2011 ANNUAL REPORT ➜

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To view this lizard's osteoderms, the bony plates located in the animal's skin, Edward Stanley, a doctoral candidate at the Richard Gilder Graduate School, uses the Museum's state-of-the-art CT scanner.

contents Jump to education 4 Report of the Chairman and President 49 Special Events 9 Science 52 Report of the Treasurer Division of Anthropology 10 | Division of Invertebrate Zoology 11 | Division of Paleontology 12 55 Financial Statements Division of Physical Sciences 13 | Division of Vertebrate Zoology 13 | Rose Center for Earth and Space 15 | Richard Gilder Graduate School 15 | Center for Biodiversity and Conservation 15 57 Board of Trustees Southwestern Research Station 17 | Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics 17 | Office of the Conservator of Natural Science Collections 18 | Office of the Registrar 19 | Library 58 Committees of the Board of Trustees Services 19 | Microscopy and Imaging Facility 19 Jump to 59 Committees of the Museum, Project Committees, 21 Education and Advisory Councils exhibition 28 Exhibition 61 Gifts and Grants 37 Digital Museum 73 Bequests 40 Global Content Dissemination 74 Design, Photography, and Video Credits 43 AMNH Convenes

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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 The American Museum of Natural History achieved a number of historic milestones in fiscal year 2011. 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of the Board Report of the chairman and president59 Committees and Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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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 country’s first freestanding museum-based Master’s degree program to prepare K–12 4 Report of the Chairman and science teachers. Funded with $2.625 million from the President New York State Education Department, awarded through a 9 Science competitive grant program created with federal Race to the 21 Education Top funds, the Museum’s new Master of Arts in Teaching 28 Exhibition (MAT) Earth science program will bring the Museum’s 37 Digital Museum resources—its scientists and collections, its educational expertise, and its magnificent galleries—to bear on the critical 40 Global Content Dissemination 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. 43 AMNH Convenes workforce development and a renewed culture of innovation 49 Special Events in our country. In addition, the Museum received a grant of the New York City Department of Education and seven other Scientists pursue research in the field and in cutting-edge 52 Report of the $2.925 million from the National Science Foundation to study cultural institutions throughout the five boroughs, which seeks laboratories onsite, working with collections of 32 million Treasurer the effectiveness of this new approach to teacher preparation. to reinvent science teaching and learning in New York’s public specimens and artifacts and new kinds of collections such 55 Financial middle schools. In its seventh year, Urban Advantage has as frozen tissues. The Museum’s science centersStatements include the Co-developed and co-taught by Museum scientists and served more than 37,800 students and 370 teachers in 150 Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, the Center for educators in partnership with selected high-needs schools in 57 Board of Trustees schools. Conceived as a program that could have a national Biodiversity and Conservation, the Ambrose Monell Collection New York City and the surrounding area, the MAT program will 58 Committees of impact, Urban Advantage has also been launched in Denver. for Molecular and Microbial Research, and thethe Board Lewis B. and welcome its first class of students in 2012. Together with the Dorothy Cullman Program in Molecular Systematics59 Committees studies. and These educational programs and all of the Museum’s work Museum’s Richard Gilder Graduate School, the only museum- Councils based Ph.D.-granting program in the country, it helps establish in education and exhibition are built on the Museum’s The Museum’s scientific enterprise had an excellent year 61 Gifts and Grants 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 73 Bequests 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 74 Credits Urban Advantage, the Museum’s signature partnership with sciences, the life sciences, paleontology, and anthropology. to position the institution for continued leadership in 21st

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes The major exhibition The World’s Largest Dinosaurs included a variety of media and interactive exhibits, including a dig pit featuring sauropod femurs, ribs, and skulls, to engage and educate.49 Special Events 52 Report of the century science. The Richard Gilder Graduate School’s Ph.D. Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging years. The Rose Center for Earth and SpaceTreasurer celebrated its program in comparative biology continued to recruit the best Technologies 10th anniversary year with a full suite of programs, including highlighted state-of-the-art technologies 55 Financial and brightest, with an exceptionally competitive 6 percent such as scanning electron microscopes and CT scanners that a packed-house appearance by the crewStatements of the Space admission rate and 67 percent yield. are assisting scientific research and showcased the beautiful Shuttle Atlantis , the last mission57 inBoard NASA’s of Trustees Space images produced. Shuttle program. While only a select few are admitted to the Richard Gilder 58 Committees of the Board Graduate School, the Museum throws its doors wide open to Visitors also participated in a wide range of public programs, The Museum also has been busy refreshing and restoring its 59 Committees and 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 CenterCouncils anniversary, attendance. People of all ages came to enjoy such major and chat with scientists, to the annual Margaret Mead Film the exhibits and technology were 61fullyGifts refreshed and Grants and exhibitions as Brain: The Inside Story and The World’s Largest updated. And a massive restoration of the Central Park West Festival; and from the perennially popular Kwanzaa celebration 73 Bequests 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 74 Credits 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 people’s 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 Museum’s growth and accomplishments this year, and we are first and foremost grateful to the Board of Trustees, which acts as the4 compassReport thatof the guides this institution, while also lending extraordinaryChairman financial andsupport. President We thank all of our donors and Members, who steadfastly bolster 9 Science the Museum’s vision and work. We thank all of our partners in 21 Education the public sector at the City, State, and Federal levels, who help ensure that the Museum is not 28only Exhibitiona safe, effective, and engaging place, but also that we 37can Digitalcontinue Museum to serve a changing world in new ways. And we40 thankGlobal the Content Museum’s Dissemination consummate scientists and staff, the lifeblood of the institution, 43 AMNH Convenes who lend their talents and hard work, day in and day out. 49 Special Events But most especially, we are grateful to52 you,Report our visitors of the from near and far, for your enthusiasm and involvement.Treasurer We know Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education Dennis M. Walcott spoke at the 2011 Urban Advantage Science Expo. you have many demands on your time55 andFinancial resources, and this work on the Museum’s east side, the adjacent Hall of learn about and marvel at nature. While our global audience we thank you for continuing to trust us withStatements your curiosity North American Mammals, with its iconic habitat dioramas— increasingly can experience the Museum’s exhibitions and and questions and with your family’s time57 Boardand learning. of Trustees We considered by many to be the finest in the world—is undergoing Space Shows in venues around the world, download the fervently hope you will remain engaged 58with Committeesus as we continue of the Board an important and comprehensive restoration. Museum’s richly detailed digital apps, dive more deeply on this never-ending journey of discovery. into exhibits or scientific research on the website, or keep 59 Committees and Created in the first half of the 20th century, these dioramas Councils in touch with the Museum on our YouTube Channel or can be thought of as the “virtual reality” of their time, bringing 61 Gifts and Grants through a variety of social media outlets, the Museum remains to urban dwellers a profound and authentic encounter with 73 Bequests an irreplaceable physical destination, a tangible center of Lewis W. Bernard Ellen V. Futter nature. Today, of course, we have many more opportunities to 74 inspiration from which its resources now radiate widely. Chairman President Credits

