The Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Harvard Museum of Natural History

The museum combines historic exhibits drawn from the University's vast collections with new and changing, multimedia exhibitions. Highlights include Harvard’s famed Blaschka Glass Flowers and Sea Creatures in Glass, New England Forests in the Zofnass Gallery and Marine Life in the Putnam Family Gallery. The museum’s historic Great Mammal Hall displays three huge whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling above bison and a 15-foot tall giraffe. Explore a timeline of our planet's history, as well as some 3,000 rare minerals and gemstones in the Earth & Planetary Sciences gallery.