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American Museum of Natural History

Uptown · Paid entry

Pay what you wish for NY, NJ and CT residents; dinosaurs and the blue whale.

3 hours or more · General admission paid; NY, NJ and CT residents pay what they wish

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10Midtown · Free to visit

Free: the reading room and exhibitions at the main library.

Photo: (vincent desjardins) from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Time there: 30–60 min
Best time: Weekday mornings
Cost: Free
Good to know: Free tours Monday–Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Rose Reading Room tours sign up 30 minutes ahead.

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