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Visiting the Museum on a trip from Castleblayney, Ireland, father and son take a close look at some of the specimens in the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth.   8 2011 Annual Report

4 Report of the Chairman and President Museum researchers 9 Science conducted fieldwork in more than 21 Education Countries 28 Exhibition TK 37 Digital Museum in fiscal year 2011. 40 Global Content Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes 49 Special Events 52 Report of the Treasurer

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. 55 Financial Statements 57 Board of Trustees Home to more than 200 scientists who work across the broad disciplines58 Committees of SCIENCE the Board of anthropology, biology, paleontology, Earth and planetary sciences,59 andCommittees and astrophysics, as well as to one of the world's most extraordinary collectionsCouncils 61 Gifts and Grants of specimens and artifacts, the Museum is a leading research institution73 Bequests with world-class facilities—and, through its Richard Gilder Graduate School,74 Credits it is the only U.S. museum to award the Ph.D. degree.   9 2011 Annual Report science

In fiscal year 2011, the Museum’s 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 year’s 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 Museum’s substantial ethnographic collection of more than 1,700 Zuni artifacts to an innovative digital catalog by and for the Zuni people. The catalog will include information about Zuni objects from disparate digital 4 Report of the Chairman and collections around the world and offers the opportunity to offer President alternative interpretations and to correct discrepancies in many 9 Science of the artifact descriptions. The project was funded by the 21 Education National Park Service through a generous grant. 28 Exhibition Assistant Curator Alex de Voogt continued his research 37 Digital Museum on Nubia as a source of data on the history and migration of 40 Global Content games, writing, and language practices. His research on the Dissemination distribution of mancala-like games expanded to address stone 43 AMNH Convenes games carved during antiquity and shortly thereafter. 49 Special Events 52 Report of the Division Chair and Curator Laurel Kendall spent time in Treasurer South Korea exploring the circumstances that lead shamans to 55 Financial release shrine paintings to dealers and collectors, continuing Statements her research on sacred objects and contemporary markets. 57 Board of Trustees The Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology awarded her 58 Committees of book Shamans, Nostalgias, and the IMF: South Korean the Board Popular Religion in Motion the first Yim Suk Jay Prize for its 59 Committees and contribution to Korean cultural anthropology. Councils 61 Gifts and Grants Curator Charles S. Spencer devoted most of the year to 73 Bequests the field research project he co-directs in the Oaxaca Valley, 74 Credits Mexico. Among the discoveries was a Zapotec temple that

Top: The Museum's collections include more than 1,700 Zuni artifacts.  10 Bottom: The Zuni delegation reviewed artifacts with Museum staff.  2011 Annual Report science

radiocarbon analysis dated to 300–100 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 “Crow- Omaha” kinship structures, conducting systematic analysis of the ethnographic record in the study’s growing global database. He also initiated work on the Endangered Language Program, 4 Report of the a project funded by the National ScienceChairman Foundation, and in collaboration with the University of Arizona andPresident the Hopi Tribe. 9 Science DIVISION OF INVERTEB21RATEEducation ZOOLOGY 28 Exhibition

Curator James Carpenter focused on phylogenetic37 Digital relationshipsMuseum among species within the Vespinae—yellowjackets40 Global and Content hornets— Dissemination combining morphological, behavioral, and molecular analysis. 43 AMNH Convenes Explore the Museum’s wasp collection49 inSpecial this videoEvents with Dr. Carpenter. 52 Report of the Treasurer Curator Rob DeSalle completed the sequencing of the 55 Financial complete genome of the bacterium AggregatibacterStatements aphrophilus. In addition, he curated the exhibition Brain: The Inside Story. 57 Board of Trustees (For more information about his research, please see page 18.) 58 Committees of the Board Curator David Grimaldi continued work on amber fossilized 59 Committees and insects, which included new material from rich amber deposits Councils located in Gujarat, India. In addition, he launched fieldwork 61 Gifts and Grants exploring for outcrops of amber from the Hell Creek Formation 73 Bequests in South Dakota. Dr. Grimaldi’s research was supported by 74 Credits Museum Trustee Robert G. Goelet.

Curator David Grimaldi displays a newly acquired collection of Baltic amber, which contains rare species of 42 million-year-old insects.   11 2011 Annual Report science

