The legendary fossil hunter, Barnum Brown

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and
cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission
to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world,
and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and
exhibition. To discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and
education—knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.

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N.Y. — A major series of “Big Changes” are coming to the Paleontological Research
Institution’s Museum of the Earth, and a twist of events means that one of the most exciting
elements of those changes will be arriving this week. “Steggy,” the Stegosaurus, who has
been gifted to the Museum of the Earth by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum
of Natural History, will be arriving at the Museum’s Dino Lab on Thursday morning—a few
months earlier than expected. There, visitors will be able to see the historically significant
sculpture, currently in three pieces, through the entire conservation process, which is
expected to last through the summer.

Museum attendances soared with every visit by the "Dinosaurs Alive!" shows and remained
fairly high afterwards, boosting the revenues (and often the survival) of almost every venue.
Dinamation was for a time quite successful, with exhibits around the world in important
museums including the National Museum of Natural History. At the end, under a cloud of
financial mystery, over 700 American-made 'creatures' were left in limbo, scattered in
science museums, trucks, and shipping containers across the United States and abroad.
Some have become permanent parts of the displays in the museums that had shows
running when the company folded. Other dinos were sold, lost, disassembled, disposed
of, or recycled as spare parts for other dinos in better shape.

NEW YORK: The largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found, nicknamed Apex, sold for a record
breaking US$44.6 million at auction in New York on Wednesday, Sotheby's said. Estimated
to be 150 million years old, Apex is said to be "among the most complete skeletons ever
found," according to the auction house. It measures 11 feet (3.3 meters) tall and 27 feet
long and counts 254 fossil bone elements of an approximate total of 319. The previous
auction record of US$31.8 million for a dinosaur skeleton was set in 2020 for a
Tyrannosaurus Rex nicknamed "Stan."

Among the best-known sauropods, Diplodocus were very large, long-necked, quadrupedal
animals, with long, whip-like tails. Their forelimbs were slightly shorter than their hind limbs,
resulting in a largely horizontal posture. The skeletal structure of these long-necked, long-
tailed animals supported by four sturdy legs have been compared with cantilever bridges. In
fact, D. carnegii is currently one of the longest dinosaurs known from a complete skeleton,
with a total length of 24–26 meters (79–85 ft). Modern mass estimates for D. carnegii have
tended to be in the 12–14.8-metric-ton (13.2–16.3-short-ton) range. Diplodocus hallorum,
known from partial remains, was even larger, and is estimated to have been the size of
four elephants. When first described in 1991, discoverer David Gillette calculated it to be
33 m (110 ft) long based on isometric scaling with D. carnegii.

The American Museum of Natural History will open its doors to a new exhibition, T. rex: The
Ultimate Predator, exploring the latest research and discoveries related to the dinosaurs
known as Tyrannousaurs as a kick-off to the Museum’s 150th Anniversary celebration. As
part of this exhibition, the Museum will introduce visitors to the entire tyrannosaur family,
and reveal the amazing story of the most iconic dinosaur in the world. The new exhibition
begins with the fact that the first T. rex skeleton was discovered in 1902 by the Museum
of Natural History’s legendary fossil hunter, Barnum Brown ~ with one of the few original
specimens of T. rex on public display in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. But first,
take a look back in time to the original findings, courtesy of The American Museum
of Natural History.

The Akeley Hall of African Mammals showcases large mammals of Africa. At the center is
a freestanding group of eight elephants, poised as if to charge, surrounded by 28 habitat
dioramas. These provide a unique glimpse of the diverse topography of Africa and its
wildlife, from the Serengeti Plain to the waters of the Upper Nile to the volcanic mountains
of what was once the Belgian Congo. As in all of the Museum’s habitat dioramas, each
scene is a re-creation based on the meticulous observations of scientists in the field
in the early 20th century and the on-site sketches and photographs of the artists who
accompanied them. They feature animals set in a specific location, cast in the
light of a particular time of day.

The American Museum of Natural History will celebrate the holiday season with its own
highly original origami tree. Produced in partnership with OrigamiUSA, the tree is on
display from mid-November through early January in the museum’s first-floor Grand
Gallery. The 13-foot-tall origami Christmas tree is decorated with more than 800 hand-
folded paper models created by local, national, and international origami artists. Each
year, the tree’s origami ornaments are created with a specific theme in mind, and in 2019,
the theme is “T. rex and Friends: History in the Making.” The models on the tree are
inspired by the museum’s special exhibit, “T. rex: The Ultimate Predator,” which celebrates
this historic beast that was discovered, named, and put on display for the first time by the
American Museum of Natural History. OrigamiUSA volunteers will also be on hand to
teach visitors how to fold and make their own origami through a series of holiday
workshops throughout the holiday season.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), author of the Declaration of Independence and the third
U.S. president, was a leading figure in America’s early development. During the American
Revolutionary War (1775-83), Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature and the
Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia. He later served as U.S. minister to
France and U.S. secretary of state and was vice president under John Adams (1735-1826).
Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican who thought the national government should have a
limited role in citizens’ lives, was elected president in 1800. During his two terms in office
(1801-1809), the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory and Lewis and Clark explored the
vast new acquisition. Although Jefferson promoted individual liberty, he also enslaved
over six hundred people throughout his life. After leaving office, he retired to his
Virginia plantation, Monticello, and helped found the University of Virginia.

