List of museums and colleges with mastodon fossils on display

This list of museums and colleges includes locations exhibiting mastodon fossils.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Mastodon by Heinrich Harder.

Austria
LocationCityReference
Universalmuseum JoanneumGraz[1]

Canada
LocationCityReference
Joseph Brant Museum Burlington, Ontario [2]
Royal Ontario MuseumToronto, Ontario[3]
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Halifax [4]

Germany
LocationCityReference
Hessisches Landesmuseum DarmstadtDarmstadt[5]

Italy
LocationCityReference
Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze (University of Florence)Florence[6]

Japan
Location City Reference
National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo

United Kingdom
LocationCityReference
Natural History MuseumLondon[7]

United States

Alabama
LocationCityReference
Alabama Museum of Natural HistoryTuscaloosa[8]

Arkansas
LocationCityReference
Arkansas State University MuseumJonesboro[9]

California
LocationCityReference
La Brea Tar Pits Los Angeles [10]
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles[11]
Western Science CenterHemet[12]
San Diego Natural History Museum San Diego [13]

Connecticut
LocationCityReference
Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University)New Haven[14]

Florida
LocationCityReference
Florida Museum of Natural History (University of Florida)Gainesville[15]
Museum of Florida HistoryTallahassee[16]

Idaho
Location City Reference
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Hagerman [17]

Illinois
LocationCityReference
Augustana College Rock Island [18]
Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County Libertyville [19]
Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicago[20]
Illinois State MuseumSpringfield[21]
Phillips Park (Visitor Center and Mastodon Gallery)Aurora[22]
Wheaton CollegeWheaton[23]

Indiana
LocationCityReference
The Children's Museum of IndianapolisIndianapolis[24]
Joseph Moore MuseumRichmond[25]
Indiana State MuseumIndianapolis[26]
Porter County MuseumValparaiso[27]

Maine
LocationCityReference
L.C. Bates MuseumHinckley[28]

Massachusetts
LocationCityReference
Beneski Museum of Natural History (Amherst College)Amherst[29]

Michigan
LocationCityReference
Cranbrook Institute of ScienceBloomfield Hills[30]
University of Michigan Museum of Natural HistoryAnn Arbor[31]

Missouri
Location City Reference
Mastodon State Historic Site Imperial [32]

New Jersey
LocationCityReference
Rutgers University Geology MuseumNew Brunswick[33]
Sussex County Historical Society MuseumNewton[34]

New York
LocationCityReference
American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York[35]
Bear Mountain State Park (Geology Museum)[36]
Buffalo Museum of ScienceBuffalo[37]
Cambridge High SchoolCambridge[38]
Museum of the EarthIthaca[39]
New York State MuseumAlbany[40]
Orange County Community CollegeMiddletown[41]
Rochester Museum and Science CenterRochester[42]

North Dakota
LocationCityReference
North Dakota Heritage CenterBismarck[43]

Ohio
LocationCityReference
Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryCleveland[44]
Ohio History Connection (Ohio History Center) Columbus [45]
William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum (Discover World)Canton[46]

Oregon
LocationCityReference
Tualatin Public LibraryTualatin[47]

Pennsylvania
LocationCityReference
State Museum of PennsylvaniaHarrisburg[48]

Tennessee
LocationCityReference
Tennessee State MuseumNashville[49]

Texas
Location City Reference
Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston [50]

Washington
LocationCityReference
Museum and Arts CenterSequim[51]

Washington, D.C.
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National Museum of Natural History [52]

Wisconsin
LocationCityReference
UW Madison Geology MuseumMadison[53]

