Museum of Paleontology

Beyond the Collection Lesson Plans Lesson plans written by UMMP faculty, researchers and students for key UMMP specimens

ELEPHANTS: EARTH’S GIANT CLIMATE CHANGE CANARIES U-M paleontologist Bill Sanders has devoted his 40-year research career to tracking 60 million years of Afro-Arabian proboscidean—elephants and their ordinal relatives—evolution. In a recent project, he has traced the earliest signs of proboscideans in the fossil record, up until our modern elephants. Learn more about the research →

A New UMMP Online Fossil Identification Guide Introducing the Michigan Backyard Fossils Identification Guide, now available on UMORF. This guide includes helpful tips for identifying different fossils you may find, as well as 3D models for you to explore!

Academic and Research Opportunities The UMMP supports research initiatives and academic opportunities worldwide

Our Collection on Display The UMMP is a research museum and the collections are not open to the public. However, select specimens are on display in the U-M Natural History Museum.

A Robust Research Collection Over 2 million specimens in three distinct collections: vertebrates, invertebrates, and paleobotany

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New York high school student contributes to research at UMMP

Yorktown High School Science Research program participant analyzes hormones in mastodon tusks

University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology's Jennifer Bauer to Receive 2023 DEEP Award from the Paleontological Society

Dr. Jennifer Bauer, 2023 DEEP Award recipient, promotes diversity in global paleontology as UMMP Collection Manager at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.

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New York high school student contributes to research at UMMP

University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology's Jennifer Bauer to Receive 2023 DEEP Award from the Paleontological Society

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