American Museum of Natural History

Science - since its founding, the Museum has pursued a scientific research program to advance understanding of the biological, physical, and cultural world. The Museum's full-time scientific staff of approx. 168 work in biological sciences, paleontology, astrophysics, earth and planetary sciences and anthropology, and publish in peer-reviewed journals. In fy23 amnnh scientists conducted 86 expeditions, enhancing the Museum's collection of more than 30 million specimens and artifacts. The Museum offers its ph.d. and master's programs through its gilder graduate school, the only freestanding ph.d. and mat degree program of any Museum in the u.s.

Exhibition - the Museum returned to opening 363 days a year in august 2022 and opened the new gilder center for science, education and innovation in may 2023, adding 4 new permanent exhibitions to the more than 40 permanent exhibition halls in the existing campus. The Museum has a robust schedule of special exhibitions and planetarium shows it designs and produces, which also travel to venues around the u.s. and internationally, supplemented with educational content, and other web-based resources for learning.

Education and other public programs - the Museum's professional development program served over 3,800 educators onsite and online, and the Museum's signature science education program, urban advantage, reached 270 middle schools across all five nyc boroughs in fy23. The Museum's mat program helps mitigate the critical shortage of qualified science teachers, and places graduates in high needs schools. Pre-pandemic, the Museum saw approximately 5 million on-site visitors including more than 300,000 school and camp group visitors annually. In fy23 school and camp group visits approached pre-pandemic rates and education and public programs that had migrated online continued to occur onsite.