| HOPEDIAMOND | Blue-coloured 45.52-carat gemstone, housed in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (4,7) |
| ROKEBY | _ Venus, painting by Diego Velazquez housed in the National Gallery, London (6) |
| HOPE | ___diamond (45.52-carat piece in the Smithsonian) |
| TOPAZ | El-Dorado ___ (31,000-carat gemstone) |
| CORDERO | Angel who was the first Puerto Rican enshrined in the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame |
| DOLLY | Stuffed animal in the National Museum of Scotland |
| BONES | Only one of these is funny in the National Museum (5) |
| MOTHERLAND | 6 in Kiev, part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War (10) |
| HELIUM | Gas used to inflate the balloons for the Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving Eve at the Balloon Inflation held near the American Museum of Natural History on 79th Street |
| INDIA | Financier JP Morgan donated this sapphire to the New York Museum of Natural History, the Star Of ... |
| WHALE | Big blue creature in the American Museum of Natural History |
| EMU | You might see one in the Museum of Natural History (3) |
| YALE | Home of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |
| MESA | Home of the Arizona Museum of Natural History |
| PALESTINIAN | Based in Ramallah, Khalil Rabah is known for having created a fictional ___ Museum of Natural History and Humankind. |
| ALSTON | Charles who created murals for Harlem Hospital and the American Museum of Natural History |
| ZETLAND | What is the name of the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world, currently housed in the museum in Redcar, England? (7) |
| ITOO | Classic Langston Hughes poem quoted on a wall of the National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| DIORAMAS | Scenes at the Museum of Natural History |
| TREX | Museum of natural history attraction, in brief |