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The American Museum of Natural History achieved a number of historic milestones in fiscal year 2011.
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In a challenging year, the American Museum of Natural
History continued to advance its mission of science and
education. The Museum is, of course, not immune to the
external conditions or the sluggish economic recovery that
persisted throughout 2011. Despite this, we have succeeded
in maintaining fiscal prudence while sustaining institutional
momentum, and we are pleased to report that the Museum has
stayed steady and strong, achieving a number of important,
even historic, institutional milestones.
Most notably, in the summer of 2011, the Museum received
notification from the New York State Board of Regents that
it had been selected to launch the countrys first freestanding
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museum-based Masters degree program to prepare K12

science teachers. Funded with $2.625 million from the
New York State Education Department, awarded through a
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competitive grant program created with federal Race to the
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Top funds, the Museums new Master of Arts in Teaching

(MAT)
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Earth science program will bring the Museums
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resourcesits scientists and collections, its educational

expertise, and its magnificent galleriesto bear on the critical
need to improve science teaching and thereby to support
Shaena Montanari is pursuing a Ph.D. in comparative biology at the Richard Gilder Graduate School.
workforce development and a renewed culture of innovation
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in our country. In addition, the Museum received a grant of
the New York City Department of Education and seven other
$2.925 million from the National Science Foundation to study
cultural institutions throughout the five boroughs, which seeks
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the effectiveness of this new approach to teacher preparation.
to reinvent science teaching and learning in New Yorks public
specimens and artifacts and new kinds of collections such
Co-developed and co-taught by Museum scientists and

educators in partnership with selected high-needs schools in
New York City and the surrounding area, the MAT program will
welcome its first class of students in 2012. Together with the
Scientists pursue research in the field and in cutting-edge

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include the
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schools. Conceived as a program that could have a national

impact, Urban Advantage has also been launched in Denver.
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These educational programs and all of the Museums work
based Ph.D.-granting program in the country, it helps establish
in education and exhibition are built on the Museums
The Museums scientific enterprise had an excellent year
a new role for museums in post-secondary education and in
longstanding scientific leadership, with 200 working scientists
of research advances, as detailed in the Science section of
the formal education landscape. It builds on such programs as
led by nearly 40 curators pursuing research in the physical
this report, including an active period of strategic planning
Urban Advantage, the Museums signature partnership with
sciences, the life sciences, paleontology, and anthropology.
to position the institution for continued leadership in 21st
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The major exhibition The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs included a variety of media and interactive exhibits, including a dig pit featuring sauropod femurs, ribs, and skulls, to engage and educate.
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century science. The Richard Gilder Graduate Schools Ph.D.
Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging
program in comparative biology continued to recruit the best
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highlighted state-of-the-art technologies
10th anniversary year with a full suite of programs, including
and brightest, with an exceptionally competitive 6 percent
such as scanning electron microscopes and CT scanners that
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are assisting scientific research and showcased the beautiful
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Visitors also participated in a wide range of public programs,
The Museum also has been busy refreshing and restoring its
the general public, and 2011 was another landmark year in
from our popular monthly SciCafe, in which visitors can meet
physical space. To commemorate the Rose Center

anniversary,
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and chat with scientists, to the annual Margaret Mead Film
exhibitions as Brain: The Inside Story and The Worlds Largest
Festival; and from the perennially popular Kwanzaa celebration
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Dinosaurs, both of which employed a variety of media and
to the once -in-a-lifetime reunion of paleoanthropologists
entrance and the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda and Theodore
interactive exhibitry to engage and educate. The fascinating
Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson after more than 30
Roosevelt Memorial Hall continues apace. In conjunction with
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For more than a century, the Museum has continually forged
and reforged an active, engaged role for science-based
cultural institutions in society and in peoples lives. Now, with
the Richard Gilder Graduate School, the new MAT program,
Urban Advantage, and other programs like them, the Museum
embarks on a new era of pioneering science education,
coalescing and focusing its institutional capacity and resources
not only to advance scientific discovery, but also to play a more
formal role in improving science education and science literacy
in our country at a time of critical need and importance.
Many have contributed to the Museums grow th and
accomplishments this year, and we are first and foremost grateful
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Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education Dennis M. Walcott spoke at the 2011 Urban Advantage Science Expo.
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to urban dwellers a profound and authentic encounter with
nature. Today, of course, we have many more opportunities to
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into exhibits or scientific research on the website, or keep

in touch with the Museum on our YouTube Channel or
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through a variety of social media outlets, the Museum remains

an irreplaceable physical destination, a tangible center of
inspiration from which its resources now radiate widely.
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A detailed study of goblin spiders using the scanning electron microscope (SEM) allowed Museum researchers to define two new genera of spiders, Niarchos and Scaphios.
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astrophysics, as well as to one of the world's most extraordinary collections
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world-class facilitiesand, through its Richard Gilder Graduate School,
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the only U.S. museum to award the Ph.D. degree.
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In fiscal year 2011, the Museums scientists
continued to pursue original research and contribute
to its outstanding collections, and produced more
than 450 publications. This section highlights
many of the past years notable achievements.
DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY
The division hosted a delegation of five Zuni representatives from
New Mexico, who visited the Museum to begin a collaborative
project that will add the Museums substantial ethnographic
collection of more than 1,700 Zuni artifacts to an innovative
digital catalog by and for the Zuni people. The catalog will
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include information about Zuni objects from disparate digital

collections around the world and offers the opportunity to offer
alternative interpretations and to correct discrepancies in many
of the artifact descriptions. The project was funded by the
National Park Service through a generous grant.
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Assistant Curator Alex de Voogt continued his research
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on Nubia as a source of data on the history and migration of

games, writing, and language practices. His research on the
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distribution of mancala-like games expanded to address stone
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games carved during antiquity and shortly thereafter.
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Division Chair and Curator Laurel Kendall spent time in
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South Korea exploring the circumstances that lead shamans to

release shrine paintings to dealers and collectors, continuing
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her research on sacred objects and contemporary markets.
The Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology awarded her
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Popular Religion in Motion the first Yim Suk Jay Prize for its
contribution to Korean cultural anthropology.
Curator Charles S. Spencer devoted most of the year to
the field research project he co-directs in the Oaxaca Valley,
Mexico. Among the discoveries was a Zapotec temple that
Top: The Museum's collections include more than 1,700 Zuni artifacts.
Bottom: The Zuni delegation reviewed artifacts with Museum staff.
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radiocarbon analysis dated to 300100 BC. The research was
supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Curator David Hurst Thomas directed more than four
months of archaeological survey and excavation on St.
Catherines Island, part of ongoing work. His research team
also assisted with work on manuscripts that, when complete,
will describe 15 years of excavation at sites in Georgia, Nevada,
and New Mexico.
Curator Peter Whiteley continued his research on CrowOmaha kinship structures, conducting systematic analysis of
the ethnographic record in the studys growing global database.
He also initiated work on the Endangered Language Program,
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Foundation, in
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the Hopi Tribe.
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Curator James Carpenter focused on phylogenetic
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Curator Rob DeSalle completed the sequencing of the

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Curator David Grimaldi continued work on amber fossilized

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insects, which included new material from rich amber deposits

located in Gujarat, India. In addition, he launched fieldwork
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exploring for outcrops of amber from the Hell Creek Formation

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in South Dakota. Dr. Grimaldis research was supported by
Curator David Grimaldi displays a newly acquired collection of Baltic amber, which contains rare species of 42 million-year-old insects.
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Curator Lee Herman completed the revision of the Procirrina,
a subtribe of staphylinid paederine beetles.
Associate Curator Susan Perkins served as a program
director in the Systematics and Biodiversity Science cluster in
the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science
Foundation during her leave from the Museum in fiscal 2011.
(For more information about her work, please see page 18.)
Associate Curator Lorenzo Prendini continued his research
on scorpions and minor arachnid orders. His fieldwork in
Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and expeditions he
organized to the Dominican Republic and South Africa added
approximately 4,200 specimens to the Museums collections.
(For more information about his work, please see page 18.)
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This complete new fossil from a study by Curator Jin Meng includes the long-sought transitional middle ear between reptiles
and mammals.
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Assistant Curator Estefana Rodrguez organized an
Curator Mark Siddall published several papers on leech
Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Fish John Maisey continued his
expedition to Patagonia, which produced new taxa and
systematics and the evolution of their anticoagulants. A better
analyses of the early history of sharks, and received a competitive
samples and records of sea anemones for the region.
understanding of bioactive compounds in these species may be of
National Science Foundation-sponsored Tree of Life grant for his
importance to the development of drugs to treat human diseases.
work on these animals. His fieldwork in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and
(For more information about his work, please see page 18.)
Texas added important specimens to the collections.
Research Station that trains biologists on the taxonomy and
Division Chair and Curator Ward Wheeler collaborated
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Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Mammals Jin
Meng published
biology of bees. Dr. Rozen and colleagues also received a grant
with Curator James Carpenter to publish work on the
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systematics of Hymenopterabees, ants, and waspsand with
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data from the Museum and nine other major bee collections in
Curator Peter Whiteley from the Division of Anthropology on
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the visualization of the evolution of kinship systems. (For more
Cretaceous Jehol eutriconodont, about

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Curator Jerome Rozen continued his work on bees in addition

to teaching the Bee Course, a workshop at the Southwestern
George T. Willett Curator Randall T. Schuh co-authored

two revisionary works on Australian Miridae, including one that
documents a transantarctic distributional pattern including
Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America, the
DIVISION OF PALEONTOLOGY
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first such pattern documented for the Miridae. In collaboration
Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Invertebrates Neil Landman
with colleagues at six other institutions, Dr. Schuh submitted
completed long-term projects, including a large monograph
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Amazon basin; to Madagascar, which resulted
in the discovery
a successful proposal to the National Science Foundation
on North American scaphites. He also made important data
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collections along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, most of which
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included a paper describing the Chilecebus,
the earliest South
million insect and more than 2 million plant specimens.
the effects of the KT impact on marine communities.
American primate.
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Division Chair and Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Amphibians,

Reptiles, and Birds Mark Norell led research that generated
several new dinosaur descriptions and the publication of a
collaborative review article on tyrannosaurs in Science. He
conducted field projects in China and Mongolia. In addition, Dr.
Norell curated the exhibition The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs.
DIVISION OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

ASTROPHYSICS
Division Chair and Curator Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
studied the formation of the most massive stars and the
consequences of their subsequent ionizing radiation and
terminal supernova explosions. Using supercomputers, he
carried out numerical simulations, which he compared to
observations of individual massive star-forming regions and
galactic interstellar gas.
Associate Curator Ben Oppenheimer and his group developed
and implemented new types of astronomical cameras to
study exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun.
He also upgraded his Palomar Observatory instrument to
have 100 times greater sensitivity.
Curator Michael Shara was granted seven orbits of Directors
Discretionary timea category of observing time on the
Hubble Space Telescopeto image the recurrent nova T
Pyxidiss first eruption in 46 years. This eruption made the
nova 100,000 times brighter than the Sun and illuminated
material ejected in previous eruptions.
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES

Curator Denton Ebel and his team imaged comet dust tracks
returned by the Stardust, a robotic space probe launched by
NASA in 1999; predicted formation environments of minerals

found in comets and meteorites; and clarified the chronology
of the earliest solar system solids.
Curator George Harlow and collaborators continued their
jade research, which included expeditions to Taiwan and
Guatemala. They also sponsored the first-ever session at an
international scientific meeting focused on the geology and
origin of jadeitite deposits.
Curator Edmond Mathez and colleagues continued their
fieldwork and geochemical studies of South Africas Bushveld
Complex, an enormous fossil magma body and its complex
set of roof rocks. Their data showed how the magma body
differentiated during cooling and the associated lavas formed.
Curator James Webster gained important new insights into
volcanic degassing behavior by dissolving chemically complex
mixtures of water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur
dioxide in silicate melts at high temperature and pressure in
the experimental petrology laboratory.
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Curator-in-Charge Darrel Frost and his students increased

efforts to resolve squamate (lizard and snake) relationships.
He also maintained and enlarged the online catalog Amphibian
Species of the World, as well as catalogs of pleurodont iguanian
lizard families.
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Education and Exhibition Christopher Raxworthy conducted
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fieldwork with a joint, multidisciplinary expedition in the Makay
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Massif, southwest Madagascar, collecting amphibians and
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reptiles, including at least two newly discovered species. He also
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curated the live-animal exhibition Frogs: A Chorus of Colors.
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Using a CT scanner, Curator John Maisey can observe how

calcified tissue builds up to form the braincase of a modern shark.
Provost of Science Michael Novacek continued his work as

a principal investigator on the National Science Foundationsupported Mammal Tree of Life project. Together with Curator
Mark Norell and their team, Dr. Novacek led fieldwork in
Mongolias western Gobi Desert.
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Press. She also undertook fieldwork in Belize and traveled
to Indonesia to help set up a network of bat researchers
in Southeast Asia. She continued her work as one of the
organizers of the Mammal Tree of Life project, which is funded
by the National Science Foundation.
Curator Ross MacPhee, with colleagues from several other
museums and universities, collected Cretaceous vertebrate
fossils on James Ross Island, West Antarctica. In addition
to publishing several papers, he gave a plenary address at
the International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences
in Edinburgh, Scotland. MacPhee was also a supervising
curator of the project to renovate the Hall of North
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Curator Robert Voss published monographs on
the phylogenetic
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systematics of fat-tailed mouse opossums
and on primate
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Associate Curator Christopher Raxworthy conducted fieldwork in southwest Madagascar, where he collected amphibians and reptiles.
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Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research Curator Melanie
Curator-in-charge and Associate Dean of Science for
Stiassny continued expeditionary work in the Democratic
Collections Scott Schaefer continued his research on
Republic of Congo, where her team discovered numerous new
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Associate Curator George Barrowclough continued
Andean fishes, publishing several papers on diverse subjects
fish species. They documented unexpectedly high levels of
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genetic structuring between fish populations, possibly a result
Barred Owls on both sides of the Appalachian Mountains
and systematic biology. Dr. Schaefers review of Andean fish
of the hydrological conditions in this part of the Congo River.
diversity and distribution was published within a multi-authored
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with Dr. Stiassny.
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Associate Curator John Sparks described a number of
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Cracraft continued
new species of fishes this year and continued his studies of
Curator-in-Charge Nancy Simmons continued her studies
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collaboration with Associate Curator John Sparks and
several postdoctoral students. (For more information about Dr.
Cracrafts work, please see page 18.)
RICHARD GILDER
GRADUATE SCHOOL
The Richard Gilder Graduate School, the first museum-based
ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH

AND SPACE
program authorized to grant the Ph.D. in the U.S., continued

to build on its successes in fiscal year 2011, led by Dean
The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center
John Flynn.
for Earth and Space first opened its doors to the public in
In September 2010, the third class of students matriculated to
2000 and has since brought the latest research about the
the graduate schools Ph.D. program in comparative biology. In
universe to more than 30 million visitors. For more about the
December 2010, the Richard Gilder Graduate School began
celebration of the 10th anniversary of this major Museum
its fourth admissions and recruiting cycle, admitting four new
milestone in the advancement of science education, please
students to the program. In addition, three new students, who
see page 44.
were admitted to Columbia University and The City College

enrolled to work with Richard Gilder Graduate School faculty
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of New York (CUNY) as part of collaborative Ph.D. programs,
The Office of the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden

Planetarium operates out of the Department of Astrophysics in
the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The Hayden Planetariums
During the 20102011 academic year, most of the students
mission is to bring the frontier of astrophysics to the
enrolled in the program conducted fieldwork in locations
public through exhibits, books, public programs, and
ranging from Mongolia to the Caribbean islands, as well as on
online resources.
shipboard expeditions in the open ocean.
On October 10, as part of the Rose Center for Earth and
Students of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and partner
Space 10th anniversary celebrations, Director of the Hayden
universities garnered a number of honors in addition to producing
Planetarium Neil DeGrasse Tyson moderated a special
several scientific research publications in fiscal year 2011. Of
Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, Is Earth Unique?
five eligible students, two were granted Graduate Research
For
more on this event, see page 44.

