Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Category: Natural history museum

Address: 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907, USA

Phone: +14016807221

Opening hours

Sunday: 9:30AM–3:30PM

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 9:30AM–3:30PM

Wednesday: 9:30AM–3:30PM

Thursday: 9:30AM–3:30PM

Friday: 9:30AM–3:30PM

Saturday: 9:30AM–3:30PM

Reviews

M J

Jul 20, 2022

Very affordable and welcoming, charming museum on the smaller side. We enjoyed walking around looking at the relics and the animals. The presentation during the Planetarium event was very informative. We enjoyed our visit and made more treasured memories during our vacation.

Mike Cola

Mar 22, 2022

As an inexpensive and enjoyable activity, this museum provided a nice arrangement of local and national exhibit items. Some were a little lacking in education of value, but the conservatory nature of some elements, combined with the well done shows on Native American objects proved to be ample. A quick tour lasted about an hour, although I'm sure that you could spend more than that here.

S Almeida

Mar 22, 2022

Great little museum to visit on an odd day, lots of cool taxidermy animals and carved Polynesian artifacts. Great place to spend a few hours and be sure to check out their seminars on the various museum exhibits.

C

Sep 3, 2021

I really enjoyed the Planetarium show! It’s such a cute little spot to visit and spend some time with seeing the exhibits here. I liked that the planetarium show reflects what the constellation and stars would be like to the forecast / alignment of the stars and planets for that season.

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Questions & Answers

Are there any paleontology exhibits here?

Kenneth Cottrell IV | Aug 30, 2020
CM94 Returns | Aug 30, 2021

yes

How often are the planetarium shows?

Haley Reiseg | Aug 31, 2018
CM94 Returns | Aug 30, 2021

during field trips and other events i think?

Is there parking?

Jezreel J | Aug 31, 2019
Mike Paolino | Aug 31, 2019

Yes, there is a small lot but you can also park on the street out front as well or anywhere in park that surrounds it and walk over.

How many years was the museum build?

Christian Cayard | Aug 31, 2018
Mike Paolino | Aug 31, 2019

According to their website the museum opened in June 1896. So in terms of years it would be 122 years ago.

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