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The Academy of Natural SciencesFounded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is America's oldest natural history museum, and a world leader in biodiversity and environmental research. The Academy carries out its mission to encourage and cultivate the sciences by exploring the remarkable diversity of our natural world and sharing these discoveries with the public through innovative exhibits, publications, and educational programming. |
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The Alabama Museum of Natural HistoryLocated at the core of the University of Alabama Campus in historic Smith Hall, the Alabama Museum of Natural History is a supporting service essential to learning and quality of life at the University of Alabama. The Museum provides an appropriate setting for teaching, research, creative activity and service for students and visitors. Experience the natural diversity of Alabama through exhibits from the Age of Dinosaurs, the Coal Age, and the Ice Age. View the displays of geology, zoology, mineralogy, paleontology, ethnology, history, and photography. See the Hodges meteorite, the only meteorite known to have struck a human, and the State Fossil of Alabama: Basilosaurus cetoides. |
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Alaska Museum of Natural HistoryThe Alaska Museum (Anchorage) energetically pursues its mission to study and exhibit natural history materials relating to Alaska's natural history and to promote and develop educational programs which benefit Alaska visitors and residents alike. |
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American Museum of Natural HistoryThe mission of the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) is to discover, interpret, and disseminate-through scientific research and education-knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe. |
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The Audubon Nature InstituteThe purpose of Audubon Nature Institute is to celebrate the wonders of nature by creating a family of museums and parks dedicated to the natural environment. |
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Aurora Fossil MuseumThe Aurora Fossil Museum (Aurora, North Carolina) is dedicated to the informal science education of today's citizens with emphasis on the fauna and flora of Miocene Marine fossils including the megalodon shark. Our Earth History Gallery begins with trilobites and ends with late Ice Age animals from around the world. |
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Arizona Museum of Natural HistoryThe Arizona Museum of Natural History (Mesa, Arizona) is the premier natural history museum in Arizona. It is dedicated to inspire wonder, respect and understanding for the natural and cultural history of the Southwest. The Arizona Museum of Natural History is renowned for its field research programs and provides the public with opportunities to work on archaeological and paleontological digs. |
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Arkansas Museum of DiscoveryThe Mission of the Museum of Discovery (Little Rock) is to ignite a passion for science, technology and math in a dynamic, interactive environment. |
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Bollinger County Museum of Natural HistoryThe Bollinger County Museum of Natural History is dedicated to providing professional quality exhibits of natural history artifacts and periodical displays of past cultures, by means of educational, thought provoking exhibits that will provide the public with a desire to continue to explore the past, while preparing the way of the future. Exhibits include the Missouri Dinosaur, Hypsibema missouriense, Lewis and Clark Exhibit, American Indian artifacts, local Civil War history, fossil prep lab, Will Mayfield College memorabilia, fossils from Missouri and around the world, wireless radio development, artifacts from the wreck of the Steamboat Montana, and a children's fun and educational room. |
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Bruce MuseumThe Bruce Museum of Greenwich, Connecticut, promotes the understanding and appreciation of art and science to enrich the lives of all people. Consistently voted the "Best Museum" by area media, the Bruce Museum is a world-class institution highlighting art, science and natural history in more than a dozen changing exhibitions annually and its permanent environmental science galleries. |
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Buffalo Museum of ScienceThe Buffalo (New York) Museum of Science is the non-profit educational institution dedicated to the study and interpretation of the natural and physical sciences. Its extensive collections of over 600,000 specimens and artifacts represent all facets of the natural world with an emphasis on Western New York as well as man-made objects spanning the globe. Based at 1020 Humboldt Parkway and anchoring Buffalo's East Side in Olmsted-designed Martin Luther King, Jr. Park since 1929, the Museum presents a wide variety of programs and services for children, teachers, families, adults, and community organizations throughout each year. The Museum also operates Tifft Nature Preserve in South Buffalo, a 264-acre urban wetland preserve on reclaimed former industrial land and seasonally sponsors archaeological exploration at the Hiscock Site in nearby Genesee County, NY, one of North America's richest Ice Age sites. |
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The Burke Museum of Natural History and CultureThe Burke Museum (Seattle) creates a better understanding of the world and our place in it. The museum is responsible for Washington State collections of natural history and cultural heritage, and for sharing the knowledge that makes them meaningful. The Burke welcomes a broad and diverse audience and provides a community gathering place that nurtures life-long learning and encourages respect, responsibility, and reflection. |
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Burpee Museum of Natural History"To inspire all people to engage in a lifetime of learning about the natural world." Burpee Museum has four floors of modern exhibits. Exhibits are specimen based, with strong interactive and educational components. The first floor is dedicated to paleontology; take a walk through time as your visit exhibits chronicling key times in earth's history. The Geoscience exhibit is located on the second floor, where rocks and minerals, fluorescent minerals, and the geology of the region can be found. Third floor exhibits include the Windows to Wilderness exhibit on Rock River Valley biology and the First People exhibit which introduces visitors to different Native American cultures. Located in the basement is the Dean Olson Viewing lab where fossil and biological specimens are prepared for exhibit. 737 North Main Street |
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Calvert Marine MuseumThe Calvert Marine Museum (Solomons, Maryland) is a public, non-profit, educational, regionally oriented museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, and interpretation of the culture and natural history of Southern Maryland. The Calvert Marine Museum has grown to be one of the premier visitor attractions in Southern Maryland. |