On March 7, Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil
DeGrasse Tyson moderated the 2011 Isaac Asimov
Memorial Debate
on the topic The Theory of Everything...
Still Searching. For more on this event, please see page 46.
Director Tyson continued to serve on the National Research
Councils Decadal Survey Committee of the National Academy
of Sciences to prioritize astrophysics projects and funding in
the coming decade.
Fellowships, and three received honorable mentions. Four

Richard Gilder Graduate School students won highly competitive
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants.
CBC Director Eleanor J. Sterling and her team gathered
Students also participated in public education and outreach,
additional data on endangered and threatened

sea turtles in
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which included teaching in collaboration with the Museums

Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) and the
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.
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the biodiversity-rich waters of Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife

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Scientist Dan
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At Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation researchers have been studying coral recruitment, a process that contributes to the ability of reefs to recover after a disturbance.
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Manager Brian Weeks continued their work in the Solomon

Islands and coastal British Columbia.
Data generated by Associate Director Felicity Arengo and
her colleagues in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile led to the
addition of the Andean flamingo to the short list of foreign
species protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
The staff of the Network of Conservation Educators and
Practitioners (NCEP)headed by Project Director Ana Luz
science and participatory monitoring among other approaches

that offer significant opportunities for conservation efforts.
Biodiversity Informatics Facility Directors Ned Horning
and Richard Pearson, with Software Developer Peter
Ersts, continued to support the CBCs applied conservation
initiatives through research, training, outreach, and software
development. Ongoing projects included modeling vegetation
responses to climate change in the Arctic.
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Government Relations Dan Slippen to meet with Director

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David Bragdon to
offer recommendations for strengthening
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In March 2011, the CBC welcomed members
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between CBC
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In November 2010, the CBC hosted the successful Student

Conference on Conservation Science-New York (SCCS
NY), which welcomed hundreds of graduate students, recent
post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals. (For
more information about this event, see page 45.)
organization that supports youth, culture, and the environment
workshop, funded by the National Science Foundation, on public
The CBCs local conservation efforts led Metropolitan Program
Times Scientist at Work blog by Drs. Sterling and Filardi,
participation in scientific research, which encompasses citizen
Manager Elizabeth Johnson and Museum Senior Director of
university and NGO partners, protected-area managers, and

others in Madagascar, Peru, Fiji, Tanzania, and Mongolia.
Outreach Program Manager Meg Domroese led a collaborative
within the communitys territory.
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who chronicled their experiences in Palmyra Atoll and the
Solomon Islands, respectively.
Southwestern
Research Station
The Southwestern Research Station (SWRS), the Museums
year-round field station located in Arizona, continued to grow
and develop in fiscal year 2011. With a recent grant from the
National Science Foundation, as well as a generous gift from
David Rockefeller, the SWRS proceeded with plans to remodel
nine housing units and build a new dormitory, which will
increase SWRSs capacity by 30 percent.
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with newand
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and workshops, including Herpetology of the
Southwest and
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Desert Entomology, to be offered in fiscal
year 2012. SWRS
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continued to work actively with state and
agencies to
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reintroduce the endangered Chiricahua28
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identify and ameliorate genetic threats to
endangered species;
to develop and support conservation strategies for retaining

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genetic diversity; and to map evolutionary relationships

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among organisms to understand the patterns of emerging
Curator Jerome Rozen (rear right) taught the Bee Course, a workshop about the taxonomy and biology of bees, at the SWRS.
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In fiscal year 2011, the Museum obtained funding to add the
Dr. Siddall met his goal to characterize and evaluate salivary
Sackler Institutes first next-generation sequencing platform.
transcriptomes of leeches in a comparative phylogenetic context.
A Roche 454 GS Junior was installed, allowing Museum

scientists and students to carry out genome-level DNA
sequencing on site and significantly expanding the Museums
capacity to conduct genomics research.
Curators from several scientific divisions participated in Sackler
Institute research projects in fiscal year 2011.
Associate Curator Susan Perkins continued to apply genomics

technology to understanding the evolution of malarial parasites. She
published eight papers in fiscal year 2011 and initiated an important
collaboration to conduct whole malarial genome comparisons.
Associate Curator and Associate Dean of Science for
Education and Exhibition Christopher Raxworthy and
Curator Rob DeSalle continued to conduct a broad set of
colleagues continued to sequence large quantities of chameleon
collaborative evolutionary biology studies ranging from plant
tissues from Madagascar, the Indian Ocean, and Africa.
genomics to the evolution of pathogenicity in human infectious

bacteria. In addition to numerous publications, he received two
major grants from the National Science Foundation.
Curator Ward Wheeler continued to make important contributions
to the Museums computational biology program. Of particular note
was his presentation Next Generation Sequencing: Transformative
Technology for Biodiversity Science on whole genome phylogenetics
with POY (a phylogenetic analysis program) presented at the
American Museum of Natural History/Smithsonian conference in
Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2011.
Sackler Institute Director George Amato continued his
research in conservation genetics of endangered species and
Associate Curator Lorenzo Prendinis project aimed at

sampling as many of the 165 scorpion genera as possible to
test the monophyly of genera and the relationships among them.
Curator-in-Charge Joel Cracraft and Associate Curator
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George Barrowclough made strides in their research
Studies are able to conduct groundbreaking

research on the
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conducted under the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program in
complex interrelationships of life forms. 28 Exhibition
Molecular Systematics Studies, which focuses on creating the

largest Tree of Life known for birds. With collaborators, they
have so far obtained sequences for more than 1,000 genera.
The National Science Foundation provided additional support
for the project.
Technology for Biodiversity Science conference, which was
Ambrose Monell Collection for

Molecular and Microbial Research
funded by a U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research
The Ambrose Monell Collection for Molecular and Microbial
Projects Agency (DARPA) grant to the Museum. He also received
Research stores frozen tissue specimens to support a broad
significant renewed support from the Panthera Corporation,
range of comparative genetic and genomic research initiatives.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
In fiscal year 2011, its holdings increased by 24 percent to
co-organized the Next Generation Sequencing: Transformative
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two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services:

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bioactive polypeptides associated with sanguivory (blood-
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The
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feeding). A second publication focused on understanding
Cullman Foundation, Museum scientists working in the Lewis
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of specimens as
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evolution and function in leech history. In fiscal year 2011,
B. and Dorothy Cullman Program in Molecular Systematics
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all collections surveyed online. The Council on Library and
Information Resources provided funding to enable the Library
to catalog previously undocumented collections, and the New
York State Education Department awarded the Library its 24th
conservation grant for the conservation of a collection of rare
insect books.
MICROSCOPY AND
IMAGING FACILITY
The Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF) continued to
provide research staff with time and training on advanced
imaging technology, including a computed tomography
scanner, two scanning electron microscopes,
a laser
scanning
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OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
LIBRARY SERVICES
In fiscal year 2011, the Office of the Registrar assisted with
Led by Harold Boeschenstein Director of Library Services
the installation of two major temporary exhibitions, Brain: The
Thomas Baione, in fiscal year 2011 the Library received
Inside Story and The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs, as well as
a number of grants to support its ongoing efforts to digitize,
with temporary loans highlighted in the Hall of African Peoples,
catalog, and preserve its collections.
the Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, and the Morgan Memorial Hall
of Gems.
As a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library, the
The traveling exhibitions registrars oversaw all aspects of loans
additional 350,000 pages of published biodiversity literature.
from the permanent collections and from outside lenders to 11
Library received its third award to fund the digitization of an
traveling exhibitions, including Water: H2O = Life, Race to
In partnership with the Museums Conservator for Collections,
the End of the Earth, Traveling the Silk Road, and Climate
the Library received support from the Institute of Museum
Change at museums throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Italy,
and Library Services to conduct a risk assessment of its
Taiwan, and Singapore.
collections and to enhance access by posting records of
samples returned to Earth in 2006 from

the Comet
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Many of the images showcased in the exhibition Picturing Science:

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Close-up images of insects, such as the side view of the abdomen of an oriental hornet above, help Curator James Carpenter identify species.
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I MAKE IT A POINT TO GO TO THE MUSEUM

at least once a month. There's always something new to see.
Yoshie M. via Facebook
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Coming from the Heilbrunn Cosmic Pathway in the Rose Center for Earth and Space, visitors stop by the model of the Moon.
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The Sackler Brain Bench, a new program based in the Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins, features teaching tools developed in conjunction with Brain: The Inside Story.
The Museum is redefining how science is taught in the 21st 59

century by supporting exemplary science education, offering
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EDUCATION
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Fiscal year 2011 marked significant milestones,
including the Museums selection to launch an
innovative Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
program, recognition for its growing suite of digital
education resources, and an enriching slate of
programs showcasing cultural traditions and
hosting leading scientific thinkers.
PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE
SCIENCE EDUCATION
TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Late in fiscal year 2011, the Museum was selected by the
New York State Education Department to launch a pilot
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
program as part of a
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specialized initiative to help ameliorate the critical shortage

of qualified science teachers in New York State, particularly
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in high-needs schools. The Museums MAT programthe first

such program for science teachers to be offered outside a
college or universityspeaks to its growing role in education
and, specifically, in helping to address the national crisis in
student achievement in science.
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The 15-month MAT program at the Museum will offer

coursework in teaching Earth science in grades 7 through
12, an area of particularly high need in New York State. The
proposal for the curriculum was developed in collaboration
with a team of curators from the Museums Division of
Physical Sciences. The curriculums chief innovation is
its focus on high-level, on-site and online coursework at
the Museum led by Museum researchers and educators.
The MAT program will build on the work of the Museums
Richard Gilder Graduate School. It will also draw on the
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Teachers tour facilities in the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics.
history of teacher preparation and development in such

programs as the Urban Advantage Middle School Science
Initiative and Seminars on Science to model and test
new approaches that can be replicated across the state
and nationally.
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element of support for new teachers to address directly the high
attrition rates and challenges of teaching in high-needs schools.
The MAT program is supported in part by funding from the New York
State Education Department and the National Science Foundation.
NATIONAL URBAN ADVANTAGE NETWORK

Seven years ago, the Museum launched an unprecedented
partnership with the New York City Department of Education
and seven science-rich cultural institutions in New York City
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the New York Botanical Garden,
the New York Hall of Science, Queens Botanical Garden, Staten
Island Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo, and
the Wildlife Conservation Society/New York Aquariumto
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excitement of scientific discovery and learning.
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all New York City
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In fiscal year 2011, that innovative model
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from the National Science Foundation, the first of a growing national

Museum President Ellen V. Futter spoke to students at the 2011 Urban Advantage Science Expo, which was held at the Museum on June 12.
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The Museum will conduct the program in partnership with
feature unique to this program, two summer residencies
five schoolsMurry Bergtraum High School for Business
during which candidates will work directly with Museum
Careers in Manhattan; the Queens Vocational and Technical
scientists to gain practical research experience as well as
High School in Queens; the Thomas C. Giordano Middle
with Museum educators teaching in out-of-school youth
School in the Bronx; and Roosevelt High School and Gorton
science programs.
High School in Yonkerswith diverse student populations
Upon completion of the program, candidates will receive a
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its participants with new content and approaches
to professional
that includeEnglish Language Learners and students with
Master of Arts in Teaching degree from the New York State
development for their middle-school science teachers.
special needs. Degree candidates will participate in an
Board of Regents. They will also be offered a two-year
intensive course of study that will include classes at the
professional development program, based in and developed
Museum; a full academic year in a partner school; and, in a
by the Museum. This induction program will provide a critical
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Denver, and Miami have participated in leadership
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CREATING INNOVATIVE SCIENCE
EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
The possibilities offered by digital education have only begun
to be tapped.
The Museum is already a leader in online professional
development for teachers with its growing suite of Seminars
on Science courses, which are now taken by more than 1,000
teachers across the United States each year.
In fiscal year 2011, the Museum won a coveted honor for its
innovative catalog of educational content for teachers and
students called Resources for Learning (RFL): the Science
sponsored by the journal Science, recognizes outstanding,
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free online educational materials that enrich science learning;
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Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE). The award,
it is the first to be awarded to a natural history museum. The

RFL cataloga collection of activities, articles, evidence, and
analysis for educators, families, students, and other learners
includes content developed for the Museums permanent halls
and temporary exhibitions, as well as content from two of the
Museums flagship online programs, Science Bulletins and
OLogy. Organized by subject areas that include anthropology,
astronomy, biology, Earth science, and paleontology, the RFL
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catalog includes more than 1,200 resources.
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In fiscal year 2011, the Museums Adventures in Science

serieswhich offers students opportunities to explore a range
of topics and receive hands-on experience with scientists and
the scientific processintroduced a one-week Virtual Worlds
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about taxonomy, field work, extinction events, and the meaning
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and application of fossil evidence.
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In the Virtual Worlds camp, students learn about paleozoology and

use software to model animals (right) from the Cretaceous period.
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CULTIVATING LIFELONG LEARNING
THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
The Museums halls, major exhibitions, and scientific research
provide rich resources for the development of engaging
programming geared to visitors of all ages. Through year-round
programming focusing on different global cultures such as the
Margaret Mead Film Festival, Kwanzaa, Global Weekends,
and others, the Museum invigorates visitors understanding of
culture as living, fluid, and interconnected.
GLOBAL WEEKENDS: BRAIN AND THE

TIBETAN CREATIVE MIND
In January 2011, the Museum welcomed a group of Tibetan
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long residency that included a series of programs
and classes
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on Tibetan arts, science, and culture in9conjunction
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major exhibition Brain: The Inside Story.
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which included chants, music, and mantras,

to Museum
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Students in the Museum's Virtual Worlds Institute hunted for fossils in Big Brook, New Jersey, in addition to learning to use virtual reality software.
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In addition, the monks conducted several public meditation

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The Virtual Worlds project, for which the Museum partnered
and simulations to help young people understand and explore
sessions, and the Museum hosted a discussion about research
with Science Housea community of scientists, business
the skills they will need for future work while meeting rigorous
that has focused on the effects of meditationTreasurer

on brain function.
people, educators, and philanthropists that supports innovative
educational goals in science, technology, engineering, and
approaches to science educationwas developed in consultation
mathematics. The camp is also uniquely engaging. As one
This week of special events also coincided

with the Museums
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Paintings, an
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students who participated in the program used a next-
some of the animals in the late Cretaceous period and their
medical paintings, known as tangkas, from

special setofin the
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generation, high-fidelity virtual world software platform, Blue
lifestyles. Using virtual worlds as a platform allows you to be
Museums collection.
Mars, to simulate animated ancient sea animals and plant
interactive and makes for a fun learning environment.
life from the Cretaceous period. As part of the experience,

students learned about paleozoology and how to model and
animate sea animals digitally in the virtual world.
The curriculum for Virtual Worlds was developed to match the
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winter and spring with performances, artifacts,
craft-making,
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American history, the diverse peoples and cultures of the

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Left: The Museum hosted Tibetan Buddhist monks for a week-long residency in January. Right: In May, Dr. Donald Johanson and Dr. Louise Leakey spoke about paleoanthropology at a "town hall" with students and teachers.
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held in the Hall of Mexico and Central America and the Hall of
paleoanthropological research, and culminated in a sold-out
Museum
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energy, and innovation that is the legacy
of anthropologist
during which Dr. Johanson and Dr. Leakey discussed the
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Met Africa, a multi-layered look at Chinese economic stakes
In May 2011, the Museum hosted world-renowned
streamed live to viewers on amnh.org.
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public programming.
paleoanthropologists Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson

for two days of events to discuss the evidence for evolution in
the hominid fossil record and why understanding evolutionary
history is so important.
MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL

The Museums Margaret Mead Film Festival presents
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research-based
The slate of events included a town hall with students
as it is affectionately known by audiences, brings intimate
competition administered by the Museum and supported by
and teachers, during which Dr. Johanson and Dr. Louise
stories of cultures far and wide to more than 4,000 film-goers
Alcoa Foundation that encourages students to develop their
Leakey, a third-generation scientist leading the exploration
for four days each November. In the words of one patron, The
research skills by engaging in scientific investigations. One of the
of human origins in Africa, discussed the importance of
discussion of the human condition is what I enjoy here the most.
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topics that elucidated the biology behind critical issues in
brain function and development.
The first of the series, the Brain Master Class, tracked major
topics from neural evolution to the latest in brain-imaging
technology and was led by Curator Rob DeSalle of the
Museums Division of Invertebrate Zoology, who also curated
the exhibition, as well as by two consultants on the exhibition,
Dr. Joy Hirsch, director of the Program for Imaging and
Cognitive Sciences at Columbia University, and Dr. Maggie
Zellner of The Rockefeller University.
The second and third classes of the series were developed
to offer participants a chance to engage in neuroscience
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as well as graduate students or those pursuing careers in the
Students in the Lang Science Program enroll as 6th-graders and
sciences, now regularly attend the alumni events, volunteer
commit to a rigorous, progressive course of study through high
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school. Upon completion, they are awarded scholarship funds
their colleges and at career fairs, creating a valuable network
toward college.
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association in 20102011, inviting young people who have
the leadership contribution of New York Life Foundation.
workings of the human brain.
participated in the Lang Science Program, after-school
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and developed in conjunction with the major exhibition
growth. More than 200 young people, mostly undergraduates
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exhibitions lies in selecting topics that can inspire
and inform visitors of all ages, learning levels, and
backgrounds. In fiscal year 2011, the Museum
engaged a broad audience through compelling
exhibitions that drew on the latest technology and
design approaches to showcase its unparalleled
collections, interpret the cutting-edge research of
its scientists, and unlock visitors imagination.
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interactive exhibits, Brain: The Inside Story
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Entering the gallery, visitors walked through a tunnel of
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firing neurons, an installation created by Spanish artist
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Daniel Canogar to represent the brains connectivity and its
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electrical impulses. Subsequent sections explored how the

brain processes senses and emotions, produces thoughts and
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language, and develops throughout a lifetime. The exhibition
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also presented new treatments that may be used to restore or
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A series of interactive experiences illustrated how the senses
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help humans process the world. An installation by New York
artist Devorah Sperber forced visitors to reinterpret pieces
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waterfall illusion underscored how the senses can mislead.

