What is National Museum of Natural History?
{{Infobox Museum |name = National Museum of Natural History |image = Smithsonian-Museum of Natural History.jpg |imagesize = 250 |caption = Main facade |pushpin_map = United States Washington, D.C. central |map_caption = Location within Washington, D.C. |coordinates = {{coord|38.8913|-77.0259|region:US-DC|display=inline,title}} |established = {{Start date and age|1910|df=yes}} |location = [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] |type = [[Natural History]] |visitors = 6 million (2017)<ref name=visitors>{{cite web |url=https://newsdesk.si.edu/about/stats |title=Visitor Statistics |publisher=Smithsonian Newsdesk |accessdate=23 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209164157/https://newsdesk.si.edu/about/stats |archivedate=9 February 2018 }}</ref> |director = [[Kirk Johnson (Scientist)|Kirk Johnson]] |curator = | publictransit = {{WMATA link logo}} {{rint|washington|bl}} {{rint|washington|or}} {{rint|washington|sv}} at [[Federal Triangle (WMATA station)|Federal Triangle]] |website = {{URL|http://www.mnh.si.edu/}} }} [[File:Smithsonian Natural History Museum circa 1926.jpg|thumb|Ford Model T parked in front of the National Museum in 1926]] [[File:National Museum of Natural History Rotunda pano.jpg|thumb|278x278px|In the rotunda]] The '''National Museum of Natural History''' is a [[natural history]] [[museum]] on the [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]. It is administered by the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. Admission is free and the museum is open 364 days a year. The museum's collections total over 500 million specimens of [[plant]]s, [[animal]]s, [[fossil]]s, [[mineral]]s, [[rock (geology)|rocks]], [[meteorite]]s, and human cultural [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] (made objects). With 7.4 million visitors in 2009, it is the most visited of all of the Smithsonian museums.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-01-05-smithsonian-visitors_N.htm