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Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryCarnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh) conducts scientific inquiry, generates knowledge, and promotes stewardship of the Earth. Through public engagement, we share the joy of discovery about the processes that shape the diversity of our world and its inhabitants. |
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Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PACarnegie Science Center delights, educates, and inspires through interactive experiences in science and technology. Recipient of the 2003 National Award for Museum Service, Carnegie Science Center inspires and entertains by connecting science and technology with everyday life. In addition to providing valuable scientific experiences, Carnegie Science Center engages in outreach programs that serve Pittsburgh's diverse community. The Science Center is located on Pittsburgh's North Shore along the banks of the Ohio River and is accessible to persons with disabilities. |
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The Centennial Museum at the University of Texas-El PasoThe Centennial Museum at the University of Texas-El Paso has a diverse mission in support of UTEP. Its permanent exhibits focus on the natural and cultural history of the Chihuahuan Desert where UTEP and EL Paso are located. One of those galleries tells the general story of paleontology and the specific fossil history of El Paso. Displayed is the most ancient fossil of the El Paso region, Colenia frquens, a cyan bacterium (blue-green alga) some 2 billion years old, found in Fusselman Canyon in the Franklin Mountains. A wide range of other local fossils, including mastodons, mammoths and glyptodonts, is on view. |
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Children's Discovery MuseumThe Children's Discovery Museum is three stories of amazing hands-on fun in Normal, Illinois. The surprising array of exhibits and programs keep curious children and playful grownups happy for hours on end! The Museum’s mission to Inspire the Love of Learning through the Power of Play is accomplished with each and every visit to the CDM. You can:
-Stage a show in the Imagination Theatre, discover Math in Music, and create a masterpiece in the Art Studio or gigantic paint wall. -Shop the Fresh Market, serve up a healthy pizza, and traverse a climbing wall in Healthy Kids – Healthy Future -Visit our Innovation Station for daily hands-on science demonstrations and activities -Climb the two story Luckey Climber and so much more! Top of Page |
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Children's Discovery Museum of San JoseWith over 150 exhibits, Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose serves the needs of children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery. The Museum’s newest exhibition, Mammoth Discovery!, features the fossils of a Columbian Mammoth discovered about 2 miles away from the Museum and many interactive activities designed to encourage children to discover, find out more, and tell their stories. |
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Children's Museum of IndianapolisTo create extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. |
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Cincinnati Museum CenterThe Mission of Cincinnati Museum Center is to inspire all people to understand and appreciate natural history, science, and regional history; and to support the development of children. We collect and preserve; we advance and share knowledge. We stimulate curiosity and promote enjoyment of learning. |
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Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West VirginiaOur mission is to inspire creativity, learning and wonder through experiences in the Arts and Sciences for all people of West Virginia and the region. The Clay Center (Charleston) is influential in the vitality of West Virginia’s progressive and thriving economy. Businesses are flourishing, tourism is vibrant, creative and talented citizens are bringing national recognition to the State. The Center’s programs enhance educational achievement and intellectual capacity and promote the arts and sciences as an integral part of life. |
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Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryThe Cleveland Museum of Natural History's mission is to inspire, through science and education, a passion for nature, the protection of natural diversity, the fostering of health, and leadership to a sustainable future. |
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Dallas Museum of Nature and ScienceLet the exploration begin at the Museum of Nature & Science! Visitors of all ages can unearth buried fossils, solve DNA mysteries, test the laws of physics or contemplate the vastness of outer space. Immerse yourself in our 79-foot domed IMAX® Theater. Discover the wonders of the universe in our planetarium. Learn about the creatures that share our planet now, and the ones that came millions of years before us. Enjoy thought-provoking traveling exhibitions and programs that bring learning to life! |
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The Dakota Science CenterThe Mission of the Dakota Science Center is to encourage lifelong curiosity and fascination with science in children, parents, teachers, and the community through discovery, exploration and interaction. Our expertise is hands-on STEM programming for youth. We are a resource center for the community with outreach STEM programs delivered by qualified volunteers. Through outreach programs, we build the confidence of young people and invite them to envision futures where STEM plays a significant role in their lives. DSC is a volunteer based organization. Programs are funded by donations and grants. We provide outreach STEM education for rural Northeast North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota. Our STEM modules are shared with all the teacher centers in the state of North Dakota. |
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Delaware Museum of Natural HistoryThe Delaware Museum of Natural History's (Wilmington) mission is to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery. |
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Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceThe Denver Museum of Nature & Science inspires curiosity and excites minds of all ages through scientific discovery and the presentation and preservation of the world's unique treasures. |
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Dinosaur Depot MuseumThe Dinosaur Depot Museum (Cañon City, Colorado) is located in one of the best places in the world to see fossils and the rocks where they are found. The Museum focuses on dinosaurs and other fossils found in the Garden Park Fossil Area in Colorado. The Dinosaur Depot is dedicated to educating the public about how fossils are prepared for display and for scientific collections. |
