List of museums and colleges with mastodon fossils on display
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This list of museums and colleges includes locations exhibiting mastodon fossils.
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universalmuseum Joanneum | Graz | [1] | |
Canada
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Brant Museum | Burlington, Ontario | [2] | ||
| Royal Ontario Museum | Toronto, Ontario | [3] |  | |
| Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | Halifax | [4] | ||
Germany
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt | Darmstadt | [5] | |
Italy
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze (University of Florence) | Florence | [6] | |
Japan
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Museum of Nature and Science | Tokyo |  |
United Kingdom
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural History Museum | London | [7] | ||
United States
Alabama
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Museum of Natural History | Tuscaloosa | [8] | |
Arkansas
| Location | City | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State University Museum | Jonesboro | [9] |
California
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Brea Tar Pits | Los Angeles | [10] |  | |
| Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles | [11] |  | |
| Western Science Center | Hemet | Nicknamed "Max" | [12][13] | |
| San Diego Natural History Museum | San Diego | [14] |  | |
Connecticut
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) | New Haven | [15] | |
Florida
Idaho
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument | Hagerman | [19] |  |
Illinois
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fryxell Geology Museum at Augustana College | Rock Island | [20] |  | |
| Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County | Libertyville | [21] | ||
| Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago | [22] |  | |
| Illinois State Museum | Springfield | [23] | ||
| Phillips Park (Visitor Center and Mastodon Gallery) | Aurora | [24] |  | |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton | Perry Mastodon | [25] |  |
Indiana
Maine
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.C. Bates Museum | Hinckley | [31] | |
Massachusetts
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beneski Museum of Natural History (Amherst College) | Amherst | [32] | |
| Harvard Museum of Natural History | Cambridge | [33] |
Maryland
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Center for History and Culture |
Michigan
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Institute of Science | Bloomfield Hills | [34] | ||
| University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | Ann Arbor | [35] |  | |
Missouri
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastodon State Historic Site | Imperial | [36] |  |
Nebraska
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska State Museum | Lincoln |
New Jersey
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University Geology Museum | New Brunswick | [37] |  | |
| Sussex County Historical Society Museum | Newton | [38] | ||
New York
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Natural History | New York | [39] |  | |
| Bear Mountain State Park (Geology Museum) | [40] | |||
| Buffalo Museum of Science | Buffalo | [41] |  | |
| Cambridge High School (New York) | Cambridge | [42] | ||
| Museum of the Earth | Ithaca | [43] |  | |
| New York State Museum | Albany | [44] |  | |
| Orange County Community College | Middletown | [45] | ||
| Rochester Museum and Science Center | Rochester | [46] | ||
| Museum Village of Old Smith's Clove | Monroe |
North Dakota
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota Heritage Center | Bismarck | [47] |  | |
Ohio
| Location | City | Noyes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland | [48] | ||
| Ohio History Connection (Ohio History Center) | Columbus | [49] |  | |
| William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum (Discover World) | Canton | [50] | ||
Oregon
| Location | City | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tualatin Public Library | Tualatin | [51] | |
Pennsylvania
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Museum of Natural History | Pittsburgh | |||
| State Museum of Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | [52][53] |  | |
Tennessee
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State Museum | Nashville | [54] | ||
| Tipton County Museum | Covington | [55] |  | |
Texas
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston | [56] |  |
Washington
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum and Arts Center | Sequim | [57] |  | |
Washington, D.C.
| Location | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History | [58] |
Wisconsin
| Location | City | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee | [59] | .jpg) | |
| UW Madison Geology Museum | Madison | [60] |  | |
References
- ↑ "Publications - Geology & Paleontology". Universalmuseum Joanneum. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ "Conceptual Interpretive Plan" (PDF). Burlington.ca. 16 April 2010.
- ↑ "Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals". Royal Ontario Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "1834 Mastodon Femur". Nova Scotia Museum. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ↑ Abrams, Michael (4 March 2015), "Hesse State Museum reopens with more art and history", Stars and Stripes, retrieved 5 May 2018,
The giant mastodon skeleton still stands in the entrance to the second-floor geological and life history exhibit; the ground floor still has its large collection of zoology specimens and wildlife dioramas; and the museum's wonderful Art Nouveau collection is still in the basement.
