The University of Michigan’s Museum of Paleontology is celebrating 100 years with a historic look at the museum’s contributions to the field of paleontology in Michigan and around the world.
The Library of Life exhibit now on display at the UM Museum of Natural History shows specimens as old as 504 million years alongside archival and contemporary photographs, illustrations, publications and field notes, according to UM.
Matt Friedman, the director and curator of the paleontology museum, said the Library of Life exhibit tells the story of how the paleontology museum’s collection came to be, and how students and researchers have used the collection to better understand how life has changed over time…