Visiting the Collection

Please contact the collection manager or the appropriate curator at least one month in advance to schedule your visit. The collections are generally open for study Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. If you would like to study specimens on exhibit, it is best to schedule your visit on a Monday when the museum is closed to the public, which is from the Monday after Labor Day until the Monday before July Fourth.

Loans

Loans will be made to qualified institutions at the discretion of the appropriate curator. Loans to graduate students will be addressed to their advisors. Specimens currently being used by in-house researchers may not be loaned until that work is completed. We do not loan holotypes, dinosaurs, or specimens deemed to be too fragile. The loan period is generally for two years, and extensions may be granted upon written request. CT-scanning, destructive analysis, molding and casting, or preparation is prohibited without prior written consent from the appropriate curator.