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 Museum’s collections. 4 Report of the (For more information about his work, please see page 18.) This complete new fossil from a study by Curator Jin Meng includes the long-sought transitional middle ear between reptilesChairman and mammals. and President Assistant Curator Estefanía Rodríguez organized an Curator Mark Siddall published several papers on leech Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Fish John Maisey continued his 9 Science 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 21 Education 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 28 Exhibition importance to the development of drugs to treat human diseases. work on these animals. His fieldwork in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Curator Jerome Rozen continued his work on bees in addition 37 Digital Museum (For more information about his work, please see page 18.) Texas added important specimens to the collections. to teaching the Bee Course, a workshop at the Southwestern 40 Global Content Research Station that trains biologists on the taxonomy and Division Chair and Curator Ward Wheeler collaborated Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Mammals JinDissemination Meng published biology of bees. Dr. Rozen and colleagues also received a grant with Curator James Carpenter to publish work on the several papers, including an important 43studyAMNH that Convenes appeared from the National Science Foundation to make available online systematics of Hymenoptera—bees, ants, and wasps—and with in Nature, “Transitional mammalian middle49 Special ear from Events a new data from the Museum and nine other major bee collections in Curator Peter Whiteley from the Division of Anthropology on Cretaceous Jehol eutriconodont,” about52 Reportthe discovery of the in the United States. the visualization of the evolution of kinship systems. (For more China of a complete new fossil that containsTreasurer the long-sought information about Dr. Wheeler’s work, please see page 18. transitional middle ear between reptiles55 andFinancial mammals. He George T. Willett Curator Randall T. Schuh co-authored Statements pursued an active field and research program that took him two revisionary works on Australian Miridae, including one that DIVISION OF PALEONTOLOGY around the globe. 57 Board of Trustees documents a transantarctic distributional pattern including Explore the Museum’s fossil collection in this video. 58 Committees of Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America, the Dean of the Richard Gilder Graduatethe BoardSchool and first such pattern documented for the Miridae. In collaboration Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Invertebrates Neil Landman Frick Curator John Flynn led three59 expeditions:Committees toand the with colleagues at six other institutions, Dr. Schuh submitted completed long-term projects, including a large monograph Amazon basin; to Madagascar, which resultedCouncils in the discovery a successful proposal to the National Science Foundation on North American scaphites. He also made important data of an extremely large amphibian skull;61 andGifts to and the Grants Chilean program for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections collections along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, most of which Andes to seek new fossil mammal sites.73 HisBequests published work (ADBC) that will fund the capture of data from more than 1.4 applied to his study of the terminal phase of the Mesozoic and included a paper describing the Chilecebus74 ,Credits the earliest South million insect and more than 2 million plant specimens. the effects of the K–T impact on marine communities. American primate.

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Provost of Science Michael Novacek continued his work as NASA in 1999; predicted formation environments of minerals a principal investigator on the National Science Foundation- found in comets and meteorites; and clarified the chronology supported Mammal Tree of Life project. Together with Curator of the earliest solar system solids. Mark Norell and their team, Dr. Novacek led fieldwork in Curator George Harlow and collaborators continued their Mongolia’s western Gobi Desert. jade research, which included expeditions to Taiwan and Division Chair and Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Amphibians, Guatemala. They also sponsored the first-ever session at an Reptiles, and Birds Mark Norell led research that generated international scientific meeting focused on the geology and several new dinosaur descriptions and the publication of a origin of jadeitite deposits. collaborative review article on tyrannosaurs in Science. He Curator Edmond Mathez and colleagues continued their conducted field projects in China and Mongolia. In addition, Dr. fieldwork and geochemical studies of South Africa’s Bushveld Norell curated the exhibition The World’s Largest Dinosaurs. Complex, an enormous fossil magma body and its complex DIVISION OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES set of roof rocks. Their data showed how the magma body differentiated during cooling and the associated lavas formed. 4 Report of the ASTROPHYSICS Chairman and Curator James Webster gained important new insights into President Division Chair and Curator Mordecai-Mark Mac Low volcanic degassing behavior by dissolving chemically complex 9 Science studied the formation of the most massive stars and the mixtures of water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur consequences of their subsequent ionizing radiation and 21 Education dioxide in silicate melts at high temperature and pressure in terminal supernova explosions. Using supercomputers, he 28 Exhibition the experimental petrology laboratory. carried out numerical simulations, which he compared to 37 Digital Museum observations of individual massive star-forming regions and 40 Global Content DIVISION OF VERTEBRATE Dissemination galactic interstellar gas. ZOOLOGY 43 AMNH Convenes Associate Curator Ben Oppenheimer and his group developed Herpetology 49 Special Events and implemented new types of astronomical cameras to Curator-in-Charge Darrel Frost and his students increased 52 Report of the study exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. efforts to resolve squamate (lizard and snake) relationships. Treasurer He also upgraded his Palomar Observatory instrument to He also maintained and enlarged the online catalog Amphibian 55 Financial have 100 times greater sensitivity. Statements Species of the World, as well as catalogs of pleurodont iguanian Curator Michael Shara was granted seven orbits of Director’s lizard families. 57 Board of Trustees Discretionary time—a category of observing time on the 58 Committees of Associate Curator and Associate Dean of Science for the Board Hubble Space Telescope—to image the recurrent nova T Education and Exhibition Christopher Raxworthy conducted Pyxidis’s first eruption in 46 years. This eruption made the 59 Committees and fieldwork with a joint, multidisciplinary expedition in the Makay Councils nova 100,000 times brighter than the Sun and illuminated Massif, southwest Madagascar, collecting amphibians and 61 Gifts and Grants material ejected in previous eruptions. reptiles, including at least two newly discovered species. He also 73 Bequests EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES curated the live-animal exhibition Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. 74 Credits Curator Denton Ebel and his team imaged comet dust tracks returned by the Stardust, a robotic space probe launched by Using a CT scanner, Curator John Maisey can observe how  13 calcified tissue builds up to form the braincase of a modern shark.  2011 Annual Report science

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 American Mammals. 4 Report of the Chairman and Curator Robert Voss published monographs onPresident the phylogenetic systematics of fat-tailed mouse opossums9 Science and on primate diversity and ethnobiology in Amazonian21 Peru.Education With National Science Foundation support he directed28 Exhibitionthe re-housing of the Museum’s marsupial collection. Voss37 Digitalalso served Museum as a supervising curator of the project to renovate40 Global the Hall Content of North American Mammals. Dissemination Associate Curator Christopher Raxworthy conducted fieldwork in southwest Madagascar, where he collected amphibians and reptiles. 43 AMNH Convenes O rNITHOLOgy ICHTHYOLOGY Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research Curator Melanie 49 Special Events Explore the museum’s ornithology collection in this video. Curator-in-charge and Associate Dean of Science for Stiassny continued expeditionary work in the Democratic 52 Report of the Collections Scott Schaefer continued his research on Republic of Congo, where her team discovered numerous new Associate Curator George Barrowclough continuedTreasurer his study Andean fishes, publishing several papers on diverse subjects fish species. They documented unexpectedly high levels of of temperate zone birds, which revealed55 thatFinancial populations of Statements in molecular phylogeography, predictive distribution modeling, genetic structuring between fish populations, possibly a result Barred Owls on both sides of the Appalachian Mountains 57 Board of Trustees and systematic biology. Dr. Schaefer’s review of Andean fish of the hydrological conditions in this part of the Congo River. were isolated during the Pleistocene glaciations but are 58 Committees of diversity and distribution was published within a multi-authored Explore the Museum’s ichthyology collection in this video now in contact throughout much of their range. (For more the Board volume on the biogeography of Neotropical fishes. with Dr. Stiassny. information about his work, please see page 18.) 59 Committees and Councils Associate Curator John Sparks described a number of Mammalogy Division Chair and Curator-in-Charge Joel Cracraft continued new species of fishes this year and continued his studies of Curator-in-Charge Nancy Simmons continued her studies genetic research to build a Tree of Life61 for Giftsthe highlyand Grants diverse the evolution of bioluminescence in ponyfishes. He on the systematics and evolutionary history of bats and songbirds. In addition, he analyzed the73 biogeographicBequests history undertook expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, edited a large volume, Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, of vertebrates on the ancient supercontinent74 Credits Gondwana in and Madagascar. Molecules, and Morphology, for Cambridge University

