Albany - Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza

The New York State Capitol was built in the late 1800s. Carvings on the Million Dollar Staircase depict famous people in American history.

The New York State Museum features permanent and changing exhibits that include the natural, cultural and human history of New York State. The Anthropological collections represent over 11,000 years of human history; the Biological Collections include two and a half million specimens such as mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, insects, and mosses; and the Geological Collections include 1,500,000 specimens of rocks, minerals, and fossils.