Other highlights included a 6-foot-tall homunculus with
enlarged hands and facial features, representing the brains
management of the sense of touch.
Hands-on activities included a "build-a-brain" interactive exhibit.
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One interactive exhibit in Brain: The Inside Story directed visitors to repeat words in different languages, then compared resulting sound waves to those of a native speaker.
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Exploring the brains processing of emotion, visitors viewed
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underscored in a
projections that showed fMRIs (functional magnetic resonance
fabric to represent the cortex and featuring a glowing, rounded
section that featured a second sculpture by Canogar: a mass
images) of brains processing fear, rage, disgust, joy, sadness,
sculpture of the subcortical brain 35 times larger than lifegave
of copper and silver filaments that illustrated the dramatic rate
and surprise and corresponding facial expressions. To illustrate
visitors insight into the process of thinking itself. Linked to other
the evolving brain, a series of models and a build-a-brain
parts of the exhibit, the sculpture reinforced the importance of
of neuron development in utero. Examples

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interactive exhibit compared human brain parts to those found
connective brain wiring that enables such complex functions
in lizards and mammals. An interactive kiosk invited visitors
as language, memory, and decision-making. Interactive exhibits
to investigate how neurotransmitters relay messages, and
and games illustrated the complexity of language acquisition
trigger impulses by setting up a familiar scenario of wanting a
and highlighted the role of the executive, or reasoning, part
forbidden sweet.
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deaf people to hear and blind people to see. In the immersive
Brain Lounge, which featured floating projections of fMRIs
that showed the brain activity of four different peoplea
United Nations translator, a classical musician, a rock star,
and a basketball playervisitors could reflect on how their own
brains might work in similar situations.
Brain: The Inside Story was curated by Rob DeSalle, curator
in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology who conducts research
at the Museums Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics.
Joy Hirsch, director of the Program for Imaging and Cognitive
Sciences at Columbia University, and Maggie Zellner, a
research associate at the Rockefeller University, consulted.
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of Natural History in collaboration with Codice. Idee per
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by The Eileen P. Bernard Exhibition Fund, Virginia Hearst
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educational programming was provided by Roche.
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The exhibition featured a life-sized model of a female Mamenchisaurus, a sauropod known for its 30-foot-long neck.
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The colossal head of an Argentinosaurus, a dinosaur that
to examine how this diverse group of giants was able to survive
systems contributed to its enormous size. Visitors could also
probably weighed as much as 90 tons, greeted visitors and
for approximately 140 million years.
view a life-sized model heart, which would have pumped about
set the stage for an exploration of the enormous scale of

sauropods in this exhibition, which ran from April 16, 2011,
through January 2, 2012.
At its center, the exhibition featured a life-size model of an

18-year-old female Mamenchisaurus, a sauropod known
for its 30-foot-long neck. Textured skin on one side of the
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model gave visitors a sense of the animals appearance,
herbivoressome of which grew to be 150 feet or longer,
while the other side offered a view of this giants internal
Another section of the exhibition considered how such large
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organs. A video projected on its midsection showed how
animals could possibly eat enough food to survive and examined
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An interactive dig pit inspired by Howe Quarry introduced visitors to the process of discovery and excavation in the field in the concluding section of The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs.
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fermentation tank digestive systems, incisor-like teeth, and the
living animals such as a hummingbird, dwarf gecko, African
pit featured sauropod femurs, fibulas, and more for visitors of all
ability to ingest by swallowing vegetation whole without chewing.
elephant, and human.
ages to find.
Fossilized skin impressions and sauropod tracks, which have
The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs was curated by Mark Norell,
been found on nearly every continent, have provided important
curator and chair of the Division of Paleontology, and guest co-
information about these dinosaurs. The exhibition featured
curated by P. Martin Sander of the University of Bonn, Germany.
The sauropods brain size and the biomechanics and adaptive
an osteoderm, or bony skin growth, of a titanosaur and a
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were explored in sections that highlighted how fossil evidence
how sauropods might have traveled in small groups.
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and the study of living animals offer clues about the biology
An interactive dig pit inspired by Howe Quarry in Wyoming, an
The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs was proudly supported by
of extinct organisms. To provide perspective on the biological
excavation site where Museum paleontologists unearthed more
Bank of America. Additional support was generously provided
effects of size, a 15-foot-tall replica of a Supersaurus hind leg
than 4,000 sauropod fossils, introduced visitors to the process of
by Marshall P. and Rachael C. Levine and Drs. Harlan B. and
was displayed alongside models, specimens, and bones of
discovery and excavation in the field. Measuring 11 by 15 feet, the
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1,000 pounds, illustrated the amount of food a Mamenchisaurus

would have had to consume every day.
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On Feathered Wings (June 15, 2008May 16, 2011)
brought together more than 30 spectacular photographs by
renowned wildlife photographers Richard Ettlinger, David
G. Hemmings, Miguel Lasa, and Jim Neiger in the Akeley
Gallery to showcase the majesty of birds in flight. This
exhibition was made possible through the geneorosity of the
Arthur Ross Foundation.
Highway of An Empire: The Great Inca Road (October 17,
2009May 13, 2012) showcased more than 50 striking
photographs featuring the roads and trails built six centuries
ago by the Incas in South America. This exhibition in the
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the Arthur Ross Foundation.
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of the 2010 exhibition was ConEdison.

The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond (October 28 , 2010
January 2, 2011) was exhibited for the first time in New York
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Frogs: A Chorus of Colors featured more than 200 live frogs, including species such as the tomato frog.
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City in the Museums Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems. Mined
Gallery 77. Featuring more than 200 live frogs, this exhibit
in India, this extraordinary 31.06-carat blue gem has had a
highlighted frog evolution, biology, and the threats frogs face in
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and Jack Conrad, post-doctoral fellow
in the
Division
long history of royal owners, including the Wittelsbachs of
the worlds changing environments. This exhibition was curated
of Paleontology.
the House of Bavaria. Based on its distinctive composition
by Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator in the Department
specifically, the absence of nitrogen and the presence of
of Herpetology.
boron, which gives the gem its distinctive colorit is classified
Lizards and Snakes: Alive! (March 6, 2010September
as a Type IIb diamond, a type believed to make up less than

one in 10,000 of all diamonds found in nature. This exhibition
was curated by George Harlow, curator in the Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences. It was made possible by Graff
curatorial associate in the Department of Herpetology;

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from a special set in the Museums collection,
these tangkas,
or squamates, Latin for scaled, in Gallery 77. With 27
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be among and
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species from around the globe represented, the exhibition
handful in existence that illustrate Tibetan medical knowledge
highlighted remarkable adaptations, including these creatures
and procedures, providing a unique and rich history of
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medicine in that region. The detailed
painted in
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vegetable and mineral dyes on canvas,
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curator in the Department of Herpetology; David Kizirian,
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modes of locomotion, projectile tongues, camouflage, and
Diamonds and Laurence Graff.
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hand in the 1990s by Romio Shrestha, a Nepalese tangka
images, which reveal intricate details of natural phenomena
artist, and his students. The originals, whose fate is unknown,
and cultural artifacts, highlighted the wide range of research
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Division of Invertebrate Zoology, and made possible through the
were commissioned by the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and
topics under investigation at the Museumfrom parasitic
geneorosity of the Arthur Ross Foundation.
created between 1687 and 1703. This exhibition was curated
wasps to planets in other solar systemsand the cutting-
by Laila Williamson of the Museums Division of Anthropology
edge imaging technologies, such as scanning electron
with host curator Laurel Kendall, curator and chair of the
microscopes, infrared photography, and CT scanners used by
Division of Anthropology.
Museum scientists.
The Museum is deeply grateful to Emily H. Fisher and John
The exhibition featured the work of 27 Museum researchers,
Alexander, whose vision and generosity supported the
students, and staff from the Divisions of Anthropology,
acquisition and conservation of this collection of Tibetan

Medical Paintings. A very generous gift from the Estate of
Marian O. Naumburg made this exhibition possible.
Invertebrate Zoology, Physical Sciences, Vertebrate Zoology,

and Paleontology, as well as from the Richard Gilder Graduate
School. Images featured in the exhibition were produced with
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a range of optical tools and equipment, much of it housed in
Technologies
(June 25, 2011June 2013) featured more
the Museums Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF). Other
than 20 sets of striking large-format images produced by
methods used to produce images in this exhibition included
advanced imaging technologies that are used by scientists
ultraviolet fluorescence imaging; simple clearning and
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AWARDS
RACE TO THE END OF THE EARTH
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Graphic Design USA In-House Design Award 2011
Graphic Design USA Inhouse Design Award 2011

2011 Communicator Awards,
Silver Award of Excellence; Welcome To The Brain
2011 Communicator Awards,
Silver Award of Excellence; Brain Lounge
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Gold Award of Excellence: Intro Theater
Gold Award of Excellence: Inside View
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Silver Award of Excellence: Life On The Ice
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Silver Award of Excellence: Entry Soundscape
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Silver Honors for Best Museum Environment 2011
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Participants in the March 3 Dinosaur Tweetup toured the Exhibition Design Studio with Senior VP for Exhibition David Harvey to see preparations for The Worlds Largest Dinosaurs.
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presence across multiple social media platforms
and increasing its audience on Facebook, Twitter,
and YouTube, the Museum greatly expanded its
suite of innovative mobile applications to connect
the public to its extensive resources in science,
education, and exhibition.
Pioneering Wayfinding tool

In July 2010, the Museum introduced the next generation of
indoor wayfinding with the launch of AMNH Explorer,
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mobile app for iPhone and iPod touch designed as an

with support from Bloomberg LP, was the first to offer real-
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public wireless network to pinpoint a users location and offer
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enhanced navigation tool for indoor use. The app, developed
turn-by-turn directions through more than 500,000 square feet

of public space encompassing exhibition halls, restrooms,
cafes, and shops.
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Visitors can download AMNH Explorer to their own devices, or
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available at no charge. During the summer of 2010, a group of
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as the App Support Team and to assist Museum visitors with
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points distributed throughout the Museum provide the

networks connectivity to Explorer and act as sensors to
determine visitors location.
In addition to garnering media attention in The New York
Times, Wired, and Gizmodo, the Explorer app received two
Webby award nominations in the categories of Best Use of
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the first to collect nearly 1,000 astronomical
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Innovation and received the bronze award from the media and
Natural History Collections app,
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fiscal year 2010 for iPhone and iPod touch, was followed up in
Museums. In their commentary, the judges noted that the
fiscal year 2011 with a version exclusively for the iPad. The
impressive turn-by-turn navigation represents an enormous
new version included nearly 1,000 images from the Museums
leap forward for geoawareness inside museum building[s].
archive, formatted to fit the iPads larger screen.
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Discoveries was
downloaded more than 400,000 times
fiscal
2011,
andyear
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and was nominated for a Webby award73
in the
Education and
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Reference category.
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into a large WiFi hot spot. Approximately 300 wireless access
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This giant ground sloth species featured in Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time lived about 2.5 million to 500,000 years ago in North America.
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and educational work to a global audience through
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its exhibitions, Space Shows, the Digital Universe
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content reached visitors in science centers, museums,
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SPACE SHOWS
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IN
SHOWS
Cosmic
Collisions
Passport to
the Universe
SonicVision
The Search
For Life:
Are We Alone?
Journey to
the Stars
Field Trip
to the Moon
CITIES ACROSS
In the U.S.
15
COUNTRIES
Origin
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3+ shows
TOTAL
VENUES
STOCKHOLM
VANTAA
MOSCOW
HAMBURG
Chadds Ford, PA
PARIS
Chicago, IL
Denver, CO
2 shows
Abroad:
Boston, MA
Cleveland, OH
1 show per location
VAULX-EN-VELIN
TOULOUSE
ATHENS
NEW YORK CITY
GWANGJU
TOKYO
NANJING OSAKA
SHANGHAI
Fairbanks, AK
Grand Rapids, MI
MACAO
MEXICO CITY
HONG KONG
Grantville, PA
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Houston, TX
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KUALA LUMPUR
Killeen, TX
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Oakland, CA
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Portland, OR
37 Digital Museum
San Francisco, CA
PERTH
Washington, D.C.
Global Content
40BRISBANE
Dissemination
MELBOURNE
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Worcester, MA
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EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
(DIAMOND INDICATES NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THE EXHIBITION WAS SHOWN WORLDWIDE)
DINOSAURS: ANCIENT
FOSSILS, NEW DISCOVERIES
THE HORSE
GOLD
EINSTEIN
LIZARDS & SNAKES:

ALIVE!
RACE TO THE END

OF THE EARTH
EXTREME MAMMALS
MYTHIC CREATURES
WATER: H2O=LIFE I
TRAVELING THE
SILK ROAD
THE ENDURANCE:
SHACKLETONS
LEGENDARY
ANTARCTIC
EXPEDITION
CLIMATE CHANGE I
WATER: H2O=LIFE II
DARWIN
CLIMATE CHANGE II
COUNTRIES
CANADA
COLOMBIA
ITALY
SINGAPORE
TAIWAN
UNITED KINGDOM
22
TOTAL VENUES
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California
Academy
the Museum
Board of
of Sciences Canadian Museum of Civilization Canadian
Nature Claustro de La Enseanza Cleveland Natural
History Museum
and
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Field Museum Maritime Museum Liverpool National Geographic Society
and
Grants
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National Museum of Natural Science Ontario Science
Center
Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry Palazzo Bladeschi
Palazzo
Bonacquisti
Bequests
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Palazzo Del Consoli Royal Ontario Museum San Diego Museum of Natural
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History St. Louis Science Center TELUS World of
USA
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SCIENCE BULLETINS
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1
1 show per location
STATES
MN
SHIP:
QUEEN MARY II
IL
NV
COUNTRIES
CANADA
MD
VA
MO
MALAYSIA
NC
TN
MEXICO
SC
MS
AL
USA
GA
TX
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COUNTRIES RECEIVE THE MUSEUM'S AUTHENTIC ATLAS OF THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE
DU countries
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
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Mexico
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Myanmar
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Russia
South Korea
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Spain
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Sweden
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Thailand
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United Kingdom
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Vietnam
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3+ shows
AUSTRALIA
CO
CA
2 shows
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President Barack Obama hosted a reception for the United Nations General Assembly Opening at the Museum on September 23, 2010.
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policymakers, students, and the public at large each year,
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encouraging them to connect and to engage in dialogue
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ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH
AND SPACE CELEBRATES 10TH
ANNIVERSARY
October 10, 2010
To celebrate a decade of discovery and exploration, the
Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth
and Space welcomed visitors on October 10, 201010.10.10
for a special day of family-friendly events, including presentations
by Museum scientists, live musical performances, hands-on
activities, face-painting, storytelling, and an appearance by
NASA astronaut Michael Massimino.
The commemorative day concluded with the Rose Center
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Debate: Is
andEarth
Unique?
President
Hayden Planetarium Director
Neil deGrasse
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Tyson moderated the panel, which included
Fred Adams from
Education
21 from
the University of Michigan, Don Brownlee
the University
28forExhibition
of Washington and principal investigator
NASAs Stardust
Mission, Paul G. Falkowski from the Institute

of Museum
Marine and
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Contentfrom
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NASA Ames Research Center, and Minik Dissemination

T. Rosin from the
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Natural History Museum at the University
Copenhagen.
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During the day, visitors stopped by to meet NASA astronaut Michael Massimino and Hayden Planeterium Director Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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The Museum's series of Tweetups in fiscal year 2011 included a preview of The World's Largest Dinosaurs on March 3.
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THE MUSEUM WELCOMES

THE NEXT GENERATION OF
CONSERVATION SCIENTISTS
November 35, 2010
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January 4, 2011, and March 3, 2011
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The Museum embraced the popular social-media
platform Twitter
More than 400 graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows,
to host its first-ever Tweetup on January

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the
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exhibition Brain: The Inside Story and encouraging
participants
Events to
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and early-career professionals from 34 countries and 27 states
tweet about experiences that included behind-the-scenes

tours.
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within the United States participated in the Student Conference

on Conservation Science-New York (SCCS-NY) hosted by
the Museums Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. The
conference provided a unique opportunity for researchers at the
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The evening began with welcoming remarks by Curator Rob

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DeSalle and a tour of the exhibition, follwed by

collections tours
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outset of their careers to present their work before established
Invertebrate Zoology, and researcher Ronald

Clouse.
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leaders in science, policy, and management.
A second Tweetup on March 3 offered a preview of the
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with tours of the
paleontology collections led by Collections Manager Carl
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Mehling, a visit to the Exhibition Departments design studio

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with Senior Vice President for Exhibition David Harvey, and a
The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation hosted the Student

Conference on Conservation Science at the Museum in November 2010.
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THE 2011 ANNUAL ISAAC ASIMOV
MEMORIAL DEBATE
March 7, 2011
The annual Isaac Asimov Memorial DebateThe Theory
of EverythingStill Searching?
centered on what
is perhaps the most fundamental, and possibly the most

controversial, question in all of science: Can the entire
universe be explained with a single, unifying theory?
Albert Einstein was among the first to envision a unified theory
that could explain the behavior of all matter and energy in the
cosmos. As the 21st century progresses, string theory remains
the leading candidate to be the theory of everything. Still
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others doubt that such a theory is valid.

