Museum of Paleontology

NAPC 2024 Hold on to your fossils! The 12th North American Paleontological Convention will be taking place June 17-21, 2024 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Be sure to mark your calendars and stay tuned as more information is to come!

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.

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

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

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Recent News

Sandy Carlson, UMMP alumna, contributes to Scientific American article, Paleontology is far more than new fossil discoveries

"Paleontologists are prophets of the future because they know the past."

Michigan Daily spotlights UMMP in "How four UMich museums drive cutting-edge research"

"It's tempting to think of fossils as basically inert. Well, it turns out it's not quite that simple," said Dr. Matt Friedman, Director and Associate Curator for the Museum of Paleontology.

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