Our mission is to steward and interpret natural and cultural collections through exhibits, education, and research. The Museum of Natural History is Rhode Island's only natural history museum and is home to the state's only public planetarium. Here is a sampling of the exhibits, events and attractions of the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium.

• What's new at the Museum?
• Cormack Planetarium
• Calendar of Events
• Current Exhibits
• Upcoming Exhibits
• School Group Programs
• Summer Space Camps
• Summer Happenings
• Museum Book Sale
• Museum Mineral Society
• Museum Membership

New Exhibit! Exhibit was made possible through major funding support from Dr. Dwight B. and Anna Cooper Heath and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

New exhibit opening July 6, 2009!