Moderated by Hayden Planetarium Director Neil deGrasse
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Tyson (far left), the debate featured a compelling discussion
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with six of the worlds leading voices on the subject:
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Dr. Lee Smolin, theoretical physicist at Perimeter Institute for
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Theoretical Physics; Dr. Katherine Freese, professor of physics
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at the University of Michigan; Dr. Brian Greene, professor

of physics and mathematics at Columbia University (on
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screen); Dr. Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy
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at Barnard College;and Dr. Jim Gates, professor of physics
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at the University of Maryland-College Park; and Dr. Marcello

Gleiser, professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth
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College (not pictured).
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The 2011 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate featured a distinguished panel of physicists,
including a speaker via Skype.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta moderated the discussion between renowned paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard Leakey, who delivered an extraordinary presentation about the hominid fossil record.
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HUMAN EVOLUTION AND WHY IT MATTERS: A CONVERSATION WITH LEAKEY AND JOHANSON
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Renowned paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard
has spanned more than 40 years, have shaped contemporary
importance of science education and the teaching of human
Leakey shared the stage in the Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak
thinking about human evolution. At their extraordinary presentation
evolution, these sponsors also made possible two special
Theater to discuss the overwhelming evidence for evolution
at the Museum, they discussed topics that ranged from the
in the hominid fossil record in front of a sold-out crowd.
search for the last common ancestor of the chimpanzee and
educational sessions at the Museum led the

by Board
Johanson and
paleontologist Louise Leakey, daughter of Richard and Meave
Moderated by CNNs chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay
human lineages to an understanding of the way early modern
Leakey, on May 4, 2011. A group of 125 high

school students
Councils
Gupta, the event was streamed live online for additional
Homo sapiens developed symbolic thinking and language.
and more than 250 teachers from the61New

area
GiftsYork
and City
Grants
and YouTube channel
The historic event was made possible through a joint partnership

of the Museum, the Arizona State University Institute of Human
Recognized for such landmark discoveries as Johansons Lucy
Origins, and the Turkana Basin Institute, headquartered at Stony
and Leakeys Turkana Boy, these two scientists, whose work
Brook University, in Stony Brook, New York. To promote the
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The seventh annual Urban Advantage Science Expo featured student science projects by middle school students from all five boroughs of New York City.
URBAN ADVANTAGE 2011

SCIENCE EXPO
The 2011 Science Expo
marked the conclusion of
the seventh year of the Urban Advantage Middle School
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Zoo, the New York Aquarium, the New York Botanical Garden,
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the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Queens
Botanical
Garden,
Science Initiative, a pioneering education program that has
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of and
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and the Staten Island Zoo, the program
teachers
helped thousands of seventh- and eighth-graders complete
students in how best to use the resources and expertise of
New York City Department of Education Chancellor Dennis M.
their science exit projects, a requirement of the New York
these science-rich New York institutions.
Walcott joined families, teachers, administrators, and members
City Department of Education for advancement into high
of the City Council for the 2011 Urban Advantage Science Expo,
school. Developed in partnership between the New York City
Grantsand
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In 2011, the program included more than
370 and
teachers
which featured student science projects by middle school
Department of Education and a Museum-led consortium of
students from all five boroughs of New York City.
institutions, including the New York Hall of Science, the Bronx
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37,800 students at 150 schools in all 73

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boroughs of New
Creditsschools.
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The 2011 Museum Dance was held on the eve of the Royal Wedding and celebrated British culture, with guests encouraged to dress in British fashion.
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Chairmen of the Family Party and President Ellen V. Futter were

photographed shortly before the event began.
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
FAMILY PARTY
Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, and Gala Chairman John Eastman,

a Museum Trustee, share a laugh.
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Right and Dana
Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones enjoyed the festivities.
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The Museum Dance
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November 18, 2010
April 28, 2011
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Led by Hilary Addington, Diana Roesch DiMenna, Melissa
More than 650 guests attended the annual Museum Gala, which
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the eve of the
Hawks, Kim and Greg Lippmann, Joella Lykouretzos, Allison
raised nearly $3 million. The Gala, led by event chairmen Jodie
AMNHwith
Convenes
Royal Wedding and celebrated British43culture,
guests
Mignone, and Laura Aryeh Murawczyk, the Seventeenth Annual
and John Eastman, Kathy and Tom Freston, and Alice and Lorne
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Family Party was a spectacular success, raising more than
Michaels, was sponsored by Graff USA and ABN AMRO and
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$650,000. More than 1,500 parents and children attended the
included a live auction hosted by Museum Trustee Tom Brokaw
Treasurer
Elizabeth and Jonathan A. Kurpis, Emilia Fanjul
and Brian C.
beloved annual event. Highlights included the Science Center,
with Jamie Niven of Sothebys. The evening also included an
Financial
55event
Pfeifler, and Zibby and Andrew Right, the
was sponsored
created in collaboration with Museum scientists, which offered
impromptu performance by Jimmy Fallon and a special hour-
by Saks Fifth Avenue and featured an exquisite dinner in the
families the opportunity to interact with live animals and learn
long concert by Sir Elton John.
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about specific specimens, including the elusive giant squid.
of
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Hall of African Mammals. Nearly 900
guests, including
Tiffany & Co., the events lead sponsor, presented a special
many members of the Junior Council, attended and helped
activity about birthstones.
raise $390,000.
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Chairs of the Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon were

photographed with Museum President Ellen V. Futter.
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Inc. Chairman, honoree, and fellow Trustee C. Robert Henrikson,
gave the welcoming remarks.
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21ST ANNUAL SPRING

ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE
AND LUNCHEON
NINETEENTH ANNUAL
CORPORATE DINER
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Museum Trustees Mary C. Solomon, Constance Spahn, and
The Nineteenth Annual Corporate Dinner honored Museum
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Katheryn P. Kempner and Museum friends Suzanne H. Cochran,
Trustee C. Robert Henrikson, chairman of MetLife, Inc., for his
Joanne W. Prager, and Catherine B. Sidamon-Eristoff chaired
distinguished service to science and education. The dinner
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this years luncheon, which focused on A New Food Culture
raised nearly $1.4 million to support Museum programs.
for a Sustainable Future. The panel discussion, which was
Museum Trustee Theodore A. Mathas, David M. Platter, and
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moderated by Lynn Sherr, addressed topics such as urban
Barry Salzberg served as chairmen for the event.
environment, and our planet. The panel of experts included

Nevin Cohen, assistant professor of Environmental Studies at
The New School; Dickson Despommier, emeritus professor at
Columbia University and founder of the Vertical Farm concept;
and Nancy Easton, founder and executive director of Wellness
in the Schools. The luncheon raised more than $440,000.
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agriculture and how eating locally can affect the community, the
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The Great Egret, once known as the American Egret in the U.S., is showcased in one of the dioramas in the Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds.
Due to continued strength in visitor attendance and revenue

from admissions and auxiliaries, as well as private and public
fundraising, the Museum was able to generate positive net
unrestricted operating revenues of $88,649 after transfers
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debt service.
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Largely due to growth of the Museums endowment,

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Museums net assets increased by $80.2 million
fiscal
Bequests
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year 2011, from $667.3 million to $747.5 million.
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to grow financially during fiscal year 2011.
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During fiscal year 2011, the Museums annual Unrestricted Operating Revenues and Support
decreased by $1.6 million, from $167.8 million to $166.2 million. Annual Unrestricted Operating
Expenses, together with transfers to fund payment of debt service and other transfers to plant
and long-term investments, decreased by $1.6 million, from $167.7 million to $166.1 million,
resulting in positive net unrestricted operating revenues during fiscal year 2011 of $88,649.
Despite difficult global economic conditions, the Museum continued to enjoy record attendance
levels during fiscal year 2011. As a result, attendance-related revenues continued to remain the
largest source of operating revenues at $41.5 million.
The Museum continued to receive substantial operating and programmatic backing from
Trustees, other individuals, foundations, and corporations, as well as from the City of New
York, the State of New York, and the Federal government. Contributions and grants used to
fund Museum operations, including a portion of net assets released from restrictions, totaled
$39.7 million during fiscal year 2011. In addition, the Museum received unrestricted operating
support from the City of New York, including support for certain energy and pension expenses,
totaling $17.0 million. The City also provided substantial capital support to the Museum (see
Capital Expenditures).
Support for annual operations from the Museums endowmentwhich is calculated by taking 5
percent of the average of 12 quarterly market values, ending March 31 prior to the succeeding
fiscal yearfluctuates according to market conditions. During fiscal year 2011, endowment
support for Museum operations totaled $27.1 million.
Unrestricted Operating Revenues AND Expenses,

fiscal year 2011
3% 3%
Revenues and Support

25% Visitor contributions and admissions
10%
24% Contributions and grants*
3% 3%
18% Auxiliary activities
10%
10% The City of New York

17%
3% Membership
3% Miscellaneous revenue and other fees
Expenses
34% Scientific research, education, and exhibition
18% Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs
13% Cost of goods sold and other Expenses of

Auxiliary Activities
10 % General and administrative
8 % Transfers to fund payment of Debt service
5 % Visitor services
3% Fundraising and membership
5 % Communications
3% Information Technology
1 % Other Transfers
*Includes a portion of net assets released from restrictions
25%
25%
17%
17% Endowment and related funds*
18%
25%
23%
25%
24%
24%
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5%
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Capital Expenditures
In fiscal year 2011, the Museum continued to fund priority capital improvement projects to
meet infrastructure and security needs as well as permanent exhibition hall renovations
and new scientific facilities. The $30.1 million invested by the Museum in its physical plant
concentrated on such major projects as the multi-year restoration and renovation project of
the Central Park West complex of the Museum.
As in the past, the Museum funded most of its capital improvements from a variety of
sources, including the City of New York, private donations, and the Museums endowment.
The Museum recognized a non-cash depreciation expense of $23.3 million during fiscal year
2011. Net of depreciation expense, the value of the Museums physical plant increased by
$6.8 million, from $455.2 million to $462.0 million.
Marketable equities
31%
Absolute return/hedge funds
34%
Marketable fixed income
11%
Marketable real assets
4%
15%
Private investment partnerships

Cash equivalents
5%
100%
Total
The Importance of Contributions and Grants
The Museums liabilities decreased by $4.3 million during the fiscal year 2011, from $413.2
million to $408.9 million, owing primarily to a $4.8 million decrease in the market value of
the Museums interest rate swap obligations (as a result of lower long-term interest rates).
The amount of the Museums long-term debt decreased by $1.1 million from $271.9 million
to $270.8 million.
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The Museum has continued to benefit greatly from the generosity of its private
and public
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supporters. During fiscal year 2011, the Museum raised a total of $88.6 million in support
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of its operations, programs, capital improvements, and endowmenta major endorsement
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of the importance and social impact of the Museums work in science,
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exhibition. As a result, the Museum was able to continue to balance its28operating
budget,
grow its endowment, and make improvements to its physical plant
despite
difficult
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financial circumstances.
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Endowment Funds
The return on the Museums endowment during fiscal year 2011 was +18.3%, as worldwide
markets continued to rebound from difficult economic circumstances. As a result, the market
value of the Museums endowment increased by $67.4 million during fiscal year 2011, to
$575.0 million. During the fiscal year, the Museum received cash gifts and pledge payments
to the endowment totaling $6.0 million and made planned withdrawals for Museum
operations and capital investment totaling $30.9 million.
The Museums endowment asset allocation is intended both to drive investment return and
to provide protection in volatile markets. The Museums endowment funds are invested
by leading investment managers in diversified equity and fixed income securities and
are overseen by the Museums Investment Committee. During fiscal year 2011, mindful
of continued volatility in equity and credit markets, the Museum did not make any large
changes to its asset allocation. As of June 30, 2011, the Museums endowment was invested
as follows:
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Charles H. Mott
Treasurer
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Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Debt and Other Liabilities
54
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4 Report of the
Chairman and
President
9 Science
21 Education
28 Exhibition
37 Digital Museum
40 Global Content
Dissemination
The Canadian lynx and snowshoe hare diorama in the Hall of North American Mammals was restored as part of the larger conservation project that began in fiscal year 2011.
condensed summary of consolidated statementS of financial position
43 AMNH Convenes
Special Events
These statements are summarized as of June 30, 2011, and excerpted from the audited financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available at49amnh.org.
Cash and other operating assets
Contributions and grants receivable, net
2011
52 Report of the
Liabilities
2011 Treasurer 2010
66,220,388
Accounts payable and other liabilities
36,439,467
37,893,009
Loan from the Trust for Cultural Resources 272,064,527
66,672,479
Long-term investments, at fair value 591,344,833
521,220,829
Plant and equipment, net 462,000,234

Total assets
2010
$ 1,156,457,013
455,180,804
$ 1,080,515,030
Total liabilities
136,824,142 55$ Financial

139,768,827
$ 408,888,669
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Statements
273,426,679
$
413,195,506
58 Committees of
the Board
$ 323,011,210 59$
377,484,101
Committees
and
Temporarily restricted 266,756,331

Permanently restricted
Councils
143,209,197
61 Gifts and Grants
157,800,803
Total net assets
$ 747,568,344
Total liabilities and net assets
$ 1,156,457,013
146,626,226
73 Bequests
$
667,319,524
74 Credits
Assets
$ 1,080,515,030
55
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CONSOLIDATED StatementS of ActivitiesUnrestricted
These statements are summarized for the years ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, and excerpted from the audited financial statements.
A complete set of the audited financial statements is available at amnh.org.
Operating Revenue and Support
2011
2010
Non-Operating Revenue, Support and Expenses
2011
2010
19,609,014
Revenue and support for plant
Contributions and grants
27,649,381
25,307,204
Contributions, grants, and miscellaneous income
Operating support from the City of New York
16,969,308
16,968,262
Visitors contributions and admissions
41,522,475
Membership fees
Auxiliary activities
Investment return designated for operations
Miscellaneous fees and other revenue

Net assets released from restrictions
Total operating revenue and support
9,666,405
5,367,404
Capital support from the City of New York
20,055,298
854,739
42,413,644
4,070,460
2,662,471
5,503,865
5,484,942
Transfer from long-term investments and operations to plant
17,015,876
19,355,705
30,580,271
31,485,074
4,718,134
29,573,757
$ 166,183,596
3,692,343
33,609,367
Interest expense not capitalized
Change in value of interest rate swaps
167,748,854
Depreciation and amortization
32,349,735
3,109,403
Plant expenses
22,788,371
Operating Expenses
Scientific research
12,563,488
12,973,666
4 Report of the
(4,813,905) Chairman
9,477,848
and
President
23,290,344
23,020,955
9 Science
Plant expenses not capitalized
291,862
1,033,420
Net loss on bond refinancing and other activities
(32,009)
21 Education
28 Exhibition
Education 15,261,270 14,346,214
Long-term investments and other

