Great Auk in NHM's collections
Naturalist
Auk-Ward
One story goes that, in just half an hour, hundreds of auks were herded onto a single ship
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woman in gem vault
Gems of the Americas
Travel back in time with one of NHM's most beloved gems, this video from our vaults. 
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mammoth exhibit tar pits mammoths and mastodons
Meet Hayden, the Metro Mammoth
A juvenile mammoth that was discovered during a dig for the new Metro
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Silhouette of monster for Natural History of Horror exhibition
Naturalist
Museum-Made Monsters
The classic monster-movie artifacts that appeared in our Natural History of Horror exhibition are the result of one man’s uncanny foresight: Honorary Curator Earl Theisen.
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film camera taste of history
Lights, Camera, Action
When you work in the NHM History Collections, you can find some rather mysterious objects.
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A close-up view of the glass rope sponge’s delicate silica spindles.
Woah, Check Out This Sponge
The glass rope sponge is a true marine oddity.
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meteorite opalstones
Behold! These Are Really Old!
By far the oldest items in our collections: our many meteorites
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Cribbage Board William S. Hart
A Gamer at Hart
An evening pastime at the house of William S. Hart
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Amber fly and wing trapped in amber
Trapped in Amber
New amber in the entomology collections record past animals’ behavior.
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