Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge has FREE admission every Sunday morning from 9am-12pm. The museum has a wide range of fascinating exhibits including the botanicall galleries, zoological galleries, mineralogical and geolocical galleries.For more info. call 617-495-3045 or visit www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

The botanical galleries feature the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, known as The Glass Flowers. This unique collection of over 3,000 models was created by the glass artisans, Leopold Blaschka and his son, Rudolph. The commission began in 1886, continued for five decades, and represents more than 830 plant species. A special exhibition, Modeling Nature, provides background information on glass, the artists, their workbench and tools, and other related collections.

The zoological galleries feature examples of animals ranging from the earliest prehistoric creatures, including fossil invertebrates, reptiles, and dinosaurs, to today's mammals, birds, and fish from around the world. Exhibition highlights include pheasants once owned by George Washington, the Triceratops type specimen (first ever described), and the world's only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42-foot-long prehistoric marine reptile.

The mineralogical and geological galleries include mineral collections displayed both systematically and thematically, sparkling displays of gemstones in both rough and cut examples, and an exceptional selection of meteorites. Another gallery highlight is the recently acquired 1,600 pound amethyst geode from Brazil.