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Research and Collections

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Our Collections

NHM has, wait for it, 35 million real objects and artifacts. Explore them online!

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Our Research

There are dozens of scientists and historians on staff, protecting our records of the planet, and making new discoveries all the time.

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Our Staff

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Research and Collections

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Fishes Across America: Into the Midwest

Look out! Killfish coming through

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Fishes Across America: Shoshone, Idaho

A different Shoshone, a different sucker: Catostomus columbianus, the bridgelip sucker

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Fishes Across America: Next Stop? Lake Tahoe, California

Explore the biodiversity of freshwater fishes across the U.S.

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Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Fa’afafine and Fa’afatama

A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people

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Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe

A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people

Recorrido virtual de la Sala de Dinosaurios - Español

Una visita virtual a la era de los dinosaurios.

Our positions, policies, and processes

Our collections operations are governed by our institutional collections policies.

To request a loan or plan a visit to the collections, please contact the department that holds the materials you’re interested in using.

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Statement on Climate Change

Our Research Departments

Our Research Departments

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