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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!

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.

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The Mastodons are Officially on the Move!

The Owosso mastodon was recently taken off display for the first time since 1947!

Lifelike, full-size reconstruction of extinct human relative acquired for new U-M natural history museum

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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