In the Hall of North American Mammals, the American Bison and Pronghorn Antelope Diorama depicts scenery similar to that in the “cowboy” diorama in the film. A masterful blend of art and science, the Museum’s world-famous dioramas have delighted visitors young and old for generations.

Models of the wooly mammoth, the shaggy, extinct elephant relative that ranged far and wide on Earth until the end of the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago, are in the small dioramas at the entrance to the Hall of North American Mammals.

The 94-foot-long blue whale hangs from the ceiling in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, which portrays major marine ecosystems and the fragile ocean environment.

A massive cross-section of a 1,300-year-old giant sequoia is in the Hall of North American Forests. These trees are among the oldest living things.

A diorama of Peking Man (Homo erectus), reconstructed heads of other early hominids, and tools used by Neanderthals are in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.

Barosaurus, the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur mount, is the centerpiece of the Roosevelt Rotunda.

African elephants, lions, zebra, and more are in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals, another of the

Museum’s great halls that re-create natural habitats.

Egyptian artifacts can be found in the hallway between the Hall of African Peoples and the Akeley

Hall of African Mammals. There are miniature dioramas of burial practices, including sarcophagi.

Gold objects can be found in the Hall of Mexico and Central America.

There are Aztec artifacts in the Hall of Mexico and Central America.

There are Incan artifacts in the Hall of South American Peoples.

The Easter Island head, upon which Dum-Dum is modeled, is in the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples.

In the Halls of Eastern Woodland and Plains Indians, there are artifacts from the Shoshone tribe, of which Sacagawea was a member. Some items from this tribe are represented in the Sun Dance case.

The capuchin monkey, which inspired Dexter, can be found in the Hall of Primates in a case with its relatives in the genus Cebus.

The fossil skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most famous and most scientifically important dinosaur specimens in the world, can be found in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs in the Koch Dinosaur Wing.