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The Museum Reopens in April 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 April 2019, it will be filled with interactive, hands-on, and minds-on exhibits that will engage visitors in discovering and participating in science! More exhibits will open in November 2019.

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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