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It has been a big year for the Paleontology Department at the Sternberg Museum. In the beginning of 2017, the Dane G. Hansen Foundation awarded Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History a matching grant of $81,000 to renovate the museum’s fossil preparation lab. Expanding the preparation lab benefits all who work, visit, volunteer andContinueContinue reading “Achievement Unlocked: Paleontology Prep Lab Funded!”

The world of vertebrate paleontology has been abuzz over the past week about the pending sale of 12 fossil vertebrate to the highest bidder. What was different about the auctioning of these fossils, compared to other fossil sales, is that they were being sold by a public museum.  The San Diego Natural History Museum de-accessionedContinueContinue reading “Update: San Diego Museum fossils pulled from auction”

On November 19, 2013 the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) is set to sell 11 fossils on public auction through Bonhams. Six of these fossils were collected by Charles H. Sternberg from the chalks of western Kansas (note that the Canadian chasmosaur dinosaur skull has been withdrawn from auction), and so have significant historicalContinueContinue reading “An Open Letter to the San Diego Natural History Museum”

Welcome to the home blog for the paleontology department at The Sternberg Museum of Natural History and Fort Hays State University!Check here for news on the skeletons in Sternberg’s Closet.