<P> The American Museum of Natural History ( abbreviated as AMNH ) , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , New York City , is one of the largest museums in the world . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park across the street from Central Park , the museum complex comprises 28 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls , in addition to a planetarium and a library . The museum collections contain over 33 million specimens of plants , animals , fossils , minerals , rocks , meteorites , human remains , and human cultural artifacts , of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time , and occupies more than 2,000,000 square feet ( 190,000 m ) . The museum has a full - time scientific staff of 225 , sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year , and averages about five million visits annually . </P>
<P> The American Museum of Natural History ( abbreviated as AMNH ) , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , New York City , is one of the largest museums in the world . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park across the street from Central Park , the museum complex comprises 28 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls , in addition to a planetarium and a library . The museum collections contain over 33 million specimens of plants , animals , fossils , minerals , rocks , meteorites , human remains , and human cultural artifacts , of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time , and occupies more than 2,000,000 square feet ( 190,000 m ) . The museum has a full - time scientific staff of 225 , sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year , and averages about five million visits annually . </P>
where is the museum of natural history located
where is the museum of natural history located
Upper West Side of Manhattan , New York City
Upper West Side of Manhattan , New York City