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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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Research and Collections

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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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