The Cleveland Museum of Natural History completed its brand-new Visitor Hall, an expansive public space featuring some of the museum’s most iconic attractions. Watch this video to take a peek inside the new space, which features: Balto, the famous sled dog who lead a team along the 674-mile Iditarod Trail to deliver life-saving medicine to children in a remote area of Alaska; “Happy,” the Haplocanthosaurus dinosaur and inspiration behind the museum’s logo; “Lucy,” a world-famous 3.2 million-year-old partial fossil skeleton discovered by Dr. Donald Johanson, former curator of the museum; and fossils of “Dunk,” a giant armored fish that once lived in Northeast Ohio more than 58 million years ago.
Visitor Hall is part of a $150 million museum transformation project. Two other gallery wings are set to open throughout the next year including Dynamic Earth, featuring a 4.6-billion-year-old story of the ever-changing planet and Evolving Life, which will feature specimens and interactive experiences focused on how living things change.
The museum is also working on the Ames Family Curiosity Center which will be a hands-on space with collections focusing on Ohio’s biodiversity.
Visitor Hall will be free for the public to visit during museum hours.
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