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Dinosaur Discovery MuseumOpened in 2006, the Dinosaur Discovery Museum features the nation's largest collection of theropod dinosaurs and is the only museum to exclusively focus on the link between birds and meat-eating dinosaurs, one of the most complete known fossil records. The Carthage Institute of Paleontology is housed in the Museum, and it is dedicated to the preparation and conservation of dinosaur fossils. |
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Discovery PlaceAs one of the leading hands-on science centers in the country, Discovery Place offers visitors the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the basics of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in a fun, interactive and informal setting. Located in one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Discovery Place offers a family-friendly experience surrounded by the excitement of a bustling urban community. We exist to ignite wonder as a preeminent science education center providing extraordinary experiences that engage people in the active exploration of science and nature. |
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Douglas County MuseumThe purpose of the Museum is to "collect, preserve, interpret and exhibit materials related to the history and natural history of Douglas County". Visitors can expect to experience professional, creative depictions of historical figures and events representing the Umpqua Valley. The rich history our area provides gives the Museum opportunities to exhibit more than ten thousand years of natural and cultural history through detailed dioramas and topical exhibits. The natural history dioramas house native wildlife in richly depicted habitats from the crest of the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean. |
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Duluth Children's MuseumThe Duluth Children's Museum is a place where children begin their lifelong exploration of an ever-expanding world. The mission of the Duluth Children's Museum is to spark children's curiosity. In all of its creative and educational activities, the Duluth Children's Museum: Respects the sense of play in children and adults, encourages cooperative and inter-generational play, affirms diversity and an appreciation of differences; brings children and families together to encounter new ideas and learning; engages imagination, intellect, emotions and senses in play and learning; and actively maintains a multi-cultural collection as a learning resource. |
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Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum at Mississippi State UniversityThe Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum houses mineral and rock collections, meteorites, and extensive fossil displays that facilitate viewer understanding of the 4.6 billion year history of our planet. Visitors can learn about mineral families and properties, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, mass extinctions and asteroids, karst, plate tectonics, and Mississippi's geology. The Dunn-Seiler displays a Triceratops skull replica, a Cretaceous crocodile skull, and many fossils from Mississippi and the Southeast. Over 1,000 visitors, ranging in age from 8 to 70+, visit the Dunn-Seiler every year. While the majority of visitors are school students between grades 3 and 9, the museum has something for everyone.Visit our website for more information. |
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East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History MuseumThe East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum (Gray, Tennessee) is dedicated to understanding, preserving and interpreting biodiversity of the Southern Appalachians through time, using an interdisciplinary approach. The Natural History Museum seeks to understand and interpret the Gray Fossil Site for people of all ages and origins through scientific research, curriculum-based educational programs, and informal hands-on experiences. The East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center is committed to fulfilling its mission by: |
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Edward L. Clark Museum of Missouri GeologyThe Missouri Geological Survey’s Edward L. Clark Museum of Missouri Geology promotes the understanding and appreciation of fossils, rocks, minerals, and the important role geologists play in society. Museum exhibits include a mastodon tusk that was unearthed in the northwest Missouri county of Holt, medals won by the Missouri Geological Survey from the St. Louis, Chicago and San Francisco World’s Fairs. The museum also boasts an impressive display of meteorites, various rocks, minerals and fossils found in Missouri along with geologic maps, tools used by geologists through the years. The museum pays tribute to the Missouri Dinosaur, Hypsibema missouriense, and offers much more to stimulate curiosity and promote enjoyment of learning for the young and young-at-heart. |
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Exhibit Museum of Natural HistoryThe University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History (Ann Arbor) is a dynamic, evolving organization committed to promoting the understanding and appreciation of the natural world and our place in it. We accomplish this through creative educational programs and exhibits for the benefit of the University community, school groups, and the general public. |
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Fernbank Science CenterThe mission of Fernbank Science Center (Atlanta, Georgia), a unique science resource of the DeKalb County School System and our extended community, is to cultivate an understanding of science and foster a sense of wonder about the natural world by creating a learning environment that incorporates current ideas, methods and technologies. |
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Fick Fossil and History MuseumThe Fick Fossil and History Museum (Oakley, Kansas) features thousands of locally found fossils and unique folk art made with fossils. We have over 11,000 Kansas found sharks teeth, a 15 foot Xiphactinus Audax and a skull of a Mosasaur! Free Admission Open 6 days a week. |
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Field MuseumWith 4.5 billion years under one roof, The Field Museum is your passport to travel around the world and back in time, all without checking a single bag. Meet SUE, the largest and most complete T. rex ever found. Discover things you never knew, and things you never even knew you were interested in. |
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Florida Museum of Natural HistoryThe Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville) is Florida's state museum of natural history, dedicated to understanding, preserving and interpreting biological diversity and cultural heritage. |
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Fossil Discovery Center of Madera CountyThe Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County (California) is dedicated to the education of children and adults of the community about the Pleistocene fossils of the local area. It is one of the largest Middle Pleistocene fossil sites on the West Coast. Guided tours, hands-on exhibits, a mock dig and a "Pleistocene Pond" are popular attractions. |