37 Digital Museum
Exhibitions 7,538,886 7,276,766
Contributions, bequests, and other
Membership 1,725,809 1,561,195
Investment loss in excess of amounts designated

for operations
25,305,851
17,899,498
3,713,798
7,957,770
Visitor services
7,685,941
7,824,321
Auxiliary activities
20,798,045
23,201,967
General and administrative
16,554,876
16,779,021
Transfers from plant and operations to long-term

investments and other, net
Fundraising 5,162,834 5,027,053
Other pension-related activities
Content
(28,705) 40$ Global
2,794,714
Dissemination
43 AMNH Convenes
49 Special Events
52 Report of the
Treasurer
(2,032,571)
(591,000)
55 Financial
(18,779)
Statements
(4,152,494)
Communications/Digital 7,436,440 6,698,456
Changes in unrestricted net assets
Information technology
5,346,490
5,384,443
Reclassification due to change in law
58 Committees of
(94,420,382) the Board
Guardianship, maintenance and operating costs
29,991,684
28,473,237
Changes in net assets after cumulative effect
(54,472,891)
Designated contributions and transfers to plant and

long-term investment
Operating revenue and support in excess of
operating expenses, designated contributions,
and transfers
151,111,642
148,922,408
14,983,305
18,764,705
39,947,491
5,672,650
59 Committees and
$ Councils
5,672,650
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
88,649
61,741
74 Credits
Total operating expenses
56
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Officers
Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman
Ellen V. Futter, President
Roger C. Altman, Vice Chairman
Steven A. Denning, Vice
Chairman
Richard E. Jaffe
Helene L. Kaplan
Katheryn P. Kempner
Frederick A. Klingenstein
David H. Koch
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Vice

Chairman
Ilene Sackler Lefcourt
David S. Gottesman, Vice

Chairman
Linda R. Macaulay
Shelly B. Lazarus
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Theodore A. Mathas
Lorne Michaels
Roberto A. Mignone, Vice

Chairman
Roberto A. Mignone
Charles H. Mott, Treasurer
Edwin H. Morgens
Sibyl R. Golden, Secretary
Charles H. Mott
Trustees
Roger C. Altman
Irma Milstein
Richard D. Parsons
Valerie S. Peltier
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.
Ex-Officio
Trustees
Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg,
Mayor of the City of New York
David H. Komansky
Lansing Lamont
Karen J. Lauder
Hon. Christine C. Quinn,

Speaker, The Council of the
City of New York
Richard S. LeFrak
Hon. John C. Liu,

Comptroller of the City
of New York
Shirley M. Malcom
Hon. Scott Stringer,

President of the Borough
of Manhattan
William F. May
Hon. Adrian Benepe,

Commissioner, Department of
Parks and Recreation
Hon. Kate D. Levin,
Commissioner, Department of
Cultural Affairs
Hon. Dennis M. Walcott,
Chancellor, New York City
Department of Education
William M. Lewis, Jr.

Caroline Macomber*
Norman S. Matthews
Eugene R. McGrath
Edward H. Meyer
Morris W. Offit
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Kathleen I. Powers
Janet Ross
Jack Rudin4 Report of the
Chairman and
President
Peter J. Solomon
Constance Spahn
9 Science
Alfred R. Stern
Alan Rappaport
Richard L. Revesz
Philip F. Anschutz
Digital Museum
Rosalind37
P. Walter
Richard Robinson
William S. Beinecke
Global Content
40Wilson
Edward O.
Theodore Roosevelt IV
Melinda Blinken
Jonathan F. P. Rose
Daniel Brodsky
Ralph L. Schlosstein
Raymond G. Chambers
49 Special Events
Walter V. Shipley
Donald K. Clifford, Jr.
Frank V. Sica
L. F. Boker Doyle
52 Report of the
Treasurer
Victor F. Ganzi
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff,
Chairwoman Emerita
John L. Eastman
Helene D. Gayle
Laura Baudo Sillerman
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Emily H. Fisher
Mary C. Solomon
Richard Gilder
Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr.
Kenneth L. Wallach
Robert G. Goelet,
Chairman Emeritus
Earl G. Graves
Rosalind P. Walter
Alan C. Greenberg
Judy H. Weston
David A. Hamburg
Tamsen Ann Ziff
Richard A. Jalkut
Tom Brokaw
Christopher C. Davis
Steven A. Denning
Vivian H. Donnelley
Fiona Druckenmiller
Nancy B. Fessenden
Tom Freston
Ellen V. Futter
Sibyl R. Golden
David S. Gottesman
Virginia Hearst Randt
Hughlyn F. Fierce
Harry P. Kamen
21 Education
Oscar S. Straus II
ExhibitionJr.
Carroll L.28
Wainwright,
Dissemination
43 AMNH Convenes
* Deceased
55 Financial
Statements
58 Committees of
the Board
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Lewis W. Bernard
As of June 30, 2011
Deborah C. Kessler
Honorary
Trustees
Stephanie Bell-Rose
BOARD of
TRUSTEES
Marlene Hess
Fiona Druckenmiller, Vice

Chairman
Linda R. Macaulay, Vice

Chairman
In fiscal year 2011, restoration work began on totem poles in the

Hall of Northwest Coast Indians.
C. Robert Henrikson
57
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Committees of the board of trustees

Audit
Collections
David S. Gottesman
David S. Gottesman,
Chairman
Linda R. Macaulay,
Chairman
Ilene Sackler Lefcourt
Lewis W. Bernard
Lewis W. Bernard
Theodore A. Mathas
Steven A. Denning,
Chairman
Nancy B. Fessenden
Nancy B. Fessenden
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.
Ellen V. Futter
Ellen V. Futter
Katheryn P. Kempner
Sibyl R. Golden
Richard Robinson
Charles H. Mott
Helene L. Kaplan
Richard L. Revesz
Alan Rappaport
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff
Kenneth L. Wallach
Richard L. Revesz
Mary Solomon
Judy H. Weston
Committee on
Trustees and
Governance
Executive
Charles H. Mott,
Chairman
Roger C. Altman
Lewis W. Bernard
Nancy B. Fessenden
Ellen V. Futter
Richard E. Jaffe
Linda R. Macaulay
Theodore A. Mathas
Edwin H. Morgens
Frank V. Sica
Building and
Grounds
Jonathan F.P. Rose,
Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard
Ellen V. Futter
Sibyl R. Golden
Richard E. Jaffe
Valerie S. Peltier
Walter V. Shipley, Chairman

Lewis W. Bernard
Steven A. Denning
Ellen V. Futter
Helene L. Kaplan
Katheryn P. Kempner
Mary Solomon
Education
Policy
Laura Baudo Sillerman,
Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman

Roger C. Altman
Tom Brokaw
Steven A. Denning
Fiona Druckenmiller
Nancy B. Fessenden
Ellen V. Futter
Sibyl R. Golden
David S. Gottesman
Helene L. Kaplan
Linda R. Macaulay
Roberto A. Mignone
Edwin H. Morgens
Stephanie Bell-Rose
Charles H. Mott
Lewis W. Bernard
Richard D. Parsons
Vivian H. Donnelley
Nancy B. Fessenden
Jonathan F.P. Rose
Tom Freston
Walter V. Shipley
Ellen V. Futter
Helene D. Gayle
Executive
Compensation
Officers
Science Policy
Lewis W. Bernard,
Chairman
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,

Chairman
Roger C. Altman
Roger C. Altman
Lewis W. Bernard
Steven A. Denning
Lewis W. Bernard
Fiona Druckenmiller
Fiona Druckenmiller
Tom Brokaw
Nancy B. Fessenden
Ellen V. Futter
Nancy B. Fessenden
Ellen V. Futter
Ellen V. Futter
David S. Gottesman
Sibyl R. Golden
Helene D. Gayle
Helene L. Kaplan
David S. Gottesman
Robert G. Goelet
Charles H. Mott
Linda R. Macaulay
Sibyl R. Golden
Roberto A. Mignone
Richard E. Jaffe
Walter V. Shipley
Charles H. Mott
David H. Koch
Planning
Kenneth L. Wallach
Exhibition
Policy
Tom Brokaw, Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard
Tom Freston
Ellen V. Futter
C. Robert Henrikson
Helene L. Kaplan
Shelly B. Lazarus
Lorne Michaels
Alan Rappaport
Mary Solomon
Judy H. Weston
Roger C. Altman,
Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard
Steven A. Denning
Fiona Druckenmiller
Nancy B. Fessenden
Ellen V. Futter
David S. Gottesman
Helene L. Kaplan
Linda R. Macaulay
Thomas E.4Lovejoy
Report of the
Chairman and
Linda R. Macaulay
President
Roberto A. Mignone
9 Science
Edwin H. Morgens
21 Education
Valerie S. Peltier
Exhibition
28Phillips,
Charles E.
Jr.
Digital Museum
Jonathan37
F.P. Rose
40 Global Content
Frank V. Sica
Dissemination
43 AMNH Convenes
49 Special Events
52 Report of the
Treasurer
Roberto A. Mignone
55 Financial
Statements
Edwin H. Morgens
Walter V. Shipley
58 Committees of
the Board
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Budget and
Finance
Helene L. Kaplan
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Committees of the museum, project committees,

and advisory councils
Investment
Lewis V. Bernard,
Chairman
Roberto A. Mignone,
Chairman
Roger C. Altman
Roger C. Altman
Fiona Druckenmiller
Lewis W. Bernard
Ellen V. Futter
Steven A. Denning
David S. Gottesman
Ellen V. Futter
Katheryn P. Kempner
Linda Macaulay
Linda R. Macaulay
Alan Rappaport
Roberto A. Mignone
Gilder
Graduate
School
Library
Helene L. Kaplan,
Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard
Vivian H. Donnelley
Nancy B. Fessenden
Ellen V. Futter
Sibyl R. Golden
Richard L. Revesz
Nancy B. Fessenden,
Chairman
Oral History
Project
Committee
Nancy B. Fessenden,
Chairman
Lewis W. Bernard
Ellen V. Futter
Sibyl R. Golden
Biodiversity
Advisory
Council
Lewis W. Bernard
Sibyl R. Golden,
Chairman
Ellen V. Futter
John Alexander
Sibyl R. Golden
George Amato
Lansing Lamont
Lewis W. Bernard
Caroline Macomber
Peggy Bewkes
Constance Roosevelt
Melinda Blinken
Margaret Condron
Stephanie Bell-Rose
Edgar Cullman, Jr.

Robert DeSalle
Vivian H. Donnelley
Pamela S. Farkas
Nancy B. Fessenden
Emily H. Fisher
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Diana Roesch DiMenna
David and Maureen OConnor
Edwin H. Morgens
Krystyna and Ronald Doerfler
Daniel Offit
Michael J. Novacek
Jodie Eastman
George F. Ohrstrom
Valerie C. Ohrstrom
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Valerie S. Peltier
Susan Fales-Hill
E. Stanley O'Neal and Nancy A.

Garvey
Jacqueline and Robert Garrett
Dorothy C. Pack
Ross Sandler
Joseph Gleberman
Anna Quindlen
Sarah and Seth Glickenhaus
Todd and Nobue Sandoz
Marion Schwartz
Donna and Ephraim Greenwall
Donna and Marvin Schwartz
Peter Solomon
Robert H. Haines
Constance Spahn
Eleanor J. Sterling
Cathleen Black and Thomas

Harvey
Robert Scully and Nancy

Peretsman
Melanie L. J. Stiassny
Marlene Hess and Jim Zirin
Lynn Sherr
Edward O. Wilson
Lynette Jaffe
Catherine9B. Science
and Andrew
Sidamon-Eristoff
Museum
Advisory
Council
Hilary Addington and Michael
Cahill
Raluca and John A. Allison
Lawrence Benenson
Peggy and Jeffrey Bewkes
Donya and Scott Bommer
Philippa and James J. Burke, Jr.
Abby Joseph Cohen and
David M. Cohen
Karen Katen
Bicky and George Kellner
Margaret Klein
Celeste SantAngelo and
Stephen Koval
Philip and Madeline Lacovara
Rachael and Marshall P. Levine
Mary D. Lindsay
Hilary and Ethel Lipsitz
Thomas Lister
21 Education
Frederick M.R. Smith
28 Exhibition
Betty Lee and Aaron Stern
37 Digital Museum
Carol H. Tolan
Global
Content
Laura B.40
Whitman
and
Thomas
Dissemination
C. Danziger
AMNH Convenes
Elizabeth43
H. Williams
Sandra Wilson
49 Special Events
Dee and52
Herbert
S. Winokur,
Report
of the Jr.
Treasurer
Eric Zinterhofer
55 Financial
Statements
John and Joella Lykouretzos
Marylyn and David Malkin

Richard and Ronay Menschel
Meg Hirschfeld
Elaine Wingate and E. Virgil

Conway
Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain

Mirochnikoff
Richard E. Jaffe
Lucy P. Cutting
Jane and James Moore
Karen J. Lauder
Joie and J. Dennis Delafield
Stephanie B. Mudick
Kathryn Hearst
President
John Liu and Barbara Page
Kathryn and J. Robert Collins,

Jr.
Ellen V. Futter
4 Report of the
Jacqueline and
Neal A. Shear
Chairman
and
Jennifer L. Mercer
58 Committees of
the Board
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Development
59
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Definitely one of the coolest museums in america.

Everyone in the world should see this place at least once!
Nick N., Washington D.C., via Facebook
4 Report of the
Chairman and
President
9 Science
21 Education
28 Exhibition
37 Digital Museum
40 Global Content
Dissemination
43 AMNH Convenes
49 Special Events
52 Report of the
Treasurer
55 Financial
Statements
58 Committees of
the Board
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
The Museums paleontology collections contain more than 4.5 million specimens, including the worlds largest collection of dinosaur fossils.
74 Credits
60
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gifts and
granTs
July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011
PUBLIC FUNDERS
Federal
Department of Defense
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Institutes of Health
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Science Foundation
State
Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt

Dr. and Mrs. James H. Simons
$250,000 to $499,999
Anonymous
Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Foundation
Christopher and Sharon Davis
Sibyl R. Golden, Golden Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hearst III
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.
Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lerner, GRACE
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
MetLife, Inc./ MetLife Foundation
New York State Education Department
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
New York State Office of Parks,
Estate of Marian O. Naumburg
Recreation and Historic Preservation
New York Life
CITY
Panthera Corporation
City of New York
and
Mr. Jonathan F. P. Rose, LostandChairman
Foundation
Council of the City of New York
Laura Baudo Sillerman, The Tomorrow

Foundation, Inc.
9 Science
Mayor of the City of New York

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York City Department of Education
4 Report of the
President
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation21 Education

Mary and David Solomon 28 Exhibition
The Leslie and Daniel Ziff Foundation
37 Digital Museum
Trustees, Individuals, $100,000 to $249,999

40 Global Content
Foundations,
Dissemination
Anonymous
Corporations and
Alcoa Foundation
43 AMNH Convenes
Organizations
Bank of America
49 Special Events
$1,000,000 and above
Anonymous
Ray and Barbara Dalio
David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman,
The Gottesman Fund
David H. Koch
Mr.* and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff,
The Howard Phipps Foundation
$500,000 to $999,999
Bloomberg
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Allison and Roberto Mignone
Con Edison
52 Report of the
Filomen M. DAgostino Foundation

Treasurer
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning,

The Sage
55 Financial
Foundation
Statements
The Irene Diamond Fund 57 Board of Trustees
Ms. Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley
58 Committees of
Family Charitable Lead Unitrust
The Dyson Foundation
the Board
59 Committees and
The Educational Foundation of America

Councils
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gifts and Grants
61
Charles Hayden Foundation
73 Bequests
Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe

74 Credits
Family Foundation
Restoration work in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda continued in fiscal year 2011.
Edward John Noble Foundation, Inc.
61
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gifts and grants

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Johnson
John and Amy Griffin
$25,000 to $49,999
The Prospect Hill Foundation
Drs. Harlan B. and Natasha Levine
The Marc Haas Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Marshall P. and Rachael C. Levine
Mr. C. Robert Henrikson
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Anderson
Mr. Alan H. Rappaport,

Pearson-Rappaport Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Axelrod
Richard Lounsbery Foundation
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin,

Hess Foundation, Inc.
The Buck Family
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Helene and Mark Kaplan
Jack and Susan Rudin,

