the museum complex comprises 28 interconnected bui...

the museum complex comprises 28 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 33 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time, and occupies more than 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2). The museum has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually.Such a collection of the entire world in one place ... one visit is never enough .. u need to spend there a minimum of one full day or even 2 ... u feel like a little kid so excited to see history of humanity and dinosaurs and animals and galaxies and stars ... a must to visit place and take ur kids