  14 2011 Annual Report science collaboration with Associate Curator John Sparks and RICHARD GILDER several postdoctoral students. (For more information about Dr. GRADUATE SCHOOL Cracraft’s work, please see page 18.) The Richard Gilder Graduate School, the first museum-based ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH program authorized to grant the Ph.D. in the U.S., continued AND SPACE to build on its successes in fiscal year 2011, led by Dean John Flynn. The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center 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 school’s 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 4 Report of the of New York (CUNY) as part of collaborative Ph.D. programs, Chairman and H PaYDEN lanetarium enrolled to work with Richard Gilder Graduate School faculty President The Office of the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden for fall 2011. 9 Science Planetarium operates out of the Department of Astrophysics in 21 Education the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The Hayden Planetarium’s During the 2010–2011 academic year, most of the students 28 Exhibition mission is to bring the frontier of astrophysics to the enrolled in the program conducted fieldwork in locations 37 Digital Museum public through exhibits, books, public programs, and ranging from Mongolia to the Caribbean islands, as well as on RGGS student Dawn Roje, who studies flatfish, draws on the Museum’s vast ichthyology collections. 40 Global Content online resources. shipboard expeditions in the open ocean. Dissemination

On October 10, as part of the Rose Center for Earth and Students of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and partner CENTER FOR BIODIVER43SIAMNHTY Convenes Space 10th anniversary celebrations, Director of the Hayden universities garnered a number of honors in addition to producing AND CONSERVATION 49 Special Events Planetarium Neil DeGrasse Tyson moderated a special several scientific research publications in fiscal year 2011. Of 52 Report of the The Center for Biodiversity and ConservationTreasurer (CBC) continued Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, “Is Earth Unique?” For five eligible students, two were granted Graduate Research to help address critical threats to global biological and cultural more on this event, see page 44. Fellowships, and three received honorable mentions. Four 55 Financial diversity in marine, freshwater, and terrestrialStatements environments. Richard Gilder Graduate School students won highly competitive On March 7, Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil 57 Board of Trustees Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants. CBC Director Eleanor J. Sterling and her team gathered DeGrasse Tyson moderated the 2011 Isaac Asimov 58 Committees of additional data on endangered and threatenedthe Board sea turtles in Memorial Debate on the topic “The Theory of Everything... Students also participated in public education and outreach, the biodiversity-rich waters of Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Still Searching.” For more on this event, please see page 46. which included teaching in collaboration with the Museum’s 59 Committees and Refuge. In the Bahamas, Senior ConservationCouncils Scientist Dan Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) and the Director Tyson continued to serve on the National Research Brumbaugh trained Bahamas National61 TrustGifts staff and and Grants others Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Council’s Decadal Survey Committee of the National Academy in monitoring and survey methods to determine73 Bequests the impact of of Sciences to prioritize astrophysics projects and funding in human activities across a wide range of 74aquaticCredits sites. Director the coming decade. of Pacific Programs Christopher Filardi and Program

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 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 recover28 afterExhibition a disturbance. 37 Digital Museum Manager Brian Weeks continued their work in the Solomon science and participatory monitoring among other approaches Government Relations Dan Slippen to meet with Director 40 Global Content Islands and coastal British Columbia. that offer significant opportunities for conservation efforts. of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability DisseminationDavid Bragdon to offer recommendations for strengthening43 AMNH the biodiversityConvenes Data generated by Associate Director Felicity Arengo and Biodiversity Informatics Facility Directors Ned Horning component of PlaNYC 2030, the City’s49 sustainabilitySpecial Events plan. her colleagues in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile led to the and Richard Pearson, with Software Developer Peter 52 Report of the addition of the Andean flamingo to the short list of foreign Ersts, continued to support the CBC’s applied conservation In March 2011, the CBC welcomed members of the Heiltsuk initiatives through research, training, outreach, and software Treasurer species protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. First Nation’s community from coastal Canada to the Museum. development. Ongoing projects included modeling vegetation 55 Financial The week-long visit strengthened collaborationStatements between CBC The staff of the Network of Conservation Educators and responses to climate change in the Arctic. staff and the Qqs Projects Society, the Heiltsuk nonprofit 57 Board of Trustees Practitioners (NCEP)—headed by Project Director Ana Luz organization that supports youth, culture, and the environment In November 2010, the CBC hosted the successful Student 58 Committees of Porzecanski—conducted workshops and training courses with Conference on Conservation Science-New York (SCCS– within the community’s territory. the Board university and NGO partners, protected-area managers, and NY), which welcomed hundreds of graduate students, recent Publications from CBC staff in fiscal 59yearCommittees 2011 included and Dr. others in Madagascar, Peru, Fiji, Tanzania, and Mongolia. post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals. (For Councils Pearson’s book Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate more information about this event, see page 45.) 61 Gifts and Grants Outreach Program Manager Meg Domroese led a collaborative Change on Biodiversity, as well as posts for The New York 73 Bequests workshop, funded by the National Science Foundation, on public The CBC’s local conservation efforts led Metropolitan Program Times’ “Scientist at Work” blog by Drs. Sterling and Filardi, 74 Credits participation in scientific research, which encompasses citizen Manager Elizabeth Johnson and Museum Senior Director of