The Rudin Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson
Anne and Charles H. Mott
The Korein Foundation
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
Conservation International
Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier,

Speyer Family Foundation
Ethel and Hilary Lipsitz
Donna and Marvin Schwartz
Louise B. and Edgar M. Cullman
Amanda and Thomas Lister
Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw
The Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation
Linda R. and William E. Macaulay
Ms. Pamela Farkas
Peter and Susan Solomon,

Peter J. Solomon Foundation
Abby R. Mauz Trust
Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander,

The Stewart Foundation
Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation
Mr. Robert C. McCormack

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McInerney
Dr. Stanley A. Freed
Wildlife Conservation Society
Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Milstein,

Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation
Tom and Kathy Freston Foundation
4 Report of the
Dr. and Mrs. Sankey V. Williams
Britt-Louise Gilder
Woods Hole Research Center
$50,000 to $99,999
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens,

The Wildwood Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Giuffra, Jr.
$10,000 to $24,999
9 Science
Anonymous (4)
The William T. Morris Foundation
Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas
Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Greenberg
The Pinkerton Foundation
Mr. Philip F. Anschutz,

The Anschutz Foundation
HBO, Inc.
The Rice Family Foundation
Annette Kade Charitable Trust
Connie and Ted Roosevelt,

Whalesback Foundation
The Walter C. Klein Foundation
Ms. Janet C. Ross,

J and AR Foundation
Eugene M. Lang Foundation
Roche
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr
Dorothy C. Treisman, Joseph and Joan Cullman
Conservation Foundation, Inc.
Judy and Josh Weston Fund
Ann Ziff
Jill and Lewis Bernard,

Mariposa Foundation
Mrs. Leonard Block
Scott and Roxanne Bok,
Bok Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Capello
Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Clifford, Jr.
The Coca-Cola Company
Joe and Diana DiMenna
Jodie and John Eastman
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.
Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden
Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi

Mr. Ralph Schlosstein,
Schlosstein-Hartley Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Shipley
Frank V. Sica
Frederick M. R. Smith,
The Fremarch Foundation
Stockman Family Foundation Trust
Margaretta Taylor
The Vidda Foundation
Mr. Robert F. Gossett, Jr.
Drs. Judith and David Kohn

Ms. Shelly B. Lazarus
Joella and John Lykouretzos
Theodore A. Mathas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mercer
Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer
Marion Moore Foundation, Inc.
The Nature Conservancy
David P. OConnor,
High Rise Capital Management, LP
Valerie and Wright Ohrstrom
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation
Richard D. Parsons,
The Parsons Family Foundation
Anthony Gould
Rosalind P. Walter Foundation
Posit Science
Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Greenwall
Wells Fargo
Joanne and Paul Prager
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,

Gerstner Family Foundation
The Tolan Family
Anonymous (4)
Chairman and
President
21 Education
Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc.
28 Exhibition
The Annenberg Foundation
37 Digital Museum
Ross H. Auerbach
Ms. Penelope Ayers
Bahamas National Trust
40 Global Content
Dissemination
43 AMNH Convenes
The Barker Welfare Foundation
49 Special Events
The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson
52 Report of the
Treasurer
Richard A. Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Bewkes
55 Financial
Statements
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Briger, Jr.
The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Burke, Jr.
58 Committees of
the Board
Sherman Carll
The Challenger Foundation
59 Committees and
Councils
Raymond G. Chambers,
MCJ Amelior Foundation
Charina Foundation, Inc.
Citi Foundation
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation, Inc.
Julian Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. William Rayner
62
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gifts and grants

The Abby and David Cohen Family Foundation
Peter and Deborah Lamm
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders, III
Brookfield Properties Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvie Comfort
Leon Levy Foundation
Val and Min-Myn Schaffner
Reverend and Mrs. C. Frederick Buechner
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Condron
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Canty
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman, Jr.
Elizabeth Amy Liebman
Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen
Michael and Marilyn Dee
Mary D. Lindsay
Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher

Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Boker Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Lipman
Mr. Robert Scully and Ms. Nancy Peretsman
Theodore and Alice Cohn
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Columbia University
Neal and Jacqueline Shear
Laura and Michael Conigliaro
Slayton Family Foundation
John Conklin
Smithsonian Institution
Consulate General of Denmark
Mr. and Mrs. James Stern
Lori Cooke-Marra
Kimberly and Paul Tanico
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daneker
Dr. Ian M. Tattersall
Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Delafield
Mr. Milton S. Teicher
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Demisch

4 Report of the
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Ellen V. Futter
Kimberly and Greg Lippmann

The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lober
Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. Gavin
Phyllis Mailman
Richard Gilder,
Gilder Foundation, Inc.
Frank Markus
The Glickenhaus Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gogel
Herman Goldman Foundation
Andrew S. Goodwin,
Plymouth Hill Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Massengill

Diane and Adam E. Max
Dolly and Charles Mayer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. McGrath
Jennifer Mercer
Carolyn Gould
Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck
Mr. Paul Graf
Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Millstein
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Greenstein
Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation
Dr. Margaret Hamburg and Mr. Peter Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nagin
George J. and Jessica Harris Foundation
National Film Preservation Foundation
Harvard University
Oceanic Heritage Foundation
Helen Hays
Nancy and Morris W. Offit
Peter C. Hein and Anne Farley
Daniel and Stefanie Offit
Laura and Christopher J. Heintz
E. Stanley ONeal and Nancy A. Garvey
Dr. Tiffany Herlands and Ronny Barnea
Barbara Page and John Liu
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hill
Mr. and Ms. Sean Paroff
Hudson River Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Paul
Hugoton Foundation
Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney
Georg Jensen
The Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation
Richard I. Kandel
Joel Ramin
Karen Katen
Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland
Bicky and George Kellner
Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation, Inc.
F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rollins
Chester Kitchings Family Foundation
Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Korngold
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rose
Richard P. Krasnow and Nancy Meyrich
The SantAngelo/Koval Family
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Teles
Chairman and
President
DIVERSITAS
Ruth A. Unterberg
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
Marshall M. Weinberg
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Edward Weisselberg
21 Education
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa
Laura B. Whitman and Thomas C. Danziger
Exhibition
28 Foundation
Ducommun and Gross Family
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Whittemore
37 Digital Museum
Douglas and Susanne Durst
Ms. Elizabeth H. Williams
Brenda Earl
Sandra Wilson
Mrs. Elizabeth Eginton
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Winokur
Elephant Rock Foundation43 AMNH Convenes
Brenda Wood
Cece and Richard Fabbro 49 Special Events
Yale University
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Filardi
Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer and Eric Zinterhofer
Minita Finger*
$5,000 to $9,999
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Anonymous (4)
Peter Hess Friedland
Allen G. Aaronson and Mary E. Benner
Board of Trustees
57 Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry,
Jody and John Arnhold
58 Committees of
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Arnhold
Katja Goldman and Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
9 Science
40 Global Content
Dissemination
52 Report of the
Treasurer
55 Financial
Statements
the Board
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron
59 Committees and
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Goldstein
Robert Beyer and Loren Pack
Lois and Blake Goodner
Ambassador and Mrs. Alan John Blinken,

The Blinken Foundation
Linda and Glenn Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Braddock
74 Credits
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gutenstein
Tom and Meredith Brokaw,

The Brokaw Family Foundation
Cecilia Gschwind
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
The L. W. Frohlich Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cohen
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Mary W. Harriman Foundation
David Rockefeller
Joseph Alexander Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Evans
Michael and Sandy Hecht
Susan and David Rockefeller, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Altmann
David A. Hoffenberg/Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Babbio
Edith Everett,
The Everett Foundation, Inc.
Jennifer Huntley
The Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Anson H. Beard
The Carl Jacobs Foundation
Drs. Valerie and John W. Rowe
Mr. Jason Biegel and Ms. Susan Buchner
The Kandell Fund
Bryan and Aidan Rowley
Judith L. Biggs
Mrs. Harry L. Kavetas
William Kenneth Block
Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Kazis
Barbara Saltzman
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Kerwin
Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Brook Byers
Helen Kimmel
Robert M. Schlein and Emily Kroenlein
Mr. and Ms. Manuel A. Calvo
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kingston
The Schloss Family Foundation
Walter W. and Barbara I. Carey
Elysabeth Kleinhans
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Schrager
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Cavanaugh
Daniel J. Leddy
Tatiana Serafin and Mick Kalishman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Y. Chi
The Lehoczky Escobar Family
Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff
Deb Chisholm and Andrew Becher
Judy C. Lewent and Mark Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Frankfort
Jihae Choi
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Linden
Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation
Charles A. Fritz III
The Clifford-Levy Family
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Loeb
Denise Sobel and Norman Keller
Bruce E. Cobern
Mr. and Mrs. Leandro S. Galban,

Jr.
9 Science
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomber
Mr. Jonathan Sobel and Dr. Marcia Dunn
Mary Ann P. Cofrin
Jennifer Fritz Maitland
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Gallen Education

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Mr. Peter Gartland
Constance G. Spahn
Mrs. David A. Cofrin
Tom Marshall and Kathy Keneally
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gewirtz
Eleanor Sterling, Ph.D.
Joan and Harvey Cohen
Norman S. and Joanne B. Matthews
John and Nandita Glazer
Mrs. Philip A. Straus
The Janis and Alan Menken Foundation
Ms. Alexandra Gardiner Goelet
Scott and Lisa Stuart
Colbert Family Fund of Coastal

Community Foundation of SC
Friedrike Merck
John and Donna Trammell
Dr. Charles J. Cole and Carol R. Townsend
Ms. Susan Merinoff
Tsunami Foundation, Anson M. Beard,

Jr. and Family
Mr. Ronald Collins and Dr. Nancy Collins

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Damon
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran
Varnum De Rose Charitable Remainder Annuity

Trust
Donald R. Mullen
Holly Wallace
Henry Nias Foundation, Inc.
Ann Eden Woodward Foundation
Kenneth and Rebecca Nicholson
Zubal Books
Mr. and Mrs. David OBrien
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Zuccotti
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy OHara
Ari Zweiman and Ashley Timmer
Ms. Ceara Donnelley and Mr. Nathan Berry,

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Milary Olson and Steven B. Cohen
$2,500 to $4,999
Edmund C. Duffy
Dr. David Orentreich
Anonymous (7)
Camille and Peter Ehrenberg
Ula I. Pommer*
Acorn Hill Foundation
Roysi Erbes
Jamie and Phil Prince
Hilary W. Addington and Michael Cahill
James and Nina Essey, TemPositions Fund
Judith and Burton Resnick
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Alda
Hector Estepan
Mr. and Mrs. W. Blair Meyer, Jr.
E. Virgil and Elaine W. Conway

Elisabeth de Picciotto
Mr. and Mrs. Paul del Balso
Christine Denham and Robert W. Stein
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Doerfler
Joyce F. Falini and Prem A. Lachman

Florence Fearrington
Elaine Fein, The Fein Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Feinstein
Charles Fitzgerald
Mark and Madeleine Fleming
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Fowlkes, H. L. Brown,
Jr. Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Frank
4 Report of the
Chairman and
President
28 Exhibition
37 Digital Museum
40 Global Content
Dissemination
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Goldberg
43 AMNH Convenes
Fredda Goldberg
49 Special Events
Michael and Anne B. Golden
52 Report of the
Treasurer
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gordon

Mr. and Mrs. William Gorin
55 Financial
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence GrafsteinStatements

Eugene and Emily Grant
Kim and Jeff Greenberg
Agnes Gund
58 Committees of
the Board
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Gural

59 Committees and
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Halloran Councils
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hartley
61 Gifts and Grants
Thomas E. Harvey and Cathleen
P. Black
73 Bequests
Craig Hauser
Dr. Kathryn Hearst
74 Credits
Edward and Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone
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CAPT Deborah Ann Hinkley, MC, USN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millard
Select Equity Group Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Ader
Mrs. Theodora W. Hooton
Dr. Diana M. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. David Shara
Kimara Ahnert and Glenn Nordlinger
Mel and Adele Ilberman
James and Jane Moore
Evelyn Sharp Foundation
M. Bernard and Elsie V. Aidinoff
Aurelia Ion
Mr. and Mrs. Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani
Anya C. M. Herz and Dr. Andrew Shiva
Nicole Alger and Zachary Karabell
John Mary and Bernard Jacobs Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Short
Edward A. Allen
Fern Jaffe
David Netto
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Singer
Jose and Mary Alvarado
Dr. and Mrs. Brian Johnson
Stephanie and Herbert Neuman
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Singh
The Janet Stone Jones Foundation
Fred and Gilda Nobel
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som
American Association for the

Advancement of Science
Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones
David Nolan
Jeffrey and Sarah Stafford
Stephen and Madeline Anbinder
Steven Just
Mrs. William Oppenheim
Linda and Bill Starzman
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Anderson
Michelle N. Katz
Arthur Ortenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Stauffer
Yoni Arbel and Leona Clague
The Honorable Thomas Kean
Dorothy C. Pack
Guy Miller Struve and Marcia Mayo Hill
Vera Miller Aryeh
Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen
Susan Packie
Jeffrey Taback and Inanna Donnelley
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky
Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Kendall
PADI Foundation
Paul and Chandler Tagliabue
Alan Atkinson
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President
Karen and Kevin Kennedy
Dr. M. Lee Pearce
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann
Kym Aughtry
Henry Kibel
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Peltz
Darlene Thoroughgood
Ellen Avellino, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey
Dian Jill Pickoff and Thomas Rafferty
Ms. DVera Topol
9 Science
Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Balaban
Mr. and Mrs. Len Kogan
Dr. Louis B. Pieper, Jr., DVM
University of Connecticut
Elizabeth P. Ball
21 Education
Phyllis Jo Kubey
Princeton University
Bernardette Vaskas
Avi J. Barak and Natalie S.28

Smith
Exhibition
Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin
Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Joyce P. and Diego R. Visceglia Foundation
Tia S. Barancik and Gregory

Barancik
Museum
37 S.Digital
Damian Law
Ms. Mary Morrow Quintilian
Marjory S. Walters
Lisa and David Barr
Denise Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Shikhar Ranjan
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Weinberger
Anne H. Bass
40 Global Content
Dissemination
Kurt F. Leopold
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reiss
Peter and Mary Beth Weinberger
Martin Baumrind
43 AMNH Convenes
Betty and John Levin
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Right
The Whitehead Foundation
Reginald R. and Jameson A.

