
Kenneth C. Griffin Exploration Atrium. Photo by Alvaro Keding. All images © AMNH, shared with permission
A sculptural addition to the
Similar to the museum’s Central Park West entrance, Milford pink granite cloaks the exterior, and the undulating cliff-like facade features windows of

The Gilder Center. Photo by Iwan Baan
Many of the previously hidden collections and research labs are visible to the public for the first time, alongside the robust butterfly vivarium with more than 1,000 specimens, an interactive honeycomb that descends from above, and approximately four million fossils, skeletons, and other objects. Between the exhibition spaces are curved passes decked with their own displays, including a 19-foot recreation of a crystalline vein in Arkansas’s Ouachita Mountains as shown below. “The architecture taps into the desire for exploration and discovery that is so emblematic of science and also such a big part of being human,” said Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, in
In the making since 2014 with

The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploration Atrium. Photo by Iwan Baan

The Hive in the Susan and Peter J. Solomon Family Insectarium. Photo by Alvaro Keding

Yurman Family Crystalline Pass and the link to the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals. Photo by Alvaro Keding

The David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Research Library and Learning Center. Photo by Alvaro Keding

The Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Collections Core. Photo by Alvaro Keding

Left: The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploration Atrium. Right: Sightlines from the third-floor bridge. Photos by Iwan Baan

The staircase in the Kenneth C. Griffin Exploration Atrium. Photo by Iwan Baan

Magnifying glass stations in the Davis Family Butterfly Vivarium. Photo by Denis Finnin

The second floor of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Collections Core. Photo by Iwan Baan

Fourth-floor bridge links and connections. Photo by Iwan Baan
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