Museum of Natural History
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August 13, 2024
Lucie Howell named director of U-M’s Museum of Natural History
Following seven years as chief learning officer at The Henry Ford, Lucie Howell will become the next director of the U-M Museum of Natural History on Aug. 19.
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March 7, 2024
U-M part of multi-museum effort to scan natural history specimens
Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility after creating 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and making them freely available online.
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June 23, 2022
Mastodon tusk chemical analysis reveals evidence of migration
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, according to the first study to document the annual migration of an individual animal from an extinct species.
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May 23, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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December 2, 2021
‘Unseen Worlds’: Exploring microorganisms through art
Through the artistry of Jim Cogswell, professor of art, microorganisms can now be seen in a colorful mural on the windows of U-M’s Museum of Natural History.
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July 13, 2021
U-M welcomes Art Fair visitors as museums, galleries, gardens reopen
After being canceled during the 2020 pandemic year, the Ann Arbor Art Fair will return to downtown and parts of the U-M campus June 15-17, along with the reopening of several U-M museums, galleries and other public spaces.
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April 6, 2021
Online exhibit offers 3-D encounters with prehistoric whales
Although the community will have to wait a bit longer to safely visit in-person, a new online 3-D experience launching this week the U-M Museum of Natural History will offer the next best thing.
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November 9, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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November 2, 2020
Museum of Natural History reopening to U-M community next week
The U-M Museum of Natural History will welcome back faculty, staff and students beginning Nov. 8. At this time, children, family and members of the public without a valid Mcard will not be able to visit.
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September 23, 2019
Museum of Natural History to open next phase with exhibits, hands-on labs
The U-M Museum of Natural History announced recently it will open the second half of the museum, adding three new exhibits and labs for visitors Nov. 10.