- ↑ "GEology & Paleontology". Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ Lotzof, Kerry (5 July 2017). "Missouri Leviathan: the making of an American mastodon". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "University of Alabama Museums". The University of Alabama. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "Exhibits (Crowley's Ridge Mastodon)". Arkansas State University Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ Picco, Michael. "Rancho La Brea Collections Search results | NHM". collections.nhm.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ "Age of Mammals - Exhibit Highlights". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Valley of the Mastodons". Western Science Center. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ Miller, Ben (2018-03-10). "Paleontology Exhibits of California – Part 3". EXTINCT MONSTERS. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ↑ "Mastodon". The Nat. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
- ↑ "The Hall of Mammalian Evolution". Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mastodon Reconstruction Project". Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ↑ "Fossil Collection". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
In Tallahassee, visitors at the Museum of Florida History can view "Herman," a mastodon skeleton recovered by FGS staff in 1930 from the depths of Wakulla Springs.
- ↑ Nuland, Lawson (5 November 2017), "Florida Museum holds belated National Fossil Day", The Independent Florida Alligator, retrieved 15 May 2018,
Almost all the fossils on display were found in Florida. Paul Roth, a volunteer with the Florida Paleontological Society, said Florida has a variety of fossils and creatures. "(There are) mammoths and mastodons, there's other extinct creatures like the American cheetah, there's just, there's a lot of fossils in Florida," Roth said.
- ↑ "Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ↑ Anderson, Netta C. (1905). A Preliminary List of Fossil Mastodon and Mammoth Remains in Illinois and Iowa. Augustana Book Concern, printers.
augustana mastodon.
- ↑ "Object Talks: The American Mastodon - General Events - Events | Lake County Forest Preserves". www.lcfpd.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ↑ "Evolving Planet - Exhibition Highlights". Field Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mastodons". Illinois State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ Lord, Steve (2 March 2018), "Mastodon model approved for Aurora exhibit at Phillips Park", Aurora Beacon-News, retrieved 5 May 2018,
The bones have been displayed at several museums over the years and today are showcased in the Mastodon Gallery at the Phillips Park Visitors Center.
- ↑ "Perry Mastodon". Wheaton College. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mastodon". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "World's most-complete mastodon debuts in science center". Hanover College. 20 September 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ↑ "On Exhibit - Permanent Exhibits". Earlham College. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Fred the Mastodon moves to permanent home at the Indiana State Museum". Indiana State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Prehistoric Porter County". Porter County Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mammoth and Mastodon Teeth and Museums". Universities Space Research Association. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Exhibits and Images". Beneski Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "The Story of the Warren Mastodon | AMNH". American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2025-10-18. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ↑ "Featured and Permanent Exhibits - Mastodons Did Not Survive". Cranbrook Institute of Science. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mastodon Fun Facts". University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ drupal.symposiarch (2010-12-10). "Mastodon State Historic Site". mostateparks.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ "About the Banner - Mannington Mastodon". Rutgers University. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "History - The Assembly Room". Sussex County Historical Society. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Warren Mastodon". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Bear Mountain State Park - In the Geology Museum". Explore Hudson Valley. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Meet our BIGGEST family members!". Buffalo Museum of Science. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ Associated Press (19 March 2014), "Vassar Mastodon has new home at upstate NY school", The Washington Times, retrieved 5 May 2018,
Steve Butz, a science teacher at Cambridge High School, says the New York State Museum has permanently loaned parts of the Vassar Mastadon's skeleton to his school.
- ↑ "Hyde Park Mastodon". Paleontological Research Institution. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Cohoes Mastodon". New York State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "MASTODONS AND OTHER FOSSIL ELEPHANTS". State University of New York. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "The Fairview Mastodon". Rochester Museum and Science Center. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "EXHIBITS / ADAPTATION GALLERY: GEOLOGIC TIME / THE GREAT ICE AGE (2.6 MILLION YEARS AGO-12,000 YEARS AGO)". North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE". Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Mastodon and Mammoth Fossils - Ohio History Central". www.ohiohistorycentral.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ "Discover World". William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Tulatin's Mastodon". City of Tulatin, Oregon. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "Life Through Time". State Museum of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "The Marshalls Creek Mastodon | Local History Articles | Monroe County Historical Association". www.monroehistorical.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ↑ "First Peoples". Tennessee State Museum. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "Mastodon". City of Covington Tennessee. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ↑ "Priscilla, queen of the paleo hall: Our mastodon has a story worthy of the silver screen | BEYONDbones". blog.hmns.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ "Exhibit Center". Museum and Arts Center. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "American Mastodon, Paleontology Hall". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ Miller, Ben H. (January 19, 2019). "Making The Third Planet". Extinct Monsters. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ↑ Clark, Brian E. (9 March 2018), "A mastodon and a meteor older than Earth are highlights of the UW Geology Museum", Journal Sentinel, retrieved 5 May 2018,
If you want to touch a hunk of roughly 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that predates Earth, view fossilized bones from two mastodons that wandered western Wisconsin during the Ice Age or learn more about the universe, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum is well worth a visit.