Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins at American Museum of Natural History

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Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins

American Museum of Natural History | Find Tickets

Central Park West (at 79th St)
Upper West Side | Map

212-769-5100

Subway: B, C to 81st St–Museum of Natural History; 1 to 79th St | Directions

http://www.amnh.org

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The former Human Biology and Evolution Hall has evolved into an interactive space that retraces mankind’s progressively upright journey from ape to Homo sapiens. Two touch tables allow kids to feel the similarities and differences between various hominid bones, while wanna-be geneticists can “decode” DNA using fossil casts and molecular tools, while wanna-be geneticists can “decode” DNA with the help of fossil casts and molecular tools.

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Sundays 10am–5:45pm , Mondays 10am–5:45pm , Tuesdays 10am–5:45pm , Wednesdays 10am–5:45pm , Thursdays 10am–5:45pm , Fridays 10am–5:45pm , Saturdays 10am–5:45pm .
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