Learn about the Census of Marine Life, the most comprehensive inventory of known marine life ever compiled and cataloged.

Learn about Egyptian burial ritual and cosmology and what they reveal about life in ancient Egypt.

Full-color photographs capture the awe-inspiring beauty of the cosmos as seen through high-powered terrestrial and orbiting telescopes.

This major exhibition hall focuses on the story of human origins and probes the ecological and genetic connections that human beings have had with the natural world over time.

This exhibition features archaeological discoveries that reveal the historic importance of Jamestown and its contribution to the American way of life.

Dive in with Phoenix -- a model of an actual North Atlantic right whale -- and discover how the ocean is a global system essential to all life in this exhibition featuring hundreds of preserved marine specimens, a living coral reef, and many interactive displays. 

This exhibition shows how butterflies have evolved, adapted, and diversified with their plant partners over millions of years.

On view are some 85 objects, including Korean ceramics, wooden furniture, stone and wooden sculptures, paintings, and textiles.

Travel to four continents to see some 274 mammals in lifelike poses in their natural habitat and learn about what they share in common and what makes them unique.

This exhibition examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures.

Dominating the rotunda, in a setting that re-creates the Angolan bush, is the museum's 8-ton, 14-foot-tall African elephant.

This hall features 2,500 minerals and gems, including the Hope Diamond, Hooker Emerald Brooch, and Star of Asia sapphire. It also explores the birth and evolution of the solar system and the earth's changing surface through computer interactives and video presentations.

The Insect Zoo focuses on live insects and their relationships with plants, animals, and humans.

The museum welcomes visitors with several items from its collection: an Easter Island head (also called a Maoi), Northwest Coast totem poles, and Yap money.

Fantastic marine fossils tell the story of evolution and extinction in the seas.

An overview of the origin and early evolution of life is presented.

This exhibition focuses on the spectacular evolution of mammals as the dominant class of vertebrates following the extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago.

See sculptures located outside the Constitution Avenue and Madison Drive entrances. 

All of the old favorites are on view in the exhibition hall -- Diplodocus, T. rex, and Triceratops -- and more.

This exhibition focuses on the earliest plants and animals that evolved the complex adaptations needed to live on land.