Hours and Temporary Hall Closures
Open daily, 10 am–5:30 pm.
Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Please see our Calendar for evening and other special events.
Temporary Hall Closures
Some exhibitions and amenities may be temporarily closed for maintenance, or events that support the Museum's scientific research and educational programs.
This list is updated weekly. For November 29–December 10:
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- LeFrak Theater will close at 2:30 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Hall of Asian Mammals will close at 3 pm.
- Central Park West (main) entrance will close at 3 pm.
- Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda will close at 3 pm.
- Hall of Biodiversity will partially close at 3 pm.
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall will partially close at 4 pm.
- Akeley Hall of African Mammals Mezzanine (Floor 3) will close at 5 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- LeFrak Theater will be closed.
- School Group Check-In will close at 2 pm.
- Cullman Hall of the Universe will close at 3 pm.
- 81st Street/Rose Center entrance/exit will close at 4 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Astor Turret will close at 1 pm.
- School Group Check-In will close at 2 pm.
- Gottesman Research Library and Learning Center will close at 3 pm.
- Hall of Primitive Mammals will partially close at 3 pm.
- Wallach Orientation Center will partially close at 3 pm and fully close at 4 pm.
- Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals will close at 4 pm.
- Gilder Gift Shop will close at 4:30 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Stout Hall of Asian Peoples will be closed.
- Astor Turret will close at 2:30 pm.
- Cullman Hall of the Universe will close at 3 pm.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life lower level will close at 3 pm and the upper level will close at 4 pm.
- Hall of Asian Mammals will close at 3:30 pm.
- Central Park West (main) entrance will close at 3:30 pm.
- Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda will close at 3:30 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Hall of Biodiversity will be partially closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life lower level will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Hall of South American Peoples will open at 3 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Hall of Biodiversity will be partially closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Hall of Biodiversity will be partially closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Griffin Exploration Atrium stairs will open at 10:30 am.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.
- Ross Terrace will be closed for the remainder of 2023.
- Hall of Biodiversity will be partially closed.
- Milstein Hall of Ocean Life will be closed.
- Hall of North American Forests will be partially closed.
- Hall of Asian Mammals will close at 2 pm.
- Central Park West (main) entrance will close at 2 pm.
- Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda will close at 2 pm.
- Discovery Room is closed until further notice.
- Coat check is closed until further notice.