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Historically, Thomas Jefferson has been dubbed a founding father, a pioneer, and a
statesman all in one—not to mention, he was one of the main authors of the Declaration of
Independence and the third President of the United States of America. So, what secrets
could the plantation home still possibly hold? The slave girl rumored to be his mistress
was a young girl named Sally Hemings. Not much was known about Sally aside from the
fact that she was Thomas Jefferson’s wife’s half-sister—until recently when scholars
began to take a deeper look into the life of this mysterious woman. Upon digging into the
character of this unknown lady it became clear that she did seem to have some sort
of favoritism within the Jefferson household. It was discovered that she never worked
a day of hard labor outside but was instead always given tasks inside the main estate.

According to Sally’s suggested lineage, her father, John Wayles, also happened to be the
father of Thomas Jefferson’s wife Martha Wayles Jefferson. This means that Sally and
Martha were in reality half-sisters! When Martha moved to her husband’s residence at
the Monticello Plantation, she took Elizabeth and her children along as they were part of
her inheritance. Sally was just three years old at that time and she practically grew up
at the plantation in servitude. As a young teen, Sally ended up becoming a companion
to Martha’s younger daughter Mary. However, this was not the only role she would
play in the Jefferson family, apart from some odd jobs for the president.

During the month of August, in 1786, an American painter named John Trumbull introduced
Thomas Jefferson (by this point a widower of four years) to a gorgeous woman named
Maria Cosway. The twenty-seven-year-old Maria was a graceful and artistic woman, with
an Italian accent and voluminous golden-blonde hair. She was in no way single—Maria was
married to the successful painter, Richard Cosway—but she was known for her teasing and
flirtatious ways. Apparently struck with love at first sight, Thomas Jefferson immediately
became entirely and thoroughly smitten. For around six weeks, Thomas Jefferson sidelined
his diplomatic obligations in order to tour France with Maria Cosway. Together, they sought
out the most impressive feats of architecture and viewed the most moving pieces of
artwork. In addition, they, of course, strolled through multiple beautiful parks and gardens.

When Jefferson did write, he complimented Maria on one of her engravings, then enjoying
wide circulation in Paris, and asked her to work up something distinctive for him to use on
his calling cards. What was it to be? “Cupid leading the lion by a thread? or Minerva clipping
his wings?” Jefferson thought that it did not really matter, as long as it was in Maria’s hand.
Maria was now satisfied that Jefferson had not forgotten her. She was pleased with his
compliments about the engraving, happy that Trumbull had provided the picture, and
delighted over the idea of making an etching for Jefferson’s calling cards. However, a dark
cloud had appeared on her horizon. Jefferson, close to eighty and frequently ill, did
not reply until late the following year.

Astonishingly, only one vote from a very young Tennessee state representative handed
Thomas Jefferson the presidency of the United States in the 1800 Election. The 25-year-
old who cast that ballot was William C. C. Claiborne, who as a direct result of his vote that
spring of 1801 was appointed governor of the Territory of Mississippi a few months later
by a grateful Jefferson. Incumbent President John Adams had lost the popular vote
dramatically to candidates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, which threw the final
decision into the Electoral College. But the Electoral College gave Jefferson and Burr an
equal number of votes, so the House of Representatives had to decide which of them should
be president, the choice to be made by ballot, and each state would have but one vote.

Aaron Burr (1756-1836) and Thomas Jefferson met in 1791, when Burr became a member
of the United States Senate. A decade later, Jefferson candidly wrote that “there never had
been an intimacy” between himself and Burr, “and but little association.” By then, however,
the course of history had permanently entwined their names. Born in Newark, New Jersey,
Burr was the son of a Presbyterian minister and grandson of Jonathan Edwards, colonial
America’s premiere theologian. Both father and grandfather served as president of the
College of New Jersey at Princeton. Burr himself would graduate from that institution and
would study theology before turning to law. In the eighteenth century, the leaders of
society were men with Burr’s lineage, education, and manners.

On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress entrusted a committee of five delegates
(Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and Roger
Sherman) with composing the Declaration of Independence. The committee chose thirty-
three year old Thomas Jefferson to draft what he called an expression of “the American
mind.” Though he “turned to neither book or pamphlet,” Jefferson relied on his knowledge
of philosophy as well as the sentiments of the Virginia Constitution, the Declaration of
Rights and Richard Henry Lee’s resolution proposed to Congress on June 7. Jefferson
later recalled, “I drew it; but before I reported it to the committee I communicated it
separately to Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams requesting their corrections.” The revised copy
was submitted to Congress on June 28, 1776.