Reopening of the Great Mammal Hall: Harvard Museum of Natura

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Dates:	Thursday, October 15, 2009 - Saturday, May 1, 2010
Hours:	9:00am to 5:00pm daily
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Exhibits

The Harvard Museum of Natural History's Great Mammal Hall has reopened. The Great Mammal Hall, a two-story gallery, some 60 feet long by 40 feet wide, is the oldest and most dramatic gallery in the museum, with a 19th century arrangement of specimens that includes a full-sized giraffe, a bison, a narwhal, and three whale skeletons suspended from the rafters.

Some creatures on display here, such as the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, or the Steller’s sea cow, have now become extinct. On the balcony, visitors can find specimens from of Harvard's extensive collection of North American birds, as well as examine close- up the impressive toothed jaw of the Sperm Whale and the baleen of the Right Whale.

COST

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Adults: $9.00; seniors and students $7.00; $6.00 ages 3-18; under 3 free.

WEBSITE

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www.hmnh.harvard.edu

LOCATION

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26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617.495.3045

5 minutes from the Harvard T stop.

26 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138