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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 Museum’s 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 SWRS’s capacity by 30 percent. 4 Report of the SWRS expanded its educational activities Chairmanwith new and courses and workshops, including “Herpetology of thePresident Southwest” and “Desert Entomology,” to be offered in fiscal9 Science year 2012. SWRS continued to work actively with state and21 federalEducation agencies to reintroduce the endangered Chiricahua28 leopardExhibition frog back into the area. 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content SACKLER INSTITUTE FORDissemination COMPARATIVE GENOMICS43 AMNH Convenes

The Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics49 Special continued Events to pursue two key areas of investigation:52 conservationReport of thegenetics Treasurer and microbial genomics. 55 Financial Nearly 75 scientists, in addition to studentsStatements and support staff, applied leading-edge techniques from57 molecularBoard of Trusteesevolution and genomics to elucidate the patterns58 andCommittees processes ofof the the Board diversity of life on the planet, assemble a Tree of Life, and identify and ameliorate genetic threats to59 endangeredCommittees species; and Councils to develop and support conservation strategies for retaining 61 Gifts and Grants genetic diversity; and to map evolutionary relationships 73 Bequests among organisms to understand the patterns of emerging 74 Credits infectious diseases.

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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 Institute’s first next-generation sequencing platform. transcriptomes of leeches in a comparative phylogenetic context. A Roche 454 GS Junior was installed, allowing Museum Associate Curator Susan Perkins continued to apply genomics scientists and students to carry out genome-level DNA technology to understanding the evolution of malarial parasites. She sequencing on site and significantly expanding the Museum’s published eight papers in fiscal year 2011 and initiated an important capacity to conduct genomics research. collaboration to conduct whole malarial genome comparisons. Curators from several scientific divisions participated in Sackler Associate Curator and Associate Dean of Science for Institute research projects in fiscal year 2011. 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 Associate Curator Lorenzo Prendini’s project aimed at bacteria. In addition to numerous publications, he received two sampling as many of the 165 scorpion genera as possible to 4 Report of the major grants from the National Science Foundation. test the monophyly of genera and the relationships among them. Dr. Perkins and Dr. Siddall use genomic technologyChairman to study and the symbiotic relationship between leeches and bacteria.President Curator Ward Wheeler continued to make important contributions Curator-in-Charge Joel Cracraft and Associate Curator 9 Science to the Museum’s computational biology program. Of particular note George Barrowclough made strides in their research Studies are able to conduct groundbreakingEducation research on the was his presentation “Next Generation Sequencing: Transformative 21 conducted under the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program in complex interrelationships of life forms. Technology for Biodiversity Science” on whole genome phylogenetics 28 Exhibition Molecular Systematics Studies, which focuses on creating the with POY (a phylogenetic analysis program) presented at the 37 Digital Museum largest Tree of Life known for birds. With collaborators, they O FficE F THE CONSERVATOR OF American Museum of Natural History/Smithsonian conference in 40 Global Content have so far obtained sequences for more than 1,000 genera. NATURAL SCIENCE COLLEDisseminationCTIONS Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2011. The National Science Foundation provided additional support 43 AMNH Convenes The Office of the Conservator of Natural Science Collections Sackler Institute Director George Amato continued his for the project. oversees conservation efforts across the49 fiveSpecial scientific Events divisions, research in conservation genetics of endangered species and A mbrOSE Monell Collection for including preventive conservation, collections52 monitoring,Report of the disaster co-organized the “Next Generation Sequencing: Transformative Treasurer Molecular and Microbial Research planning and preparedness, risk management, and training for Technology for Biodiversity Science” conference, which was 55 Financial collection management staff, registrars, exhibition staff, and funded by a U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research The Ambrose Monell Collection for Molecular and Microbial Statements conservation interns. In fiscal year 2011, the office received Projects Agency (DARPA) grant to the Museum. He also received Research stores frozen tissue specimens to support a broad 57 Board of Trustees two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services: significant renewed support from the Panthera Corporation, range of comparative genetic and genomic research initiatives. 58 Committees of one from Museums for America program theto Boardconduct a risk Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Richard Lounsbery Foundation. In fiscal year 2011, its holdings increased by 24 percent to assessment of the collections of the Museum Library; and more than 71,000 tissue samples. 59 Committees and Curator Mark Siddall published a paper on the richness of the second, from the Conservation Project CouncilsSupport program, bioactive polypeptides associated with sanguivory (blood- With the generous support of the Lewis B. and Dorothy to conserve the Museum’s amber collection.61 Gifts The and office Grants also feeding). A second publication focused on understanding Cullman Foundation, Museum scientists working in the Lewis oversaw the conservation and documentation73 Bequests of specimens as evolution and function in leech history. In fiscal year 2011, B. and Dorothy Cullman Program in Molecular Systematics part of the Hall of North American Mammals74 restorationCredits project.

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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,4 Report a laser of thescanning confocal microscope, specimen preparationChairman instrumentation, and President and a digital image processing suite. 9 Science The MIF serves all five of the Museum’s21 scienceEducation divisions. More than 200 research staff, students, and 28visitingExhibition scientists used the facility’s resources in fiscal year 2011. Three-dimensional 37 Digital Museum imaging of extant primates and small mammals, of fossils from 40 Global Content the Vertebrate and Invertebrate Zoology collections,Dissemination and comet Close-up images of insects, such as the side view of the abdomen of an oriental hornet above, help Curator James Carpenter identify species. samples returned to Earth in 2006 from43 AMNHthe Comet Convenes Wild2 OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR LIBRARY SERVICES Stars mission were among the MIF’s major49 Specialscientific Events projects during this fiscal year. 52 Report of the In fiscal year 2011, the Office of the Registrar assisted with Led by Harold Boeschenstein Director of Library Services Treasurer Many of the images showcased in the exhibition Picturing Science: the installation of two major temporary exhibitions, Brain: The Thomas Baione, in fiscal year 2011the Library received 55 Financial Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies were Inside Story and The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, as well as a number of grants to support its ongoing efforts to digitize, Statements produced using advanced imaging technologies at the MIF. with temporary loans highlighted in the Hall of African Peoples, catalog, and preserve its collections. 57 Board of Trustees the Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, and the Morgan Memorial Hall 58 Committees of of Gems. As a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library, the the Board Library received its third award to fund the digitization of an 59 Committees and The traveling exhibitions registrars oversaw all aspects of loans additional 350,000 pages of published biodiversity literature. Councils from the permanent collections and from outside lenders to 11 61 Gifts and Grants traveling exhibitions, including Water: H2O = Life, Race to In partnership with the Museum’s Conservator for Collections, 73 Bequests the End of the Earth, Traveling the Silk Road, and Climate the Library received support from the Institute of Museum 74 Credits 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

