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The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world's cultures.

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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

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1,001-5,000 employees

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New York, NY

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Nonprofit

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1869

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Science, Education, Culture, Museum, and Natural History

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Don’t mess with this fish! For Fossil Friday, meet Dunkleosteus terrelli. It lived some 360 million years ago during the Devonian. Scientists think it was one of the first large jawed vertebrates in the ocean and an aggressive predator. The razor-sharp edges of bones in its jaws served as cutters, and as they rubbed against each other, the opposing jaw blades acted like self-sharpening shears. These bones continued to grow as they were worn down by use. See this specimen up close in the Museum’s Hall of Vertebrate Origins! Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4brkWaPPhoto: Image no. ptc-5861 © AMNH Library#fossils #paleontology #fish #museums
Join us on Wednesday, December 4, for the next SciCafe at the Museum! Homa Hosseinmardi, assistant professor in the UCLA College of Social Sciences, and John Jost, professor and co-director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University, will explore the “how” and “why” of the ways in which society interacts with digital tools, including social media, and how they play a role in rising social and political divisions. SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. For more details and to RSVP, visit: https://bit.ly/4hNTZTl
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Educators: On Tuesday, November 19, join us for a virtual talk with John Herrington, PhD, retired U.S. Navy Commander and former NASA Astronaut, who made history as the first citizen of a federally recognized Native American tribe (Chickasaw Nation) to travel to space in 2002. Commander Herrington will trace his journey on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, share details about his spacewalks, and discuss the "overview effect" and how his view of Earth and climate was transformed by his time in space. This is a free online event for teachers—and one hour of CTLE credit is available! Details: https://bit.ly/4hBKhDo #spaceexploration #astronomy #stem #teachers
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Science news! A team of researchers led by the Museum and Columbia University has developed a new tool that can aid in the early detection of COVID-19 variants. The new surveillance tool, which tracks information diversity across genomes, could also be applied more broadly for other emerging viruses. The researchers point to the software’s ability to detect new variants in wastewater as a particularly impactful potential application. “Speed is key to responding to these evolving strains,” added Apurva Narechania, a senior bioinformaticist in the Museum’s Institute for Comparative Genomics and lead author of the study, which is published this week in the journal Genome Research. Learn more about this new software, now on GitHub and freely available to non-commercial entities, in our latest blog post: https://bit.ly/3C3YGryImage: NIAID#newresearch #genomics #museums #stem
As the climate crisis intensifies, how can art raise awareness of its causes and consequences and inspire solutions and action? Join us on Wednesday, November 13, for a conversation with Maya Lin, world-renowned sculptor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and Museum President Sean Decatur as they explore the powerful role of art, including Lin’s last memorial, an environmental initiative called What is Missing? For more details and to RSVP, visit: https://bit.ly/3UebMJf #thignstodoinnyc #museums #art #science

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Legendary architect #MayaLin will be joining me next month at the American Museum of Natural History for a conversation on how art can shed light on the climate crisis. I’m a believer in the power of art to spark new ways of thinking, and to help people visualize the large-scale solutions needed to address challenges like #climatechange, and am excited to see what new ideas and inspiration might emerge from our discussion. Details here: https://lnkd.in/dN5Th8b5
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🎃 Happy Halloween from your friends at the Museum! Are you ready to roar into the holiday like a T. rex? With 4-ft- (1.2-m-) long jaws and powerful bone-crushing teeth, T. rex was one of the largest and most fearsome carnivores of all time. In fact, this dinosaur could bite with about 7,800 pounds of force (34,500 N)—the equivalent to the weight of three cars! No living animal, and few extinct ones, could rival its bite. T. rex didn’t chop or grind its food; it swallowed chunks whole… Photo: A. Keding / © AMNH#museums #dinosaurs #trex #paleontology #fossils
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From October 26 to November 3, the Museum is an early voting site for certain electoral districts in Manhattan. Find your early voting site on the NYC Board of Elections website: https://lnkd.in/dShPBxXEarly voters should enter the Museum through the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at 415 Columbus Avenue. Photos: © AMNH #museums #nyc #newyorkcity #earlyvoting
Join us on Wednesday, November 20, for the next Astronomy Live! Hear from John Herrington, PhD, who made history as the first citizen of a federally recognized Native American tribe (Chickasaw Nation) to travel to space in 2002. Commander Herrington will trace his journey on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, share details about his spacewalks, and discuss the "overview effect" and how his view of Earth and climate was transformed by his time in space. For more details and to reserve tickets, visit: https://bit.ly/3YpZ4JB #museums #thingstodoinnyc #astronomy #spaceexploration
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This Fossil Friday, meet the Museum’s mummified hadrosaur—one of the most complete pieces of Mesozoic dinosaur remains ever found! This fossil represents one of the greatest discoveries in the history of paleontology: a rare glimpse at the texture of dinosaur skin. Like the skin on modern birds’ feet, this duck-billed dinosaur’s skin was marked by bumps called tubercles. The tubercles are larger along the animal’s back and sides and smaller around the joints, which needed to be flexible. Visitors can see this fossil up close in the Museum's Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs! Photo: Image no. ptc-7737 © / AMNH Library (Circa 1992)#dinosaurs #paleontology #museums #naturalhistory #fossils

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