This is pointed out at length in the DVD commentaries for Night at the Museum, but a great deal of the Museum of Natural History has been rearranged for the sake of the movie. For example: Rexy is not in the front hall, nor is there a giant globe. The dinosaur skeletons are on the fourth floor and the globe is nonexistent. Also, Ahkmenrah's temple is based off the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The blue whale exhibit is real, though.
The general trend for the first Museum movie is that a given exhibit more than likely comes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: this goes not only for Ahk's temple but also the Moai, and several others. Another trend is the rearrangement and/or omission of a large number of exhibits, such as the entire fourth floor which features the real skeletons of real dinosaurs and the moving of Rexy into the foyer. Additions are not all that common, at least not as far as prominent displays go (the globe), but they are there. I'm pretty sure the colorful signs which show what's where are additions, but don't quote me on that.
I'm also quite sure I'm forgetting a great deal, so please feel free to remark on this in the comments. Constructive remarks are very welcome here.
Next on "For the Love of Night at the Museum": Real, Fake, and Misplaced part 2 - The Smithsonian.
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