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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

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 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of the Board 59 Committees and Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

Coming from the Heilbrunn Cosmic Pathway in the Rose Center for Earth and Space, visitors stop by the model of the Moon.   20 2011 Annual Report

4 Report of the Chairman and The Museum President is the 9 Science Firs 21 Education to offert 28 Exhibition

a freestanding 37 Digital Museum Master of Arts program for 40 Global Content science teachers. Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes 49 Special Events 52 Report of the Treasurer 55 Financial Statements 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. 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of The Museum is redefining how science is taught in the 21st the Board EDUCATION 59 Committees and century by supporting exemplary science education, offering Councils 61 Gifts and Grants unparalelled resources to educators, and encouraging a love 73 Bequests of science and culture for learners of all ages. 74 Credits

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Fiscal year 2011 marked significant milestones, including the Museum’s 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 4 Report of the Chairman and Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program as part of a President specialized initiative to help ameliorate the critical shortage 9 Science of qualified science teachers in New York State, particularly 21 Education in high-needs schools. The Museum’s MAT program—the first such program for science teachers to be offered outside a 28 Exhibition college or university—speaks to its growing role in education 37 Digital Museum and, specifically, in helping to address the national crisis in 40 Global Content student achievement in science. Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes The 15-month MAT program at the Museum will offer 49 Special Events coursework in teaching Earth science in grades 7 through 52 Report of the 12, an area of particularly high need in New York State. The More than Treasurer proposal for the curriculum was developed in collaboration 55 Financial with a team of curators from the Museum’s Division of 1,000 Statements Physical Sciences. The curriculum’s chief innovation is teachers nationwide57 Board of Trustees now take the its focus on high-level, on-site and online coursework at 58 Committees of the Museum led by Museum researchers and educators. Museum’s online professionalthe Board The MAT program will build on the work of the Museum’s development59 Committees and Richard Gilder Graduate School. It will also draw on the courses.Councils Museum’s wealth of scientific resources and its long 61 Gifts and Grants history of teacher preparation and development in such 73 Bequests programs as the Urban Advantage Middle School Science 74 Credits Initiative and Seminars on Science to model and test new approaches that can be replicated across the state and nationally. Teachers tour facilities in the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics.   22 2011 Annual Report education

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 Aquarium—to 4 Report of the create a model science education program thatChairman connects and New York City public middle-school teachers andPresident students with the excitement of scientific discovery and learning.9 Science The program has served more than 150 schools, 37021 teachers,Education and 37,800 students in all five boroughs, or fully a third28 Exhibitionof all New York City middle schools. 37 Digital Museum In fiscal year 2011, that innovative model40 wentGlobal national. Content Urban Dissemination Advantage Denver launched with a three-year, $3 million grant 43 AMNH Convenes from the National Science Foundation, the first of a growing national 49 Special Events Museum President Ellen V. Futter spoke to students at the 2011 Urban Advantage Science Expo, which was held at the Museum on June 12. network of cities undertaking middle school science education improvement by implementing the Urban52 AdvantageReport of program. the Treasurer The Museum will conduct the program in partnership with feature unique to this program, two summer “residencies” Over the past two years, with funding55 fromFinancial the Institute for five schools—Murry Bergtraum High School for Business during which candidates will work directly with Museum Museum and Library Services, educators Statementsfrom science-rich Careers in Manhattan; the Queens Vocational and Technical scientists to gain practical research experience as well as cultural institutions and school districts57 in NewBoard York, of Trustees Boston, High School in Queens; the Thomas C. Giordano Middle with Museum educators teaching in out-of-school youth Denver, and Miami have participated in leadership58 Committees development of science programs. the Board School in the Bronx; and Roosevelt High School and Gorton aligned to the Urban Advantage model. The program provided High School in Yonkers—with diverse student populations Upon completion of the program, candidates will receive a its participants with new content and approaches59 Committees to professional and Councils that include English Language Learners and students with Master of Arts in Teaching degree from the New York State development for their middle-school science teachers. 61 Gifts and Grants special needs. Degree candidates will participate in an Board of Regents. They will also be offered a two-year 73 Bequests 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 74 Credits

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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 Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE). The award, 4 Report of the Chairman and sponsored by the journal Science, recognizes outstanding, President free online educational materials that enrich science learning; 9 Science it is the first to be awarded to a natural history museum. The 21 Education RFL catalog—a collection of activities, articles, evidence, and 28 Exhibition analysis for educators, families, students, and other learners— 37 Digital Museum includes content developed for the Museum’s permanent halls 40 Global Content and temporary exhibitions, as well as content from two of the Dissemination Museum’s flagship online programs, Science Bulletins and 43 AMNH Convenes OLogy. Organized by subject areas that include anthropology, 49 Special Events astronomy, biology, Earth science, and paleontology, the RFL 52 Report of the catalog includes more than 1,200 resources. Treasurer ST UDENT-DIRECTED DIGITAL LEARNING 55 Financial Statements In fiscal year 2011, the Museum’s Adventures in Science 57 Board of Trustees series—which offers students opportunities to explore a range 58 Committees of of topics and receive hands-on experience with scientists and the Board the scientific process—introduced a one-week Virtual Worlds 59 Committees and camp in which students used innovative technology to learn Councils about taxonomy, field work, extinction events, and the meaning 61 Gifts and Grants and application of fossil evidence. 73 Bequests

In the Virtual Worlds camp, students learn about paleozoology and 74 Credits use software to model animals (right) from the Cretaceous period.