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Frank H. McClung MuseumThe Frank H. McClung Museum seeks to advance understanding and appreciation of the Earth and its natural wonders, its peoples and societies, their cultural and scientific achievements, and the boundless diversity of the human experience. The museum is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, community service, and professional practice. |
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Harvard Museum of Natural HistoryWith a mission to enhance public understanding and appreciation of the natural world, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (Cambridge, Massachusetts) presents to the public Harvard's natural history collections and research of scientists across the University. |
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Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Refuge (McKinney, TX)The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, in Mckinney Texas, is the result of one woman's vision for the future and her commitment to the community and North Texas. Miss Bessie Heard devoted most of her lifetime (1886-1988) to the city of McKinney and its people. Her greatest contribution to her community and North Texas is the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. The museum opened October 1, 1967 and now serves more than 100,000 visitors annually. In keeping with Miss Heard's vision, the museum's mission is threefold: education, conservation and preservation. Through education, particularly for young people, the Heard emphasizes an appreciation of nature and its conservation. |
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Houston Museum of Natural ScienceThe mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain and promote a museum of the first class.
Founded in 1909, the purpose of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has always been to "enhance in individuals the knowledge and delight in natural science and related subjects." This purpose is being expanded as the Museum doubles its size next summer with the opening of our new wing, to be home to many more dinosaurs in Houston. |
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Idaho Museum of Natural HistoryThe Idaho Museum of Natural History (Pocatello) actively nurtures an understanding of and delight in Idaho's natural and cultural heritage. As the official state museum of natural history, it acquires, preserves, studies, interprets and displays natural and cultural objects for Idaho residents, visitors and the world's community of students and scholars. The Museum also supports and encourages Idaho's other natural history museums through mentoring and training in sound museological practices. |
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Illinois State MuseumThe Illinois State Museum (Springfield) promotes discovery, learning, and an appreciation of Illinois' natural, cultural, and artistic heritage. Over 200,000 specimens are curated in its geology collections, including 60 type and figured invertebrates, 6 fish types, and over 600 type and
figured plant fossils. Also represented is a strong collection of Carboniferous fossils from the scientifically and nationally significant Mazon Creek and Rock Island areas of Illinois. The vertebrate paleontology collection is one of the best Late Quaternary mammal fossil collections (50,000+ specimens) in North America; it is especially rich in Pleistocene-aged fossils from the American Midwest. |
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Indiana State MuseumThe Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites preserves, interprets and presents material evidence of Indiana’s cultural and natural history in a context that encourages people to actively participate in discovering the world — as it was, as it is and as it can be. The museum and sites display collections that tell Indiana’s story and celebrate the state’s achievements through the arts, culture and sciences by featuring a dynamic schedule of changing exhibitions and programs. Annual attendance at the museum and sites for 2009 totaled 659,004 visitors including paid/unpaid attendance to special events and related outreach, public programs and workshops. The museum serves approximately 60,000 K–12 students each year and offers free admission to all Indiana teachers and to all schools where 40 percent or more of the students receive free or reduced lunch. The Indiana State Museum is the soul of Indiana ... where science and culture meet for adventure and learning. Spend some time with us! You'll be so glad you did. |
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Jacksonville Museum of Science and HistoryThe Jacksonville Museum of Science & History (MOSH) in Florida inspires the joy of lifelong learning by bringing to life the sciences and regional history. |
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Joseph Moore Museum of Natural HistoryAssociated with Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, the Joseph Moore Museum features public exhibits emphasizing our local Ordivician and Pleistocene deposits. Mounts includes a mastodon, giant ground sloth, sabertooth cat, dire wolf, and the only nearly complete giant Pleistocene beaver in the world. Admission is free. |
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Kansas University Natural History MuseumThe KU Natural History Museum (Lawrence) focuses on the biological diversity of the Great Plains. Fossil exhibits profile extinct mammals, dinosaurs, reptiles and fish. The museum's panorama, one of the world's largest dioramas, features scenes ranging from arctic to tropical habitats. Living exhibits include a working beehive and Kansas snakes and fish. The museum is home to Comanche, a U.S. Seventh Cavalry horse that survived the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, and a 60-foot-long Mosasaur - one of the great "sea monsters" of Kansas. |
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Kenosha Public MuseumThe Kenosha Public Museum has been serving the city of Kenosha for 75 years with exhibits that focus on world cultures, Native Americans, zoology, geology, fossils, and fine and decorative arts. Centerpieces of the collections are the 14,500 year old Schaefer mammoth and the Hebior mammoth, the largest, most complete mammoth discovered to date. |
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Las Vegas Museum of Natural HistoryThe Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a private, non-profit institution dedicated to educating the children, adults and families of the community in the natural sciences- both past and present. Through its interactive exhibits, educational programs and the preservation of its collections, the Museum strives to instill an understanding and appreciation of the world's wildlife, ecosystems and cultures. |
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Maryland Science CenterThe Mission of the Maryland Science Center (Baltimore) is to create awareness in everyone of the importance of science in our lives by engaging them with exciting educational experiences. It is also to motivate our youth to pursue careers in science and technology through community collaboration with academia, government, and industry. |
