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Entrance to the Bison: Standing Strong exhibit with the title wall and a photograph of four bison

National Museum of Natural History · National Mall

Bison: Standing Strong

Now showing7 May 2026 – 31 May 2029·Free

America's national mammal, from 100,000 years of shaping the prairie to near-extinction and recovery. A six-foot bull bison, an ancient bison skull and a North American prairie soundscape.

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