I've always heard about how wonderful the Smithsonian museums are so I guess my expectations were high. The mineral and gem exhibit was by far the best, but the rest was just OK. It was very hard to navigate most of the museum with a stroller because of the crowd. Maybe we picked a bad time to come. It was not worth the trouble.

If you plan to attend this year, you might like to know that half of this museum is closed for renovation this year. This information is not given on the Smithsonian site, or was not given prior to our trip in March.

Very interesting and informative with lots of exhibits to see. I loved this museum. My only complaint is that I tired long before I ran out of things to see and do.

While visiting a friend I had a few hours to kill before meeting my cousin in Maryland. Of all the places I visited, this was a great choice and time well spent. Plenty of exotic displays, easy to read information, a variety of intractive media, and diverse subject matter. Single cell microbes to prehistoric beast, minerals to majestic forest, apes ...

i loved it i loved it i loved it! the dinosaurs and skeletons and other stuff is good, but the best is the mineral section! theres tons of different minerals and gems and they were all beautiful, especially the hope diamond! if you love diamonds, pearls, and everything else in that category, you must go to the natural history museum!!!!!
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Let me say that there was nothing I disliked about the Natural History Museum. I loved it. It was so fun. There was so much stuff I could learn just in one part of the museum.
I do recommend others go see it. Even the younger children will love the experience they would have just to see the history of dinosors and the cave men.
I thing the ...