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Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur MuseumThe Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, is home to the world's largest collection of life-size bronze skeletons, fossils, and replicas of prehistoric creatures. The bronzes are created through the Fine/Arts Bronze program at Mesalands Community College. The Museum is the result of a combined effort by Mesalands Community College and the Tucumcari community to create a museum where the fossils of Quay County and eastern New Mexico can be exhibited. This region is in the heart of one of the earth's greatest fossil beds, where three previously unknown species have been found, and are now on exhibit at the Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum. The Museum is also in the process of naming the fourth, found two years ago and confirmed as another new species. |
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Michigan State University MuseumMichigan State University Museum (East Lansing) is committed to understanding, interpreting, and respecting natural and cultural diversity. As Michigan's land-grant university museum, this commitment to society is met through education, exhibitions, research, and the building and stewardship of collections that focus on Michigan and its relationship to the Great Lakes, and the world beyond. |
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Milwaukee Public MuseumThe Milwaukee Public Museum inspires curiosity, excites minds and increases desire to preserve and protect our world's natural and cultural diversity through exhibitions, educational programs, collections and research. |
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Mississippi Museum of Natural ScienceThe mission of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (Jackson) is to promote understanding and appreciation of Mississippi’s biological diversity through collections, research, scientific databases, education, and exhibits; and to inspire the people of our state to respect the environment and to preserve natural Mississippi. |
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Missouri Institute of Natural ScienceThe mission of the Missouri Institute of Natural Science is to interpret Missouri’s natural history within a regional and global context in a manner that is relevant, useful, educational and entertaining to all patrons. |
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Museum of Life and ScienceSituated on 84acres, the Museum of Life and Science interactive science park includes a hands-on science center, immersive butterfly conservatory, over 60 species of live animals, a life-sized dinosaur trail and more! The Museum’s Dinosaur trail takes visitors on a journey through the Late Cretaceous period and features 14 dinosaurs as well as an interactive fossil dig site where guests are invited to identify and keep their marine fossil finds.
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Morrison Natural History MuseumMorrison Natural History Museum (Morrison, Colorado) offers a glimpse of the first important dinosaur discoveries in Colorado including fossils from the first Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus ever discovered. Exhibits also offer an overview of local life history. The Museum continues to actively research local Jurassic ecosystems. Recent excavations have yielded famous baby dinosaur footprints that have been featured in Smithsonian magazine. Tour with a guide or explore on your own. The new "Fossils of the Foothills" guided exhibition is included with admission. Reservations are not required. Please see website for tour times. |
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Museum of Natural History, Providence RIThe Museum of Natural History is Rhode Island's only natural history museum and home to the state's only public planetarium. Located in historic Roger Williams Park, the Museum has been educating and serving the public since 1896. With thematic exhibits and programs that draw on our worldwide collections, along with the Cormack planetarium, there is something here for everyone. The Museum is home to more than a quarter million treasures that encompass both the natural and cultural worlds. |
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Museum of Northern ArizonaThe mission of the Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff) is to inspire a sense of love and responsibility for the beauty and diversity of the Colorado Plateau through collecting, studying, interpreting, and preserving the region’s natural and cultural heritage. |
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Museum of the RockiesThe Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, Montana) inspires visitors to explore the rich natural and cultural history of America's Northern Rocky Mountains. In partnership with Montana State University, the Museum reaches diverse communities with engaging exhibits, educational programs, and original research that advance public understanding of the collections. |
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Museum of Texas Tech UniversityThe Museum is an educational, scientific, cultural, and research element of Texas Tech University (Lubbock). It is a not-for-profit institution by virtue of being a part of Texas Tech University. The Museum's purpose is to support the academic and intellectual mission of Texas Tech University through the collection, preservation, documentation, and research of scientific and cultural material and to disseminate information about those collections and their scientific and cultural topics through exhibition, interpretation, and publication for primary, secondary, and higher education students, the scholarly community, and the general public. |
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Museum of Western ColoradoThe Museum of Western Colorado (Grand Junction) is the largest multi-disciplinary museum between Salt Lake City and Denver. Over the past forty years the Museum has grown to include three major museum facilities, three active outdoor paleontology sites, an educational center and a respected research library. The Museum's educational goal is to inspire students of all ages to develop and extend their awareness, appreciation and understanding of western Colorado. |
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyThe mission of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. |
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New Jersey State MuseumThe New Jersey State Museum (Trenton) serves the life-long educational needs of residents and visitors through its collections, exhibitions, programs, publications and scholarship in science, history and the arts. Within a broad context, the Museum explores the natural and cultural diversity of New Jersey, past and present. |
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History & ScienceThe mission of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Albuquerque) is to foster an understanding and appreciation of the diverse natural history and physical sciences of New Mexico and the Southwest for the benefit of residents of, and visitors to, New Mexico. The Museum provides educational experiences and promotes scientific inquiry through focused collections, research, public programs and exhibitions. |
