Harvard Museum of Natural History
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Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, rare minerals, and hundreds of prehistoric and current-day 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. Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. See new exhibits on Language of Color, New England Forests.
Saturdays & Sundays, 11 am & 2 pm
The museum hosts a Nature Storytime for children 6 and under. The stories and poems are chosen to help young explorers engage with the exhibits within the museum. Free with museum admission.
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This museum is free for MA residents every Sunday from 9am-Noon! I was thrilled to go here with my 5 year old son. They have a section of Dinosaur bones and fossils and a large area with animals that have been stuffed. There must be every animal you can think of. It is really amazing and great for small kids.
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Taxidermied animals from all over the world, dinosaur fossils and skeletons, the world-renowned Blaschka glass flowers, and the varied and in-depth mineralogical and geological collection of gemstones and meteors.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge; 617-496-1027) is behind the Museum of Natural History and is attached through the third-floor galleries. The focus is on the cultures of Central and South America as well as North America. There’s a lot of information on the Mayan culture, and the North American Indian Hall has Native American costumes, some interesting totem poles, and peace pipes.
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