Special Events
49Baxter
Mimi Levitt
John R. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wilder
The Howard Bayne Fund
The Irene Levoy Foundation, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Rosenbluth
Beth and Leonard Wilf
Mr. and Mrs. Grant G. BehrmanTreasurer
Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. David Rothenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Wilkie
Sandra E. Bell
55 Financial
Statements
52 Report of the
Mr. and Mrs. William Milton Lewis, Jr.
Alfred and Ann Ruesch
William E. Willis
Ms. Stephanie Bell-Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lieb
Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Russell
Migs Woodside
Ms. Madeleine Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Litwin
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Yashinsky
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bergamo

58 Committees of
Janine Luke
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Safran
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Yoseloff
Mr. Josh Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew P. Lustig
Patricia E. Saigo, M.D.
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Committees
and
Elaine S. Bernstein and Erika
Kelble
59 Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. James I. Magid
Jack and Anita Saltz Foundation
$1,000 to $2,499
Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Bezos
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Santella
Anonymous (11)
and Grants
61 Gifts
Mr. and Mrs. O. Francis Biondi,
Jr.
Jeffrey and Cynthia Manocherian
Kim and J. K. Scheinberg
Donald-Bruce Abrams and Roberta L. Rubin
Margaret D. Bishop
Kevin Marrinan
Edward D. Schmidt and Gillian R. Dawson
Stephanie and David Abramson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Blanchard

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74 Credits
Constance and H. Roemer McPhee
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Schulhof
Margot Adams
the Board
Councils
73 Bequests
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Lauren Blum and C. William Merten
Susan R. Cullman and John Kirby
Joel C. Feffer
Rosalie Graf
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bogle
Roxanne Cumming
Kirsten Feldman and Hugh Frater
Patsy Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Bonsignore
James G. Cushman, M.D.
Bradley Feldman and Lori Feldman
Victor and Phyllis Grann
Elisabeth T. Bottler and Edgar O. Bottler
Drs. Lawrence and Eileen Cutler
Martha Feltenstein
Phyllis Green and Randy Cowen
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bovenizer III
Lucy P. Cutting
Hughlyn F. Fierce
William Green and Alyson Adler
Mrs. E. G. Bradberry
Genevieve Da Silva and L. Schellie Archbold
Leslie Finerman and Sean Goodrich
Gail Gregg
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bralver
Joseph R. Daly
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Finger
Teresa Grimm
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Branca
Ms. Dale S. Dancis
Frank Finkel
Susan Grobman and Blake Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brause
Lucy and Mike Danziger
Linda Fischbach and Jason Fischbach
Julia Groome
Ms. Catharine O. Broderick and

Mr. Henry U. Harris III
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Danziger
Holley and Russell Flagg
Aryn and Matt Grossman
Judy and Kim Davis
Jane and James Flaherty
Loomis J. Grossman, Jr.
Mary and George Davis
Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Frank and Joanne Gumper
Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Foley
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Gund
Elizabeth De Cuevas
Sharon H. Fong and James Wistman
William F. and Ruth Ann Harnisch

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Fordham University
John Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Rohit M. Desai
Robert Fraley
Kim and Alan Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. Dinyar Devitre
Joele Frank and Laurence F. Klurfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Harvey
Mr. Stacy Dick and Ms. Cynthia Brauer
Mrs. Thomas W. Frank
21 Education
Dr. and Mrs. George F. Heinrich
Sherie Dick
Andrew Frankel
Heins Family
28 Exhibition
Robert and Marti Dinerstein
B. Harrison Frankel
Mrs. Andrew Heiskell
37 Digital Museum
Dr. Naomi Donnelley and Joe Butler
Mr. and Mrs. John French III
Benjamin Hellweg and Jennifer

Kim
Content
40 Global
Charles E. Dorkey III
Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II
Joy Henshel
Beverly and Herbert Chase
Mr. and Mrs. John Draghi
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Fried
Alexandra and Paul Herzan43 AMNH Convenes
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ciriacks
The Drumcliff Foundation
Barbara Friedberg
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Heyman

49 Special Events
Virginia Clark Clarkson
Ms. Jacqueline H. Dryfoos
Suzanne Frye, M.D.
Carolyn Hickman and John52

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Rhoda Weiskopf Cohen
Marybeth Dunham and Charles Mayfield, Jr.
Mr. Jay M. Furman
Joseph W. Hill
Dr. Pamela Collins
Adnan A. Durrani and Dolores M. Paoli
Dr. Helene D. Gayle
Barbara J. Hillman
Melissa Condie
Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelfand
Consulate General of Israel
Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Dweck
Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert
Milton Cooper
John F. Eagan
Tom and Marjorie Gilbert
Jennifer B. Corcoran and Paul D. Straton
Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz
Jordan Glaser and Hazel Weiser
Christy Corgan
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Einbender
Dr. Paul W. Glimcher and Dr. Barbara Knappmeyer
Felipe A. Coronel
Stephen and Lisa Eisenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Golden
Victoria Costa and Jacob Carl Zydney
Lita and Walter Elvers
Barbara L. Goldsmith Foundation
Mrs. Sharon Cowles
Irving Berlin Charitable Fund, Inc.
Lawrence Golub
Ms. Sarah J. Crews
Sylvia Erhart
Alex Goor and Sharon Kim
Caleb and Sheila Crowell
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Fahey, Jr.
Ann and Melissa Gottlieb
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brownstone
Lori R. Buchbinder and Raymond McDaniel
Marcia Bull and A. Bliss McCrum
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Bunn, Jr.
Judith and Robert Burger
Joseph F. Calabrese
Robert B. Carey
Barbara Carlino
James Cox Chambers and
James Cox Chambers, Jr.
Chairman and
President
9 Science
Dissemination
Treasurer
Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Hixon
55 Financial
Statements
Winson Ho
58 Committees of
Mr. and Mrs. Myron A. Hofer
the Board
Mande Holford
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hollein 59 Committees and

Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
Dee Hu and Warren Wong
73 Bequests
David J. Hubbard
Lloyd and Dorothy Huck
74 Credits
Helen Gurley Brown
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Dr. R. Stanley Hum
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Krueger
Michael Malm
Ms. Amy P. Neu and Mr. Daniel Scheman Neu
Peter Hutchings and Martha Wolfgang
Mr. and Mrs. Kohki Kubota
Ms. Pamela Manice
Maria Niarchos and Stephane Gouaze
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Kumin
Barbara Manocherian
Bruce Nicholas
Anita and Robert Jacobson
Mr. and Ms. Lansing Lamont
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marinaccio
Stephen Nicolai and Stuart Nicolai
Mr. and Mrs. John R. S. Jacobsson
Mr. Peter Lapham
Philip Marks
Hilda F. Niedelman
Richard A. Jalkut
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph William Laraia
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Martin
Jeff Norton and Romona Ramgobin
Jana Partners LLC
The Larkin Family
E. D. Massmann
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Okner
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Janklow
Ambassador and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder
Jeffrey Matchen and Debra Dandeneau
Olympiad Academia
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Oresman
Joseph Family Charitable Trust
The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation,

Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Hamish Maxwell

Mr. Shaun McCarthy and Mrs. Sarah Cobb
Mr. Jonathan Orser
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Joseph
Mr. Steven Laufer and Ms. Chani Laufer
Mary E. McDonough
Nicole and Bruce Paisner
Max Kade Foundation, Inc.
Nora Lavori
Abigail McKenna and Evan Sheinberg
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Palm
Joseph Kahn and Shannon Wu
Alexandra Lebenthal and Jeremy Diamond
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McVey
Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Papsun
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O. Kamin
Mr. and Mrs. David Lederman
Terence S. Meehan
Trudy and Charlie Parton
Mr. and Mrs. John Kantakis
Lydia and Alan Lee
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mele
Mr. and Mrs. George Kaufman
Ken Lee and Susan Jang
L. Thomas Melly
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kean
Ellen Leef-Sherrow and Michael Sherrow
Mr. Eugene Mercy, Jr.
Rafael Pelli and Kate Walbert
Joan A. Kedziora, M.D.
Jacqueline LeFrak and Edward Kosinski
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mindich
21 Education
Emily Peterson and Raj Alva
Laurie D. Kefalidis
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic I. Leif
Sandra C. and Lowell A. Mintz
Ms. Marnie Pillsbury
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Ari Lerner
Elizabeth Miracky
Digital Museum
37 Trevor
Ronnie Planalp and Stephen
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kerschner
Mr. and Mrs. Beau Lescott
The Leo Model Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Len Poliandro40 Global Content
Renee N. Khatami
Robert Lester
Mr. and Mrs. Vikram Mody
Dissemination
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary O. Pomerantz
Anoush Khoshkish and Irene Miller
Mr. and Mrs. D. Roger B. Liddell
Eben Moglen
Earl and Deborah Potter 43 AMNH Convenes
Dr. and Mrs. George H. Khoury
Lucia Woods Lindley and Daniel A. Lindley
Frederick Montana
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Prince49 Special Events
Jill and Andrew Kipnes
Fritz and Lee Link
Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Morakis
Anna Quindlen and Gerry 52

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Mr. and Mrs. Scott Litman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan
Mr. Daniel Quinn and Ms. AnnaTreasurer

Rita Quinn
Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Kissinger
Joe and Clare LoCicero
Mario and Dana Morino
Yvonne S. Quinn
Lois Etz Klaben and Marc Klaben
Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Jelisavcic
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Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Patricof Chairman and
President
Wendy and Henry Paulson, Jr.
9 Science
28 Exhibition
55 Financial
Statements
Arthur L. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrill
Paul E. Raether
Kleinick Family
Michael and Marjorie Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse
Michael Recanati and Ira Statfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kleinknecht
Laura and Richard Murawczyk
Edith T. Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kleinknecht
Ms. Carol A. Loewenson and

Mr. Andrew J. Levander
Deborah and Bradley Muro
Mr. and Mrs. Judson P. Reis
B&R Knapp Foundation, Inc.
Jared Longhitano
Honorable Lillian Nicolosi Nall
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Knight, Jr.
Al Loris
Drs. David and Rhoda Narins
Farley Mitchell Rentschler 59

and Committees and
Mary Montgomery RentschlerCouncils
David Koepp and Melissa Thomas
Peter W. Lyden
Murray L. Nathan*
Mr. Richard L. Revesz
Julie Kohn and Dan Swift
Tim Lyons and Lillian Oshva
National Audubon Society
73 Bequests
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Richman
Jeremy R. Kramer and Dorothy Rebecca Davies
Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacNeil
National Geographic Society
Mrs. Sheila J. Robbins
Dorothy and David Kroenlein
Dr. Bernard Malberg
David Shaw Neill
58 Committees of
the Board
61 Gifts and Grants
74 Credits
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Mr. and Mrs. Brad Roberts
Steven and Karen Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey I. Sussman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Willis
Sascha M. Rockefeller
Mr. Barry A. Shenkman
Joseph M. Sweeney
Peter S. Wilson and Scott K. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rodriguez
Rochelle and Jesse Shereff
Jay H. Tanenbaum
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Winograd
Mrs. Cynthia Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Sherrill
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr, Jr.
Lisa and Richard Witten
Elizabeth E. Roosevelt
Dr. and Mrs. James Shinn
James Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wolfson
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shopkorn
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Tierney
Vicki Wyan
Mr. and Mrs. John Rorer
Ian Shrank and Alexandra W. Logue
Roger Tilles
Jerry Yang
Isabel Rose
Marlys Silver
Mary A. Tilney
Richard Yau
Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation
Marc and Lori Silverman
Laura Tisch Broumand and Stafford Broumand
Janet B. York
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff L. Rosenheim
Boon Sim and Shiuan Wu
Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc.
Thomas and Virginia Young
Elizabeth and Robert Rosenman
Mr. and Mrs. David Simon
Barbara and Donald Tober
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zabar
Jonathan Rosenstein
Michael Skarbinski and Ms. Laurel Sherwood
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Toltz
James Zankel and Pia Scala-Zankel
Mr. and Mrs. E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Slapp
Mr. and Mrs. Amor Towles
Martin Zaretsky
Dr. Sara Ross and Mr. Joshua Ross
Melissa A. Slaybaugh
Alexander and Catherine Traykovski
Dr. Ronald Zelazo and Ms. Ziona

Zelazoof the
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Mr. and Mrs. Cye Ross
Mr. David Slifka and Mrs. Michele Michaelis
Salvatore Troiano and Ellen M. Rosette
Robert and Victoria Zoellner
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Rubenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Derek Smith
Jean and Raymond Troubh
Paul Zofnass and Renee Ring
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rubin
Cathy and Marc Solomon
Michael Tuch Foundation
Nina Rumbough
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spadaro
Mrs. Sue Erpf Van de Bovenkamp*
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough
Honorable Joyce L. Sparrow
Grace, Sharon, and Alex Volckhausen
Education
Corporate 21
Patron
Program 28 Exhibition
Ms. Hattie Ruttenberg and Mr. Jonathan T. Molot
Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley
Mr. and Mrs. Carl von Bernuth
Accenture
Dr. and Mrs. Otto F. Sabando
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Spilker
Maria T. Vullo
AllianceBernstein L.P.
Mr.* and Mrs. Peter M. Sacerdote
Marla Spivak
Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III
40 Global Content
Dissemination
American Express Company
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Saphier
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steel
Emily V. Wade
Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Mary Schaeffer and Helen Schaeffer
Charlotte Steel
Mary J. Wallach
Special Inc.
Events
49 Holdings,
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schellbach
David B. Sterling
Douglas Warner
Automatic Data Processing

52 Report of the
Rita and Joseph B. Scheller
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sterling, Jr.
Evelene Wechsler
AXA Foundation
Kate Schlosstein
Liz and Emanuel Stern
Mrs. John L. Weinberg
Bank of America
Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Schulman
Marc Stern and Kimberly Yellin
Earl D. and Gina Ingoglia Weiner
BNY Mellon
Sara Lee and Axel Schupf
Mr. George Sternlieb and Ms. Phyllis Fox
Dr. Samuel Weisman and Dr. Nancy Crown
Bloomberg
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Schwartz
William P. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Weiss
Committees
of
58Macys
Bloomingdales Fund of the
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schwartz
Daniel L. Stoddard
Mr. and Mrs. Max Weissman
BondDesk
Urling Iselin Searle
Mr. and Mrs. Melville Straus
Justin B. Wender and Deborah J. Goldfrank
BornFree, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal
Lee and Roger Strong
Robert W. and Donna T. Whiteford
Bovis Lend Lease
Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio
Arlene and Joseph Stuhl
Mary Louise Whitmarsh
Brown Lloyd James
Dr. Yelena Shafeyeva
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wiborg
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Pamela and Mel Shaftel
Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Jarvis G. Wilcox, Jr.
CIT
Shake Shack
Dr. P. R. Sundaresan and Dr. Bala Sundaram
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell G. Williams
Citi
Chairman and
President
9 Science
37 Digital Museum
43 AMNH Convenes
Treasurer
55 Financial
Statements
the Board
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
68
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gifts and grants

Colgate-Palmolive Company
Lowenstein Sandler PC
Staples
The BNY Mellon
Con Edison
M.D. Sass Investor Services, Inc.
Stifel Nicolaus
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Cox, Jr.
Court Square Capital Partners
Macys
Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation
Christopher and Sharon Davis
Credit Suisse
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
TIAA-CREF
Deloitte & Touche LLC
DBS Vickers (USA) Inc.
Marubeni America Corporation
Tiffany & Co.
Deutsche Bank
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Time Warner
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage

Foundation
Direct TV
Mechanical Contractors Association
Toyota
First Data Corporation
Emigrant Savings Bank
MetLife, Inc.
TradeCard
Mr. Joe W. Forehand, Jr.
Ernst & Young
Mitsubishi International Corporation
UBM Tech Web
Graff Diamonds (U.S.A.) Inc.
The Este lauder Companies Inc.
The Moodys Foundation
UBS
JPMorgan Chase
Fidelity Investments
Morgan Stanley
Verizon Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.
First Manhattan Co.
NBC Universal
W. P. Carey Foundation
Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein Fund
Fujifilm North America Corporation
New York Life
The Walt Disney Company
Joella and John Lykouretzos
General Atlantic LLC
New York Private Bank & Trust
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Allison and Roberto Mignone
Global M&A Network LLC
The New York Times Company
Wells Fargo
Anne and Charles H. Mott
Goldfarb & Fleece
New York Yankees
White & Case
News Corporation
4 Report of the
Chairman and
President
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
News Corporation
Xerox Foundation
Prudential Financial, Inc.
9 Science
Google Inc.
NYSE Euronext
Ziff Brothers Investments
Mary and David Solomon 21 Education
Greenlight Capital, Inc.
Oaktree Capital Management
Zubatkin Owner Representation
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Anne and Bernard Spitzer 28 Exhibition

Tiffany & Co.
37 Digital Museum
H. W. Wilson
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Hearst Corporation
PepsiCo, Inc.
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Pfizer Inc.
IBM International Foundation
PHIL & Co.
Supporters of
Special Events
$100,000 to $249,999
Tishman Speyer
40 Global Content
Dissemination
$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous
43 AMNH Convenes
Mr. Alec Baldwin
Accenture, LLP
49 Special Events
Barclays Capital
Jodie and John Eastman
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Burke, Jr.Treasurer
52 Report of the
Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi
Raymond G. Chambers, MCJ

Foundation
Financial
55 Amelior
Hearst Corporation
Citi
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hess
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Cohen
David H. Koch
Con Edison
MetLife, Inc.
Mr. Mark F. Dalton
Morgan Stanley
Mr. Arthur Dantchik
New York Life
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Simons
Joe and Diana DiMenna
ING
Posit Science
Interactive Brokers LLC
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Ire Viajes
Prometheus Global Media
ITOCHU International Inc.
Random House
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Renaissance Technologies LLC
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Resort Condominiums International LLC
Johnson & Johnson
Restaurant Associates
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Roche
Kaplan Test Prep
The Rockefeller Group
KPMG
Scholastic
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Shake Shack
$50,000 to $99,999
73 Bequests
Ms. Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan
Donnelley
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Sony Corporation of America
ABN AMRO Securities LLC
74 Credits
Family Charitable Lead Unitrust
Loews Corporation
St. Josephs Healthcare System
Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas
Statements
58 Committees of
the Board
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
69
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gifts and grants

Mr. Jimmy Fallon
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Buffett
Proskauer Rose LLP
Mr. and Mrs. David Coquillette
Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden
Credit Suisse
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ramonas
Mr. Kevin Corgan and Mrs. Ursula Leveille
Tom and Kathy Freston Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daneker
Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Coyne
General Atlantic LLC
Mr. Kelvin L. Davis
Restaurant Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Kipp deVeer
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mr. Chris Del Gatto
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Right
John and Amy Griffin
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Michael Douglas and Ms. Catherine Zeta