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North Carolina Museum of Natural SciencesFeaturing an array of permanent and special exhibits, live programs and educational films that appeal to audiences of all ages, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh encourages visitors to explore the natural world and their connections to it. The Museum is open seven days a week and general admission is free. |
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Omaha Children's MuseumOur mission is "To engage the imagination and create excitement about learning" |
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The Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits)The Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea is one of the world’s most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. Visitors can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, when animals such as saber-toothed cats and mammoths roamed the Los Angeles Basin. Through windows at the Page Museum Laboratory, visitors can watch bones being cleaned and repaired. Outside the Museum, in Hancock Park, life-size replicas of several extinct mammals are featured. |
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Paleontological Research InstitutionThe Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is a natural history museum located in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1932, PRI has outstanding programs in research, collections, publications, and public outreach. The Institution cares for a collection of 2-3 million specimens (one of the 10 largest in the U.S.), and publishes the oldest paleontological journal in the Western Hemisphere (Bulletins of American Paleontology, begun in 1895). |
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Panhandle-Plains Historical MuseumExplore more than 500 million years of history across a 26,000 square mile expanse of the Panhandle-Plains—all under one roof in Canyon, Texas. PPHM is the largest history museum in Texas and holds more than 2 million artifacts in collections including western heritage, art, textiles, archeology, paleontology, transportation and petroleum. |
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Pink Palace Family of MuseumsThe Pink Palace Family of Museums (Memphis, Tennessee) inspires people to learn how history, science, technology, and nature shape the Mid-South. Through rich collections, thought-provoking exhibitions, and engaging programs, we encourage our diverse community to reflect on the past, understand the present, and influence the future. |
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Pratt MuseumThe Pratt Museum (Homer, Alaska) is dedicated to the process of education by exploring the natural environment and human experience relative to the Kachemak Bay region of Alaska and its place in the world. The Museum seeks to inspire self-reflection and dialogue in its community and visitors through exhibitions, programs, and collections in the arts, sciences and humanities. |
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The Prehistoric MuseumThe Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah, creates understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural processes that formed the geologic, fossil and prehistoric human records found in eastern Utah. We do this through educational and interpretive programs based upon our academic research, preservation programs, authentic exhibits, and the creative efforts of our staff and community. |
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Raymond M. Alf Museum of PaleontologyThe mission of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology (Los Angeles) is to stimulate interest in the sciences through appreciation for and application of the scientific method of inquiry in the field of paleontology. In fulfillment of this mission, the Alf Museum:
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Rochester Museum and Science CenterThe Rochester Museum & Science Center stimulates broad community interest and understanding of science and technology, and their impact - past, present, future - on our lives. |
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The Rutgers Geology MuseumThe Rutgers Geology Museum (New Brunswick, New Jersey) enhances university teaching and outreach programs through its presentations of geological, mineralogical, paleontological, and anthropologic materials for the education and enjoyment of its visitors. Through its exhibits, collections, public lectures, tours and other programs, the Museum provides our undergraduate students, members of the University community, K12 students and teachers, and the general public with unique learning experiences that enhance their understanding of the natural world. |
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Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural HistoryThe Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at The University of Oklahoma (Norman) inspires minds to understand the natural and cultural world through collection-based discovery, interpretation, and education. |
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San Bernardino County MuseumThe San Bernardino County Museum (California) maintains and develops unique cultural and natural science collections related to our region and the greater Southwest. Through responsible collection, preservation, exhibition, and education, we inspire the public to a deeper understanding of our cultural and natural history. |
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San Diego Museum of Natural HistoryThe mission of the San Diego Natural History Museum is to interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of southern California and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment. |
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Saint Louis Science CenterThe roots of the Saint Louis Science Center go back to 1856 with the founding of the The Academy of Science of Saint Louis, the first scientific organization west of the Mississippi River. Its mission of 'igniting and sustaining lifelong science and technology learning' is the foundation for the more than 600 interactive exhibits, annual traveling exhibits and array of educational programming for all audiences. Whether it's paleontology astronomy, engineering or genetics there's something to stimulate the explorer and scientist in everyone. |
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Sanford Museum and PlanetariumThe Sanford Museum and Planetarium's (Cherokee, Iowa) purpose is to collect, preserve, study and interpret cultural, historical and other significant materials relating to Northwest Iowa and secondarily to the State of Iowa, and to provide educational exhibits and services for the purpose of expanding and enriching public knowledge. |
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Science Museum of MinnesotaThe Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul) is among the nation's largest and most esteemed science museums. The m useum conducts research, collects and preserves artifacts, produces and distributes award-winning exhibits and giant screen films, and offers educational programs for children, families, and adults. The mission of the Science Museum's Paleontology program is to collect, research, and care for the fossilized remains of past life, as well as to promote the professional and public understanding of extinct and modern life on Earth. Science Museum paleontology staff conduct original research, collect new data through field and lab-based explorations, preserve fossils through curation of our collection, and bring paleontology to the public through exhibits and educational programming. |
