The American Museum of Natural History at 200 Central Park West was designed by Calvert Vaux and J. Wrey Mould, with J. Cleaveland Cady designing the wings, John Russell Pope the Memorial Hall and Roche-Dinkeloo the master plan. The article names no client. Groundbreaking was on June 3, 1874, and the building opened on December 22, 1877.
The article names Victorian Gothic for the original building, neo-Romanesque for Cady's wings and Beaux-Arts for the Memorial Hall. It uses pink brownstone and granite, with a pink-granite memorial facade and red marble columns. The original building was 199 by 66 feet, Cady's wing is 700 feet long, and the memorial arch is 60 feet high.
The memorial was dedicated on January 19, 1936. The Rose Center was completed in 2000, and the Gilder Center opened on May 4, 2023. The museum has 45 permanent halls, a planetarium and a library. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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