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The mastodons are on the move! You can help move the mastodons and see them in their new home before the Museum opens to the public by making a donation today!

The Museum’s Offices Have Moved! The U-M Museum of Natural History has moved its offices to the new Biological Sciences Building next door, except for Summer Camp and the Move Team!

The Museum of Natural History is closed, but summer camp is OPEN! Camp Explorations programs include daily experiments, hands-on activities, related games, journaling and plenty of fun! Visit our Camp Explorations section for details.

Time to Evolve The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History is closed while it moves 4 billion years of natural history to its new home right next door in the Biological Sciences Building, opening in 2019. Watch a short video that commemorates the time in the Ruthven Museums Building and offers a a sneak peek at what is in store for the future of the Museum in its new home.

The Museum is closed until 2019! The U-M Museum of Natural History is currently closed as we move 4 billion years of natural history to the new Biological Sciences Building right next door. When the new Museum opens in 2019, it will be filled with interactive, hands-on, and minds-on exhibits that will engage visitors in discovering and participating in science!

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11,000-year-old mastodon skeleton is on the move at University of Michigan

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Visitors to the evolution gallery will come face to face with a life-size, hyperrealistic sculptural reconstruction of an extinct human relative when UMMNH reopens in its new home.

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