The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869 and is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The museum is one of the largest and world's top institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts. It is listed amongst the top attractions in New York City and was voted the Number One Family Attraction and third most popular in the United States.

A trip to AMNH is definitely a learning curve and promises fun and educational experience for people of all ages. There is a lot to see and explore at the museum which is spread over 25 interconnected buildings that house 46 permanent exhibition halls, research laboratories, and its renowned library. The museum houses numerous attractions of which the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur in its eminent Fossil Hall is one of them.

AMNH boasts of being the largest and most modern natural history museum, exhibiting the largest collection associated with natural science and dinosaur fossils in the world. The museum is divided into various halls housing hundreds of artifacts and collections, of which the dinosaur hall, the hall of biodiversity, the hall of planet earth and the Akeley hall of African mammals are the notable ones. The highlight of the museum is the rose center for earth and space featuring interactive exhibits exploring the galaxies, stars, and planets.