References
  1. "Publications - Geology & Paleontology". Universalmuseum Joanneum. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. "Conceptual Interpretive Plan" (PDF). Burlington.ca. 16 April 2010.
  3. "Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals". Royal Ontario Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. "1834 Mastodon Femur". Nova Scotia Museum. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  5. Abrams, Michael (4 March 2015), "Hesse State Museum reopens with more art and history", Stars and Stripes, retrieved 5 May 2018, The giant mastodon skeleton still stands in the entrance to the second-floor geological and life history exhibit; the ground floor still has its large collection of zoology specimens and wildlife dioramas; and the museum’s wonderful Art Nouveau collection is still in the basement.
  6. "GEology & Paleontology". Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. Lotzof, Kerry (5 July 2017). "Missouri Leviathan: the making of an American mastodon". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  8. "University of Alabama Museums". The University of Alabama. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. "Exhibits (Crowley's Ridge Mastodon)". Arkansas State University Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  10. Picco, Michael. "Rancho La Brea Collections Search results | NHM". collections.nhm.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  11. "Age of Mammals - Exhibit Highlights". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  12. "Valley of the Mastodons". Western Science Center. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  13. "Mastodon". The Nat. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  14. "The Hall of Mammalian Evolution". Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  15. "Fossil Collection". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 15 May 2018. In Tallahassee, visitors at the Museum of Florida History can view "Herman," a mastodon skeleton recovered by FGS staff in 1930 from the depths of Wakulla Springs.
  16. Nuland, Lawson (5 November 2017), "Florida Museum holds belated National Fossil Day", The Independent Florida Alligator, retrieved 15 May 2018, Almost all the fossils on display were found in Florida. Paul Roth, a volunteer with the Florida Paleontological Society, said Florida has a variety of fossils and creatures. “(There are) mammoths and mastodons, there’s other extinct creatures like the American cheetah, there’s just, there’s a lot of fossils in Florida,” Roth said.
  17. "Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  18. Anderson, Netta C. (1905). A Preliminary List of Fossil Mastodon and Mammoth Remains in Illinois and Iowa. Augustana Book Concern, printers. augustana mastodon.
  19. "Object Talks: The American Mastodon - General Events - Events | Lake County Forest Preserves". www.lcfpd.org. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  20. "Evolving Planet - Exhibition Highlights". Field Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  21. "Mastodons". Illinois State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  22. Lord, Steve (2 March 2018), "Mastodon model approved for Aurora exhibit at Phillips Park", Aurora Beacon-News, retrieved 5 May 2018, The bones have been displayed at several museums over the years and today are showcased in the Mastodon Gallery at the Phillips Park Visitors Center.
  23. "Perry Mastodon". Wheaton College. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  24. "Mastodon". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  25. "On Exhibit - Permanent Exhibits". Earlham College. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  26. "Fred the Mastodon moves to permanent home at the Indiana State Museum". Indiana State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  27. "Prehistoric Porter County". Porter County Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  28. "Mammoth and Mastodon Teeth and Museums". Universities Space Research Association. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  29. "Exhibits and Images". Beneski Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  30. "Featured and Permanent Exhibits - Mastodons Did Not Survive". Cranbrook Institute of Science. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  31. "Mastodon Fun Facts". University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  32. drupal.symposiarch (2010-12-10). "Mastodon State Historic Site". mostateparks.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  33. "About the Banner - Mannington Mastodon". Rutgers University. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  34. "History - The Assembly Room". Sussex County Historical Society. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  35. "Warren Mastodon". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  36. "Bear Mountain State Park - In the Geology Museum". Explore Hudson Valley. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  37. "Meet our BIGGEST family members!". Buffalo Museum of Science. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  38. Associated Press (19 March 2014), "Vassar Mastodon has new home at upstate NY school", The Washington Times, retrieved 5 May 2018, Steve Butz, a science teacher at Cambridge High School, says the New York State Museum has permanently loaned parts of the Vassar Mastadon’s skeleton to his school.
  39. "Hyde Park Mastodon". Paleontological Research Institution. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  40. "Cohoes Mastodon". New York State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  41. "MASTODONS AND OTHER FOSSIL ELEPHANTS". State University of New York. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  42. "The Fairview Mastodon". Rochester Museum and Science Center. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  43. "EXHIBITS / ADAPTATION GALLERY: GEOLOGIC TIME / THE GREAT ICE AGE (2.6 MILLION YEARS AGO-12,000 YEARS AGO)". North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  44. "MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE". Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  45. "Mastodon and Mammoth Fossils - Ohio History Central". www.ohiohistorycentral.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  46. "Discover World". William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  47. "Tulatin's Mastodon". City of Tulatin, Oregon. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  48. "Life Through Time". State Museum of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  49. "First Tennesseans". Tennessee State Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  50. "Priscilla, queen of the paleo hall: Our mastodon has a story worthy of the silver screen | BEYONDbones". blog.hmns.org. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  51. "Exhibit Center". Museum and Arts Center. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  52. "American Mastodon, Paleontology Hall". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  53. Clark, Brian E. (9 March 2018), "A mastodon and a meteor older than Earth are highlights of the UW Geology Museum", Journal Sentinel, retrieved 5 May 2018, If you want to touch a hunk of roughly 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that predates Earth, view fossilized bones from two mastodons that wandered western Wisconsin during the Ice Age or learn more about the universe, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum is well worth a visit.
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