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. 160 work in biological sciences, paleontology, astrophysics, earth and planetary sciences and anthropology, and publish in peer-reviewed journals. Prior to covid-19, the Museum sponsored over 100 field expeditions annually, enhancing the Museum's collection of over 34 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 virtually all of its more than 40 permanent exhibition halls, special exhibitions and planetarium shows have now reopened after covid-related closings. 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 NEARLY 3,700 EDUCATORS ONSITE AND ONLINE, AND THE MUSEUM'S SIGNATURE SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, URBAN ADVANTAGE, REACHED 269 MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL FIVE NYC BOROUGHS IN FY22. 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. SCHOOL AND CAMP GROUP VISITS RESUMED IN FY22 AND EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT HAD MIGRATED ONLINE RETURNED ONSITE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.