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American Museum of Natural History

New York · United States  ·  Ross's museum workplace

Friends filmed at American Museum of Natural History, New York. Ross's fictional prehistoric museum stands in for this Upper West Side museum, which has a 94-foot blue whale model. On screen it's Museum of Prehistoric History.

American Museum of Natural History, New York

Where to go

40.780833, -73.974444

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Friends (1994)
On screen
Museum of Prehistoric History
In real life
American Museum of Natural History, New York
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Friends film at American Museum of Natural History?
At 40.780833, -73.974444 in New York. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit American Museum of Natural History?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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