3Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life

The blue whale model hangs over two levels of marine dioramas, from coral reefs to the deep sea.

In This Area

The Blue Whale

Museum exhibition department, 1969, renovated 2003

Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, first floor

Ahnighito, the Cape York Meteorite

Fell about 10,000 years ago; brought to New York in 1897

Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites, first floor

The Star of India

Formed about two billion years ago; cut before 1900

Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, first floor