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CULTIVATING LIFELONG LEARNING THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

The Museum’s 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. GO L BAL WEEKENDS: BRAIN AND THE TIBETAN CREATIVE MIND

In January 2011, the Museum welcomed a group of Tibetan 4 Report of the Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling MonasteryChairman for and a week- long residency that included a series of programsPresident and classes on Tibetan arts, science, and culture in9 conjunctionScience with the major exhibition Brain: The Inside Story21 . EducationThe week began with a traditional opening ceremony 28 knownExhibition as Sa-chong, which included chants, music, and mantras,37 Digital to Museumprepare an area for the creation of a sand mandala40 in theGlobal Hall Content of Birds of the World. Dissemination 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. 43 AMNH Convenes In addition, the monks conducted several public meditation 49 Special Events 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 52 Report of the with Science House—a 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. This week of special events also coincided with the Museum’s people, educators, and philanthropists that supports innovative educational goals in science, technology, engineering, and 55 Financial approaches to science education—was developed in consultation mathematics. The camp is also uniquely engaging. As one opening of Body and Spirit: Tibetan MedicalStatements Paintings, an with Museum scientists and educators. The middle-school student noted, “The most important thing I learned was about exhibition in the Audubon Gallery that57 featuredBoard of64 Trustees Tibetan 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, from58 aCommittees special set of in the generation, high-fidelity virtual world software platform, Blue lifestyles. Using virtual worlds as a platform allows you to be Museum’s collection. the Board Mars, to simulate animated ancient sea animals and plant interactive and makes for a fun learning environment.” 59 Committees and Global Weekends programs continued Councilsthroughout the life from the Cretaceous period. As part of the experience, The success of the Virtual World camp led to the development winter and spring with performances, artifacts,61 Gifts andcraft-making, Grants students learned about paleozoology and how to model and of a two-week Virtual Worlds Institute, which was held in lectures, and take-home literature that highlighted African- animate sea animals digitally in the virtual world. 73 Bequests American history, the diverse peoples and cultures of the early fiscal year 2012. 74 Credits The curriculum for Virtual Worlds was developed to match the Oceania region, and Latin American arts in a special program global education shift toward using competition, challenges,   25 2011 Annual Report education

4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 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. 28 Exhibition held in the Hall of Mexico and Central America and the Hall of paleoanthropological research, and culminated in a sold-out In fall 2010, the Museum announced37 theDigital Margaret Museum Mead South American Peoples. conversation between Dr. Johanson and Dr. Richard Leakey Filmmaker Award, a juried recognition40 Globalawarded Content to one that was moderated by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical premiere film of the Mead Festival that embodiesDissemination the spirit, MetLife is the presenting sponsor of the Museum’s cultural correspondent for CNN, in the LeFrak Theater. The event, energy, and innovation that is the legacy43 AMNHof anthropologist Convenes public programming. during which Dr. Johanson and Dr. Leakey discussed the Margaret Mead. The inaugural award 49recognizedSpecial filmmakersEvents H UMAN EVOLUTION AND importance of teaching evolution, the origins of humanity, and Nick Francis and Marc Francis for their52 Reportfilm When of the China Treasurer WHY IT MATTERS areas for future research, drew more than 900 people and was Met Africa, a multi-layered look at Chinese economic stakes streamed live to viewers on amnh.org. in Africa that offered insights into the55 newFinancial global economy In May 2011, the Museum hosted world-renowned Statements paleoanthropologists Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson while documenting the personal impact on African and MAR GARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL 57 Board of Trustees for two days of events to discuss the evidence for evolution in Chinese workers. The Museum’s Margaret Mead Film Festival presents 58 Committees of the hominid fossil record and why understanding evolutionary the Board outstanding documentary films to the public. Founded to S UPPORTING THE “SCIENCE GENERATION” history is so important. honor Margaret Mead’s 50th year at the Museum, “the Mead,” The Young Naturalist Awards is a nationwide,59 Committees research-based and Councils 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 61 Gifts and Grants 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 73 Bequests 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 74 Credits of human origins in Africa, discussed the importance of discussion of the human condition is what I enjoy here the most.” winners of the 2010 Young Naturalist Awards was New York City’s

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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 Museum’s 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 4 Report of the questions from daily life, with topics such as “Neuroscience Chairman and and Child Development” and “The Aging Brain:President An Owner’s Manual.” The classes attracted a new9 audienceScience of adult students interested in using the Museum’s21 Education resources to expand their personal knowledge of timely28 scientificExhibition topics. Many of the seminars took place in the37 Museum’sDigital Museum Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative40 Global Genomics Content and Dissemination Students in the Museum's Lang Science Program find a valuable network of support in the Science Generation alumni association. Human Origins in the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins. These courses benefited43 AMNH from Convenes resources Henry Lim, a student in the Museum’s Lang Science Program. as well as graduate students or those pursuing careers in the provided for the lab in conjunction49 withSpecial the Eventsexhibition Students in the Lang Science Program enroll as 6th-graders and sciences, now regularly attend the alumni events, volunteer Brain: The Inside Story through the52 generosityReport of the of the commit to a rigorous, progressive course of study through high for other Museum activities, and host current students at Treasurer Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. New teaching tools were school. Upon completion, they are awarded scholarship funds their colleges and at career fairs, creating a valuable network 55 Financial provided under the umbrella of the Sackler Brain Bench, a toward college. of support. Statements new initiative that offers ongoing programs and resources for 57 Board of Trustees The Museum established its first Science Generation alumni The Museum’s Youth Initiatives are generously supported by adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary 58 Committees of association in 2010–2011, inviting young people who have the leadership contribution of New York Life Foundation. workings of the human brain. the Board participated in the Lang Science Program, after-school AD ULT EDUCATION: GETTING TO 59 Committees and courses, Adventures in Science camps, and science research Councils internships such as the Science Research Mentorship Program KNOW YOUR BRAIN 61 Gifts and Grants (SRMP) and Research Experiences for Undergraduates In fiscal year 2011, the Museum launched a new adult 73 Bequests (REU) program to gather and share how their experiences education series with three courses led by Museum scientists 74 Credits at the Museum have supported their academic and career and developed in conjunction with the major exhibition growth. More than 200 young people, mostly undergraduates Brain: The Inside Story. The classes delved deeply into   27 2011 Annual Report

4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 28 Exhibition Visit37 theDigital Museum exhibition40 siteGlobal atContent amnh.Dissemination org/exhibitions/43 AMNH Convenes brain49 Special. Events 52 Report of the Treasurer 55 Financial Statements The major exhibition Brain: The Inside Story included high-tech images, video projections, and dynamic interactive exhibits, including a neuron gesture table that illustrated a synapse in action. 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of The Museum’s exhibitions are a powerful means of fulfilling the Board exhibition 59 Committees and its mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate knowledge Councils about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests for millions of visitors each year. 74 Credits

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The challenge—and accomplishment—of the Museum’s 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.

