Exhibitions

Old Woman Meteorite

September 1, 1980 – September 15, 1980

National Museum of Natural History
10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

2nd Floor, Rotunda

See on map Floor Plan

On view is a meteorite discovered in 1975 in the Old Woman Mountains in San Bernardino County, southern California. The second largest ever found in the United States, the iron meteorite weighs 2.75 tons.