From the AMNH archives, the real reason Permian pelycosaurs had sails.
Super jealous of anyone who was sentient before 1990 and saw the AMNH Brontosaur hall...
There are dozens of these photos of creepy fancy children posing in AMNH exhibits, taken across several decades.
I’m really curious as to why. Who were these for??
Preparators Jeanne Kelly and Marilyn Fox finish up restoration of Xiphactinus fossil for 1996 gallery opening.
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Several different ground sloths at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Couple on a date take in the dinosaurs
(Nina Leen. 1942?)
Based on the hall around them, this is from the 60s.
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The Crafting of a Mystery
Happy #FossilFriday and World Photo Day! World Photo Day is a global celebration of photography, and marks the anniversary of Louis Daguerre’s invention of the world first practical camera. In observation of the occasion, I thought today would be a perfect day to post a historical paleo photograph. Here, Adam Hermann sculpts a skull for the American Museum of Natural History’s Brontosaurus mount in 1904 (source). At the time, a skull had not been recognized for the animal, but the museum wanted a complete display, so they modeled one based on a camarasaur instead. Little could the artist have known the drama that would unfold over the ensuing century surrounding the validity of Brontosaurus, with particular focus on the skull. Discredited for over 100 years, Brontosaurus has recently returned to validity for new generations to enjoy. Today, artists just like Adam Hermann continue to sculpt missing pieces of dinosaur skeletons, sometimes by hand, and sometimes sculpting in the computer. Increased understanding allows us to create more and more accurate and convincing guesses about the missing anatomy. Sometimes a complete skeleton is inferred from only a few bones!
I’m kind of obsessed with this life-sized model of a sperm whale eating a giant squid at AMNH. We know this is something that happens - whales have sucker scars on their faces and bits of squid in their bellies. But these encounters happen 7,000 meters below the surface. Nobody has ever witnessed it.
Perhaps nobody ever will. But this model is the next best thing.
I wasn’t ready. This bastard is big. You really need to see the AMNH titanosaur in person to comprehend what a 122-foot dinosaur really means.
Dinosaurs Among Us - temporary exhibit at AMNH. Runs until January 2, 2017.
It’s awesome, btw.
I’m a day late for his birthday, but here’s a sampling of the dozens of dinosaurs collected by legendary fossil hunter and notable badass Barnum Brown.
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Happy birthday to Barnum Brown! The famed American Museum of Natural History paleontologist was born on this day in 1873. The man who discovered T. rex, Brown is considered one of the greatest dinosaur collectors of all time.
Watch a video about Barnum Brown:
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Meet the Titanosaur, the Museum’s new largest dinosaur.
The 122-foot-long cast is too large to fit into its new home in the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Orientation Center at the Museum. Its 39-foot-long neck extends out towards the elevator banks and its head, which hangs 9.5 feet above the floor, peeks out of the gallery to welcome visitors to the fossil floor. With its neck up, this titanosaur is tall enough to peek into a five-story building!
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This January, the Museum will add a new must-see exhibit: The Titanosaur. The 122-foot-long dinosaur cast will be the largest dinosaur on display in the Museum and one of the largest displays in the world.
Everything else just got a whole lot smaller. Learn more.
December 2015 will mark the 100th anniversary of AMNH 5027, the world’s first mounted Tyrannosaurus rex. Hail to the chief!
There is so much stuff in the AMNH fossil halls. Every time I visit I find myself in some nook or corner with specimens I’ve never seen before.
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On November 4, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History endorsed the conceptual design for the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, a new building that will invite visitors to experience the Museum not only as a place of public exhibitions but as an active scientific and educational institution.
Image courtesy of Studio Gang Architects
I’m not sure I understand what this space will do that the rest of the museum isn’t already doing but it sure looks cool.