Jones
Sir Elton John
Douglas and Susanne Durst
Ms. Janet C. Ross,

J and AR Foundation
Mr. Richard S. LeFrak,

Samuel J. LeFrak Memorial Fund
Kimberly and Greg Lippmann
Linda R. and William E. Macaulay
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Mandel, Jr.
Alice and Lorne Michaels
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Mr. Alan H. Rappaport,
Pearson-Rappaport Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone

Ms. Tina Fey and Mr. Jeffrey Richmond
Richard Gilder, Gilder Foundation, Inc.
Sibyl R. Golden, Golden Family Foundation
Lois and Blake Goodner
Mr. and Mrs. David Greenspan
Ms. Anne Hathaway
Mr. and Mrs. Carney Hawks
Mr. Christopher R. Redlich, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Kamen
Saks Fifth Avenue
Karen Katen
Mr. Ralph Schlosstein,

Schlosstein-Hartley Family Foundation
Mr. Jim Kennedy
Laura Baudo Sillerman,

The Tomorrow Foundation, Inc.
Jacqueline LeFrak and Edward Kosinski
Swiss Re
Thomson Reuters
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
KPMG
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Litman
Mr. John McEnroe and Ms. Patti Smythe
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKeon
Mrs. Henry W. Middleton
Edward Jones
Jack and Susan Rudin,

Niko Elmaleh
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer D. A. Sackler
Event Network
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Farkas
Saturday Night Live
Kirsten Feldman and Hugh Frater
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Shaye
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Shipley
Mr. and Mrs. David Foley
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr
Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Traber
Peter Hess Friedland
Verizon Communications Inc.
9 Science
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greenberg
Wachovia Bank
21 Education
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gross
Wells Fargo
Aryn and Matt Grossman28 Exhibition
Judy and Josh Weston Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Yoseloff
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Young
Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC
Emerson, Reid & Co.
4 Report of the
Chairman and
President
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hartley

37 Digital Museum
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Heinemann
40 Global Content
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hood
Dissemination
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hope43 AMNH Convenes
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Isaly49 Special Events
Milliman Inc.
$5,000 to $9,999
Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mishaan
John and Raluca Allison
J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber

Treasurerof
Commerce and Industry of New York
MTV Networks
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Beale
Dana Wallach Jones and Michael

T. M. Jones
Statements
Laura and Richard Murawczyk
Mr. and Mrs. William Berkman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kaufman

NBC Universal
Lloyd and Laura Blankfein Foundation
Ms. and Mr. Fernanda M. Kellogg
New York Yankees
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Blau
Mr. John Kim
58 Committees of
the Board
Valerie and Wright Ohrstrom
Mr. Nelson Blitz, Jr. and Ms. Catherine Woodard
Elysabeth Kleinhans
59 Committees and
Origins Natural Resources, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bommer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Koester Councils
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boris
Mr. Christopher Kojima and

Elizabeth
Kojima
Gifts
and Grants
61Ms.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Anderson
Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier,

Speyer Family Foundation
Bovis Lend Lease
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Korngold

73 Bequests
AXA Equitable
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman
Mr. Matt Cherwin
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Lanier 74 Credits
Mr. Henri Barguirdjian
Joanne and Paul Prager
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Cochran
Ann Ziff
Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin,
Hess Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous
Hilary W. Addington and Michael Cahill
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcoa
American Express Company
Mr. and Mrs. Robert James
52 Report of the
55 Financial
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation
70
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gifts and grants

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Loeb
Ms. Elizabeth H. Williams
Ms. Robyn J. Asimov
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Meisel
Mr. Kendrick R. Wilson III
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky
Mr. Sean Olstad Cleary and Ms. Margaret

Olstad Cleary
Mr. and Mrs. John Minio
Mr. Matthew Young
Mr. Robert Atwater
Mr. Donald K. Clifford, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens,

The Wildwood Foundation
Corporate and
Foundation Matching
Gifts
Ms. Patricia Azeltine
Ms. Myrna Coffino
Ms. Ashanda Balderas
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cohn
Mr. Frank M. Bamberger
Dr. Charles J. Cole and Ms. Carol R. Townsend
Mr. Isaac H. Barkey
Mrs. George R. Cole
$10,000 to $24,999
Ms. Carolina Baron
Merck & Co., Inc.
Ms. Linda Barrett
$5,000 to $9,999
Mr. David Baxter
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Ms. Marion Bell*
ExxonMobil Foundation
Ms. Laura Bemben
GE Foundation
Ms. Beverly S. Bender
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mr. Arthur F. Benoit
Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland
$2,500 to $4,999
Ms. Joan L. Benson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rockefeller
Bloomberg
Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson
IBM International Foundation
Ms. Susanna Berger
Scholastic Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
Mr. Herbert C. Bernard
Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Schulman
Pfizer Inc.
Ms. Margaret D. Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schwesinger
$1,000 to $2,499
Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio
AT&T
Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw
Jana Partners LLC
Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Peter and Susan Solomon,

Peter J. Solomon Foundation
Soros Fund Management, LLC
Mr. Ali Namvar

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath
Mr. Alexander Navab and Ms. Mary Kathryn
Norman-Navab
Nicholson & Galloway, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy OHara
E. Stanley ONeal and Nancy A. Garvey
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Palm
Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Papsun
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pfeifler
Constance G. Spahn
Western Union Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tinsley
Planned Giving
Donors (Jesup
Society)
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Trainor
Ms. Alexandra Steel

Taggart Associates Corp.
Ms. Anne Blatt

Dr. and Mrs. Donald Blaufox
Mr. Louis H. Blumengarten
Mr. Lynn A. Bohlin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Braun
Ms. Beatrice Brewster
Mr. Peter Brizard
Mr. Kenneth A. Bronston
Ms. Cherry L. Burns
Mr. Sherman B. Carll
Mr. and Mrs. John Colgrove

Ms. Danica Cordell-Reeh and Mr. Anthony P.
Roger
Dr. Susan Cropper
Dr. Virginia L. Cunningham
Mr. Anthony Delbove
Mrs. Ruth Dickler
4 Report of the
Chairman and
Mr. Christopher J. Durso
President
Mr. David A. Dorfman
Mr. Gabriel H. Ebersole
9 Science
Dr. Walter B. Elvers and Ms.

Elvers
Education
21 Lita
Mr. Richard Everett
28 Exhibition
Mr. and Mrs. Sandor Ezrovics
37 Digital Museum
Dr. Mary Ellen Fahs
40 Global Content
Dissemination
Mr. Norman Fately
The Honorable and Mrs. Norman Feiden

Mr. Dennis R. Ferguson
Stuart Fischman, Esq.
Ms. Ellen L. Fogle
43 AMNH Convenes
49 Special Events
52 Report of the
Treasurer
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Frazier

Miss Mignon Ganne
Mr. Roland Ginzel
55 Financial
Statements
Mr. Peter J. Cerasaro, Jr.
Mr. William A. Glaser and Mrs. Gilberte

58 Committees of
Vansintejan-Glaser
Anonymous (16)
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Chambers
Ms. Joyce Golden
Ms. Julie Turaj and Mr. Robert Pohly
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Abrams
Rev. Chawanda Charae
Mr. Thomas A. Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Allen
Ms. Carolyn M. Chave
Mr. and Mrs. Michael GoudketCouncils
Mr. Andrew Wallach and Ms. Dina Opici
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Altman
Ms. Anita Child
Mr. Thomas M. Griffing and Ms. Catherine King
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wallach
Dr. and Mrs. Sydney Anderson
Ms. Winifred C. Chin
Mr. Peter S. Grimes
Mr. and Mrs. David Westin
Dr. Rudolf G. Arndt
Mr. Michael J. Chusmir
Lawrence R. and Ellen K. Gross
59 Committees and
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Mr. Peter H. Gregson
the Board
71
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Mr. Myron Habib and Ms. Anamaria Bonin
Mr. Russell Lee
Mrs. Gloria K. Rand
Mr. Stanley Stangren
Ms. Jeannette Hanby and Mr. David Bygott
Ms. Jane A. Levenson
Mr. Bernard Ratner
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Starzman
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Hansmann
Sir Julian Edmond Paul Lewison and

Ms. Wendy Lewison
Ms. Mary Raymond
Ms. Caroline A. Steele and Mr. Stuart Steele
Ms. Ruth Ann Harnisch and Mr. Bill F. Harnisch
Ms. Gertrude Redmond
Mr. Alfred R. Stern
Ms. Anneliese Harstick
Mrs. George N. Lindsay
Angela Reich, Ph.D.
Ms. Jennifer Stevens
Mr. Albert Hartig
Ms. Catherine Lomuscio and Mr. Frank Lomuscio
Ms. Madeleine Richard
Mr. Mark L. Stevens
Dr. and Mrs. Karl A. Hartman, Jr.
Ms. Caroline Macomber
Mrs. Emily P. Ridgway
Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Stolbun
Mr. Roderic Harvey
Mr. John Maguire
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Mr. Edward Marcus
Ms. Joyce Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann
Mrs. Anne W. Hausner
Mr. and Mrs. Durward J. Markle
Ms. Linda Rothstein
Ms. Diann Terry
Ms. Esther L. Herbert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McColaugh
Mr. Robert F. Petrie and Ms. Valerie Thaler
Ms. Judith F. Hernstadt
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McCormick
Dr. Caroline Rubinstein and

Mr. Phillip M. Winegar
Mr. Kenneth Heuer
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. McDowell
Ms. Harriette Rubinstein
Mrs. Edwin Thorne
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Higgins
Ms. Ann S. McIntyre
Mr. Murray Sackson
Ms. Irene Toovey
Ms. Susan S. Hochenberg
Mr. Charles W. Merrels
Patricia E. Saigo, M.D.
Ms. Myrella Triana
Mr. Everett Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Messinger
Ellen Salem, Ph.D.
Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hornblow
Ms. Ann B. Metcalfe
Ms. Theda M. Salkind
Science
Mr. Craig S. Tunks and Mr.9Tom
Toynton
Ms. Anja Impola
Ms. Payne B. Middleton
Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Sanders
Dr. Gretchen Van Alstyne21 Education
Ms. Margot Jacobs
Mr. Maceo W. Mitchell and Ms. Patricia J. Wynne
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sanford, Jr.
Mr. Vance Van Dine
Dr. Irma B. Jaffe
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore
Mr. William Savino
Ms. Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz and Mr. Victor R. Ruiz
Ms. Mary Mugurdichian
Mr. Patrick Schaar and Ms. Dorothy Gold
Carroll L. Wainwright Jr. Esq.

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Ms. Marjory S. Walters
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony James
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mull
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Schiavone
Ms. Dorothy Johnsen
Ms. Janakim M. Murugesan
Ms. Christine Schiavone-McKeon
Ms. Patricia S. Joseph
Mr. Murray L. Nathan
Ms. Helene L. Kaplan
Ms. Eileen Nemeroff
Ms. Gloria Schindler
Dr. Joan A. Kedziora
Dr. Stephanie Neuman and Mr. Herbert Neuman
Mr. Edward D. Schmidt and Ms. Gillian R. Dawson
Ms. Latimer Kells
Ms. Nancy E. Newcomb
Dr. Margaret Schottstaedt
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes G. Kilian
Mrs. Gillian W. Newell
Mr. Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. and Ms. Anne S.

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McCook
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schraemli
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. King
Mr. Thomas K. OBrien, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Whipple
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Klingenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ornstein
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scott
Mr. Thomas C. Danziger and Ms. Laura B.

58 Committees of
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Mr. Alfred R. Koelle
Mr. Jonathan Orser
Mr. Igor Shtllmer
Dr. Adam S. Wilkins
Mr. Robert E. Kohn
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pantuliano
Ms. Janet Kozera
Mr. Michael Passarella
Mr. A. James Smith, Jr. and

Ms. M. Kathryn Eickhoff-Smith
Mr. Eric T. Zinn
Mr. Peihua Ku
Ms. Celia Paul and Mr. Stephen Rosen
Mr. Ronny Soderstrom
Mr. Lansing Lamont
Ms. Eileen Pentel and Mr. Don Wade
Dr. Peter M. Som and Ms. Judy S. Som
Mrs. Hulda G. Lawrence
Ms. Sally Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sommer
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PresidentTroiano
Ms. Ellen M. Rosette and Mr. Salvatore
28 Exhibition
Ms. Fanny E. Warburg
40 Global Content
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Mrs. Isobel Wayrick
43 AMNH Convenes
Mr. Marshall M. Weinberg

Judy and Josh Weston
Mr. Ronald D. Weston
49 Special Events
52 Report of the
Treasurer
Statements
the Board
and
59Ms.Committees
Mr. Lawrence B. Wohl and
Millicent Wohl
Dr. Carl B. Zuckerman
*Deceased
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants

73 Bequests
74 Credits
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schiffmann
Dr. William Thierfelder
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9 Science
21 Education
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First Look at Brain: The Inside Story
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Walkthrough World's Largest Dinosaurs
Special Exhibition
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Report of the
Chairman and
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The Butterfly Conservatory
Feeding the Frogs at AMNH
Mission Visit AMNH

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Inside the Collections: Wasps
AMNH/J. Bauerle
Inside the Collections: Paleontology and
Big Bone Room
AMNH/J. Sims
Inside the Collections: Ichthyology
AMNH/J. Sims
Debate: Is Earth Unique?
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21 Education
28 Exhibition
40 Global Content
Dissemination
Inside the Dioramas: Restoring
the Hall of
43 AMNH Convenes
North American Mammals
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AMNH Explorer for iPod

iPod
Report
ofTouch
the
52 and
Treasurer
AMNH/J. Sims
Dinosaur iPhone App

AMNH
Financial
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Statements
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AMNH: Cosmic Discoveries

iPhone
App
of Trustees
57 Board
AMNH/J. Sims
58 Committees of
the Board
2011 Urban Advantage Science
Expo at
the Museum
AMNH/J. Bauerle
59 Committees and
Councils
61 Gifts and Grants
73 Bequests
74 Credits
Teaching Program
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2011 ANNUAL REPORT

2011 Annual Report

Worth the entire trip to New York City

Follow the Museum on

4 Report of the Chairman and President

2011 Annual Report

Report of the chairman and president

2011 Annual Report

report of the chairman and president

museum-based Masters degree program to prepare K12

competitive grant program created with federal Race to the

Top funds, the Museums new Master of Arts in Teaching

Earth science program will bring the Museums

resourcesits scientists and collections, its educational

workforce development and a renewed culture of innovation

in our country. In addition, the Museum received a grant of

the New York City Department of Education and seven other

$2.925 million from the National Science Foundation to study

cultural institutions throughout the five boroughs, which seeks

the effectiveness of this new approach to teacher preparation.

to reinvent science teaching and learning in New Yorks public

specimens and artifacts and new kinds of collections such

Co-developed and co-taught by Museum scientists and

Scientists pursue research in the field and in cutting-edge

middle schools. In its seventh year, Urban Advantage has

served more than 37,800 students and 370 teachers in 150

Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics,

schools. Conceived as a program that could have a national

Biodiversity and Conservation, the Ambrose Monell Collection

for Molecular and Microbial Research, and the

Museums Richard Gilder Graduate School, the only museum-

These educational programs and all of the Museums work

based Ph.D.-granting program in the country, it helps establish

in education and exhibition are built on the Museums

The Museums scientific enterprise had an excellent year

a new role for museums in post-secondary education and in

longstanding scientific leadership, with 200 working scientists

of research advances, as detailed in the Science section of

the formal education landscape. It builds on such programs as

led by nearly 40 curators pursuing research in the physical

this report, including an active period of strategic planning

Urban Advantage, the Museums signature partnership with

sciences, the life sciences, paleontology, and anthropology.

to position the institution for continued leadership in 21st

61 Gifts and Grants

2011 Annual Report

report of the chairman and president

century science. The Richard Gilder Graduate Schools Ph.D.

Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging

program in comparative biology continued to recruit the best

highlighted state-of-the-art technologies

10th anniversary year with a full suite of programs, including

and brightest, with an exceptionally competitive 6 percent

such as scanning electron microscopes and CT scanners that

a packed-house appearance by the crew

admission rate and 67 percent yield.

are assisting scientific research and showcased the beautiful

Graduate School, the Museum throws its doors wide open to

Visitors also participated in a wide range of public programs,

the general public, and 2011 was another landmark year in

from our popular monthly SciCafe, in which visitors can meet

physical space. To commemorate the Rose Center