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Science Museum of VirginiaScience Museum of Virginia's (Richmond) mission is to Inspire Virginians to enrich their lives through science. |
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The Sherman MuseumWe acquire, preserve, interpret and display items of enduring cultural, historical and educational value related to Grayson County and the local Red River area. We embrace our responsibility to engage and educate our community, enriching lives by promoting historical awareness, fostering research through shared knowledge, and encouraging interaction through exhibitions, programs and service events. |
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryWe inspire curiosity, discovery, and learning about nature and culture through outstanding research, collections, exhibitions, and education. The museum is one of the Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington, DC. |
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South Carolina State MuseumThrough innovative partnerships, comprehensive collections, and stimulating exhibits and programs, The South Carolina State Museum provides educational environments that entertain, inspire imagination and creativity, and enrich the lives of visitors. |
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South Dakota School of Mines - Museum of Geology The mission of the Museum of Geology (Rapid City) is to collect, conserve, curate, interpret, exhibit, and disseminate knowledge of paleontologically and geologically significant objects and serve as the repository for such objects from South Dakota and the Northern Great Plains, as well as from other areas that enhance our understanding of South Dakota paleontology and geology. |
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The State Museum of PennsylvaniaThe State Museum of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) is dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of plant and animal fossils from Pennsylvania, United States and around the world. The museum actively promotes the importance of our fossil heritage through fieldwork, exhibits and scientific publication. The museum serves as the official repository for fossils acquired by the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey. The Section of Paleontology and Geology has a vast paleobotanical collection from the world-famous anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania and an extensive collection of Middle Devonian marine invertebrates. Notable fossil vertebrate collections include Late Devonian fishes from northcentral Pennsylvania, Late Triassic vertebrates from southeastern Pennsylvania, and Late Cretaceous vertebrates from New Mexico. The museum is the home of the Marshalls Creek Mastodon, one of the most complete mastodon specimens on the East Coast. |
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Sternberg Museum of Natural HistoryThe Sternberg Museum (Hays, Kansas) is dedicated to enriching students, children, and adults of all ages through educational exhibits and programs, while also providing support to the Fort Hays State University. The Sternberg Museum also encourages those who wish to pursue careers in preservation, maintenance, exhibitions, and administration of museum collections by offering a variety of informal training programs. |
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Tate Geological MuseumThe mission of the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College (Casper, Wyoming) is to provide educational resources to its community and visitors by being a leading Earth Science Education Center in the region through its exhibits, collections, and programs. The Tate Museum features displays on mostly Wyoming based geology and paleontology. We have recently mounted a mammoth skeleton originally discovered 40 miles from Casper in 2006 which is the largest mounted Columbian mammoth skeleton in the world, and the most complete mammoth form Wyoming. The Tate is currently conducting field sessions to improve its collections of Wyoming dinosaurs and other fossils. |
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Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural Science CenterTexas Memorial Museum (Austin) is the primary outreach unit and public exhibit hall of the Texas Natural Science Center (TNSC), providing collections-based education and outreach programs for K-16 students and educators, community groups and the general public. Texas Memorial Museum continues to offer free daily admission to exhibits and public events. Exhibits at the Museum include a beautiful variety of gems and minerals, Texas wildlife, a rich diversity of fossils and hands-on exploration of the evolution of organisms from viruses to whales. Visitors have an opportunity to chat with a paleontologist at the Paleo Lab, see how fossils are properly prepared, catalogued and studied; and learn about ancient life and environments in Texas. |
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University of Alaska Museum of the NorthThe University of Alaska Museum is a vital component of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is the only research and teaching museum in the state. The museum houses 1.4 million specimens and artifacts organized in 10 different disciplines that document Alaska's rich natural and cultural history. A diverse and extensive collection of Alaskan fossils are found in the Earth Science Collection, including thousands of Ice Age mammal specimens, and the largest collection of Arctic dinosaurs in the world." |
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The University of California Museum of PaleontologyThe mission of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP, Berkeley) is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education. UCMP also hosts the Paleontology Portal, a collaborative project and a web resource for anyone interested in paleontology—from the professional in the lab, to the interested amateur scouting for fossils, to the student in any classroom. |
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University of Colorado Museum of Natural HistoryThe University of Colorado Museum fosters exploration and appreciation of the natural environment and human cultures through research, teaching, and community outreach. We provide academic training for graduate students in Museum and Field Studies; build, conserve, and interpret research collections; and offer exhibits and educational programs for the University and the public. Explore science at the source, see incredible specimens from around the globe, hear famous artists and noted scholars speak about their work, or enjoy a family program at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in Boulder. Explore, Inspire, Learn, Engage. |
