Hall of North American Forests

The Hall of North American Forests at the American Museum of Natural History presents a survey of forest ecosystems across the continent, from boreal stands to temperate woodlands. It uses specimens and dioramas to map how climate, geology, and human land use shape what grows where, and what disappears. In New York City, it functions as a quiet reference point in a museum long central to the city’s public science education. One limitation is its older interpretive frame, which can leave Indigenous stewardship less fully articulated than the ecology it documents.