Senior & Student $31.
Includes General Admission plus all special exhibitions, giant-screen film, and Space Show.
Hall of Eastern Woodlands Indians
These halls showcase artifacts such as cooking utensils, clothing, weapons, and jewelry from traditional Native American cultures in the East and in the Plains. The Hall of Eastern Woodlands Indians focuses on the traditional cultures of the Mohegan, Ojibwa, Cree, and other Native American peoples l... [ + ]iving in the Eastern Woodlands of North America. In addition to artifacts, this hall features models of Eastern Woodlands lodgings, from the wigwam of the Ojibwa to the longhouse of the Iroquois. The Hall of Plains Indians focuses on the cultures of the mid-19th-century Blackfeet, Hidatsa, Dakota (Sioux), and other peoples of the North American Plains, and is also home to one of the Museum's greatest treasures, the Folsom Point. This flint arrowhead, found near Folsom, New Mexico, in 1926, provides irrefutable evidence that there were humans in the Americas as early as the last ice age.
General Admission: Adult $28 / Child (2-12) $22 / Senior & Student $16.
Includes admission to all 45 halls and the Rose Center for Earth and Space but does not include special exhibitions, giant-screen film, or Space Show. Pay-what-you-wish admission is available only at ticket counters, where the amount you pay is up to you.
General Admission +1: Adult $34 / Child (2-12) $20 / Senior & Student $27.
Includes General Admission plus one special exhibition, giant-screen film, or Space Show.
General Admission + All: Adult $39 / Child (2-12) $24 / Senior & Student $31.
Includes General Admission plus all special exhibitions, giant-screen film, and Space Show.
Hall of African Peoples
Africa, a continent of nearly 12 million square miles and more than 700 million inhabitants, boasts a rich array of cultures. The Hall of African Peoples explores this great diversity, highlighting the traditional lifestyles and customs of people living in Africa's grasslands, deserts, forests, and ... [ + ]river regions. The religious, political, economic, and domestic aspects of life are highlighted through artifacts and dioramas. On display are masks, musical instruments, farming tools, religious idols, ceremonial costumes, and more. Dioramas depict a variety of scenes, from the Berbers of the desert in North Africa to the Mbuti pygmies in the Congo. Also featured are the Yoruba, Pokot, and Bira peoples, among others.
General Admission: Adult $28 / Child (2-12) $22 / Senior & Student $16.
Includes admission to all 45 halls and the Rose Center for Earth and Space but does not include special exhibitions, giant-screen film, or Space Show. Pay-what-you-wish admission is available only at ticket counters, where the amount you pay is up to you.
General Admission +1: Adult $34 / Child (2-12) $20 / Senior & Student $27.
Includes General Admission plus one special exhibition, giant-screen film, or Space Show.
General Admission + All: Adult $39 / Child (2-12) $24 / Senior & Student $31.
Includes General Admission plus all special exhibitions, giant-screen film, and Space Show.
Hall of Asian Peoples
The Museum's holdings in Asian ethnology constitute one of the finest such collections in the Western Hemisphere. This extensive collection provides the foundation for the Hall of Asian Peoples, the Museum's largest cultural hall. The hall explores such topics as prehistoric Eurasia and the rise of ... [ + ]civilization, early Asian cultures, and Asian trade, and includes such vastly different and diverse regions as Korea, China, India, Armenia, and Siberia. The hall also documents the rise of the great world religions of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Confucianism. Highlights include the shaman diorama, which faithfully re-creates a late 19th-century healing ceremony of the Yakut of Eastern Siberia. The scene depicts a shaman who has come to heal a woman whose soul has been captured by evil spirits. Also featured in the hall is an ornate wedding chair, which would have carried a traditional Chinese bride to her new life with her husband's family. The chair is covered with auspicious symbols to invite good fortune.
General Admission: Adult $28 / Child (2-12) $22 / Senior & Student $16.
Includes admission to all 45 halls and the Rose Center for Earth and Space but does not include special exhibitions, giant-screen film, or Space Show. Pay-what-you-wish admission is available only at ticket counters, where the amount you pay is up to you.
General Admission +1: Adult $34 / Child (2-12) $20 / Senior & Student $27.
Includes General Admission plus one special exhibition, giant-screen film, or Space Show.
General Admission + All: Adult $39 / Child (2-12) $24 / Senior & Student $31.
Includes General Admission plus all special exhibitions, giant-screen film, and Space Show.
Hall of Mexico and Central America
The diverse art, architecture, and traditions of the Maya, Toltec, Olmec, Aztec, and other Mesoamerican pre-Columbian cultures are the subjects of this hall. The outstanding collections on display include monuments, figurines, pottery, and jewelry that span from around 1200 B.C. to the early 1500s. ... [ + ]Each object provides clues about the political and religious symbols, social traits, and artistic styles of its cultural group. Especially striking works on view include Costa Rican gold ornaments and a 3,000-year-old Olmec jade sculpture called the Kunz Axe, which may represent a chief or a shaman who transformed himself into a jaguar to partake of the animal's power. Also displayed are 9th-century Mayan stone carvings depicting scenes of conquest. Existing as early as 1500 B.C., the Mayan culture did not consist of a single empire, but rather was a collection of independent city-states that alternately warred and traded with one another.
General Admission: Adult $28 / Child (2-12) $22 / Senior & Student $16.
Includes admission to all 45 halls and the Rose Center for Earth and Space but does not include special exhibitions, giant-screen film, or Space Show. Pay-what-you-wish admission is available only at ticket counters, where the amount you pay is up to you.
General Admission +1: Adult $34 / Child (2-12) $20 / Senior & Student $27.
Includes General Admission plus one special exhibition, giant-screen film, or Space Show.
General Admission + All: Adult $39 / Child (2-12) $24 / Senior & Student $31.
Includes General Admission plus all special exhibitions, giant-screen film, and Space Show.
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Ahoy! The African Pygmy Falcon is an obligate nest pirate. Never making its own home, this birb prefers to steal space from weavers: highly social birds that inhabit nests of 500+ individuals. In fact, it’s estimated that nearly 1/4 of weaver nests house this unwanted guest.
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It's #GroundhogDay. Though these chunky rodents aren't great meteorologists, they're pretty cute. Don’t call their burrows "holes": These elaborate tunnels are so complex that many even contain a separate “bathroom” chamber. Groundhogs hibernate inside, sleeping the winter away.
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Yesterday at 2:28 PM
Sometimes “rizz” just isn’t enough. Coated in dazzling colors, male Lady Amherst Pheasants attract mates with elaborate courtship dances. Found in parts of China, the tail feathers of this bird can reach 31.5 inches (80 cm) long! This female, however, seems unimpressed.
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