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The University of Iowa Museum of Natural HistoryThe University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, Old Capitol Museum and the UI Museum of Natural History, seek to educate and inspire local and national communities through our collections, programs, exhibits and research. There is no better place to discover all things Iowa! The mission of the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History is to inspire in visitors of all ages understanding and a sense of wonder, discovery, respect and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds through exhibits, programs and collections, as well as through links with UI research and activities. The Old Capitol Museum seeks to educate the university, local, and national communities on the continuing significance of the humanities, as an invigorated and distinguished building that serves as a center of culture and civic discourse for the State of Iowa, through public outreach initiatives, educational programming, exhibitions, and academic scholarship. |
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University of Montana Paleontology CenterOur mission is to enhance education by serving as a center for research and public outreach in order to preserve the fossil heritage of Montana and other regions. Located in the Department of Geosciences, the University of Montana Paleontology Center (UMPC) was established by the Montana Board of Regents of in 2005. In 2008 the UMPC received a generous grant from the National Science Foundation to renovate the basement storage facility, install a Space-Saver compactor system, add 45 new metal cases that will accommodate the UMPC's growing fossil collection, and to create a unique website with an associated database. The UMPC collection contains an estimated 40,000 specimen-lots (an estimated 100,000 specimen elements) with over 1,050 representing type (published) specimens. This collection attracts visiting researchers, as well as, provides specimens via loan for scientific investigations regionally and abroad. |
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University of Nebraska State MuseumThe University of Nebraska State Museum (Lincoln) was established in 1871 and has steadily grown into one of the leading research and educational science museums in the nation to be associated with a university. The Museum collects and interprets the natural, geological and anthropological history of the state and of the Great Plains, and holds the collections in trust for all Nebraskans. The Museum is comprised of the world-famous "Elephant Hall", a research collection containing over 13 million specimens, Mueller Planetarium, the Trailside Museum of Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park, and Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park. |
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University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural HistoryThe University of Oregon's Museum of Natural and Cultural History protects significant collections, enhances knowledge, and encourages stewardship of human and natural history through research, preservation, and education. Established in 1935-36, the museum is Oregon's primary repository for anthropological and paleontological collections and is home to hundreds of thousands of ethnographic and archaeological objects, fossils, and biological specimens. The museum is a center of interdisciplinary research and education, serving the University of Oregon, the K-12 community, and the wider public in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. |
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University of Wyoming Geological MuseumThe University of Wyoming Geological Museum in Laramie functions to support both public education and scientific research. Wyoming is rich in geologic treasures and the Museum presents to the visitor some glimpse of this geologic diversity. |
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Utah Field House of Natural History
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Utah Museum of Natural HistoryIt is the mission of the Utah Museum of Natural History (Salt Lake City) to illuminate the natural world and the place of humans within it. |
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Vassar College's Warthin Museum of Geology and Natural HistoryThe A. Scott Warthin Museum of Geology & Natural History is located in Ely Hall at Vassar College, within the Department of Earth Science & Geography in Poughkeepsie, NY., and is open to all groups or individuals. The current collection owes its beginnings to the founder of our college, Matthew Vassar. |
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Virginia Museum of Natural HistoryThe Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Virginia is a place where scientific research about the Commonwealth of Virginia's natural history and public understanding merge. Exhibits, education programs for all ages, and publications translate the Museum curators' scientific research into easily understood language and concepts. The Museum's message is simple: Understanding natural history is the first step toward meeting the challenges of preserving and managing natural resources in the future. From the vacationer watching birds on the shores of the Chesapeake to the garden enthusiast in Alexandria, each and every Virginian directly benefits from the ongoing research and education programs at VMNH. |
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Western Science CenterThe tripartite mission of the Western Center (Hemet, California) is to:
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The Witte MuseumThe Witte Museum (San Antonio, Texas) promotes lifelong learning through innovative exhibitions, programs, and collections in natural history, science and South Texas heritage. |
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WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and TechnologyThe WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology provides opportunities for people of all ages to experience the wonder and excitement of science. A saltwater aquarium and interactive fossil exhibits illuminate southern Indiana’s geologic history. |
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Wyoming Dinosaur CenterProviding the best paleontological experience by being a scientifically recognized institution that is educational, engaging, and enjoyable for visitors of all ages. The Center is located in Thermopolis. |
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Yale Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryThe mission of the Peabody Museum is to serve Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) by advancing our understanding of earth's history through geological, biological, and anthropological research, and by communicating the results of this research to the widest possible audience through publication, exhibition, and educational programs. |
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More to come...Many additional partnerships are in the planning stage. Please check back soon. To add your organization's support for National Fossil Day to this page, please contact us for information about partnerships. |
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