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The National Museum of Natural History, located at 10th and Constitution on the National Mall, is open every day from 10 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Admission to the museum and the exhibition is free. For more information call (202) 357-2700.
Developed jointly by the American Museum of Natural History and the Environmental Defense Fund, the exhibition includes dozens of hands-on exhibits, models, interactive computer simulations, and video displays that show how greenhouse gases warm the earth, how energy use could affect global warming, and what life would be like in a warmer world if global average temperatures rise 2° to 6° F., as currently predicted.
Some two million people have already seen Global Warming on its national tour, and an estimated 2.5 million people are expected to visit the museum in Washington this summer. After the Smithsonian, the exhibition will return to Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center near Tucson, Arizona, where it will remain on permanent display.
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