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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Tyrannosaurus rex attacking a Triceratops
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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of several exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display. You can explore the virtual tours here.

A cutout image of Henry the taxidermy elephant.
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The Museum virtual tour is composed of over 750,000 high definition images stitched together!

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A wide view of the rotunda in museum with elephant in center on a stage and an information desk to the side front
Explore the Rotunda where our 11-ton African elephant has graced the Museum’s Rotunda since 1959.
walkway at beginning of Deep Time hall with a colorful spiral to the left and a way finding map to right
The new, 31,000-square-foot David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time invites you to explore the epic story of how Earth’s distant past is connected to the present and informs our future.
wall panel featuring One health content and bat from the ceiling
The exhibition Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World invites you to join epidemiologists, veterinarians, public health workers, and citizens as they rush to identify and respond to infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, Ebola virus, influenza, Zika virus, and others.
entry to ocean hall with reef in glass and whale from ceiling
The Sant Ocean Hall contains more than 600 specimens, as well as life-sized models like Phoenix, a real North Atlantic right whale who scientists have been tracking since her birth in 1987.
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Second Floor | Exhibit
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Second Floor | Temporary Exhibit
Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World