Great Auk in NHM's collections
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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
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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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