Skip to content

pictures of a glass flower, an amethyst geode, and a tiger

Harvard Museum of Natural History

26 Oxford Street
Cambridge
(617) 495-3045
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/

Explore 12,000 specimens at the University's most visited museum—dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of animals from around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode; 3 whale skeletons. See the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of flowering plants and fruits created in Germany by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. You won’t believe they’re not real! The museum is a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square Red Line ‘T’ station.

Explore the museum's website for info on lectures, classes, group tours, and parking.

Visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History website