Major Temporary Exhibitions B RAIN: THE INSIDE STORY 4 Report of the Combining imaginative art, high-tech images, and dynamic Chairman and interactive exhibits, Brain: The Inside Story offered visitors President a new perspective into their own brains during the exhibition’s 9 Science run from November 20, 2010, through August 14, 2011. 21 Education

Entering the gallery, visitors walked through a “tunnel” of 28 Exhibition firing neurons, an installation created by Spanish artist 37 Digital Museum Daniel Canogar to represent the brain’s connectivity and its 40 Global Content Dissemination electrical impulses. Subsequent sections explored how the brain processes senses and emotions, produces thoughts and 43 AMNH Convenes language, and develops throughout a lifetime. The exhibition 49 Special Events also presented new treatments that may be used to restore or 52 Report of the Treasurer improve brain function. 55 Financial A series of interactive experiences illustrated how the senses Statements help humans process the world. An installation by New York 57 Board of Trustees artist Devorah Sperber forced visitors to reinterpret pieces 58 Committees of of a visual puzzle to recognize a familiar painting, and a the Board waterfall illusion underscored how the senses can mislead. 59 Committees and Councils Other highlights included a 6-foot-tall homunculus with 61 Gifts and Grants enlarged hands and facial features, representing the brain’s 73 Bequests management of the sense of touch. 74 Credits

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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 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. Treasurer

Exploring the brain’s processing of emotion, visitors viewed The centerpiece of the exhibition—a room lined with illuminated The plasticity of the brain over a lifetime55 wasFinancial underscored in a Statements 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 57 Board of Trustees images) of brains processing fear, rage, disgust, joy, sadness, sculpture of the subcortical brain 35 times larger than life—gave of copper and silver filaments that illustrated the dramatic rate 58 Committees of and surprise and corresponding facial expressions. To illustrate visitors insight into the process of thinking itself. Linked to other of neuron development in utero. Examplesthe Boardof the brain’s the evolving brain, a series of models and a build-a-brain parts of the exhibit, the sculpture reinforced the importance of amazing ability to rewire itself were presented59 Committees alongside gamesand interactive exhibit compared human brain parts to those found connective brain wiring that enables such complex functions that have been found to help maintain mentalCouncils acuity. in lizards and mammals. An interactive kiosk invited visitors as language, memory, and decision-making. Interactive exhibits 61 Gifts and Grants The exhibition also presented several emerging treatments to investigate how neurotransmitters relay messages, and and games illustrated the complexity of language acquisition 73 Bequests and technologies, including electrical stimulations to treat trigger impulses by setting up a familiar scenario of wanting a and highlighted the role of the executive, or reasoning, part 74 Credits Parkinson’s disease or depression and implants that enable forbidden sweet. of the brain.

  30 2011 Annual Report Exhibition 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 people—a United Nations translator, a classical musician, a rock star, and a basketball player—visitors 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 Museum’s 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.

This exhibition was organized by the American Museum 4 Report of the of Natural History in collaboration with Codice. Idee per Chairman and President la Cultura, Torino, Italy, and in association with Comune di 9 Science Milano–Assessorato Cultura, Italy; the Guangdong Science 21 Education Center, Guangzhou, China; and Parque de las Ciencias, Granada, Spain. 28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum Generous support for Brain: The Inside Story was provided 40 Global Content by The Eileen P. Bernard Exhibition Fund, Virginia Hearst Dissemination Randt and Dana Randt, and Mary and David Solomon. 43 AMNH Convenes Additional support for Brain: The Inside Story and related 49 Special Events educational programming was provided by Roche. 52 Report of the The exhibition featured a life-sized model of a female Mamenchisaurus, a sauropod known for its 30-foot-long neck. THE WORLD’S LARGEST DINOSAURS Treasurer 55 Financial 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 Statements 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 57 Board of Trustees set the stage for an exploration of the enormous scale of 630 quarts of blood through the dinosaur’s body, compared with At its center, the exhibition featured a life-size model of an 58 Committees of sauropods in this exhibition, which ran from April 16, 2011, 6.5 quarts pumped by human hearts, and a life-sized replica of the 18-year-old female Mamenchisaurus, a sauropod known the Board through January 2, 2012. highly efficient breathing system that allowed a Mamenchisaurus for its 30-foot-long neck. Textured skin on one side of the 59 Committees and to inhale about 174 pints of air in one breath.Councils Focusing on the biology of these long-necked, long-tailed model gave visitors a sense of the animal’s appearance, 61 Gifts and Grants herbivores—some of which grew to be 150 feet or longer, while the other side offered a view of this giant’s internal Another section of the exhibition considered how such large 73 Bequests the length of four standard city buses—The World’s Largest organs. A video projected on its midsection showed how animals could possibly eat enough food to survive and examined Dinosaurs drew on cutting-edge paleobiological research the Mamenchisaurus’s respiratory, circulatory, and digestive how sauropods developed into efficient74 eatingCredits machines with

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content Dissemination 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 World’s Largest Dinosaurs. 43 AMNH Convenes 49 Special Events “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 52 Report of the ability to ingest by swallowing vegetation whole without chewing. elephant, and human. ages to find. Treasurer A 5-foot cube filled with foliage, representing approximately Financial Fossilized skin impressions and sauropod tracks, which have The World’s Largest Dinosaurs was curated55 by Mark Norell, 1,000 pounds, illustrated the amount of food a Mamenchisaurus Statements been found on nearly every continent, have provided important curator and chair of the Division of Paleontology, and guest co- would have had to consume every day. 57 Board of Trustees information about these dinosaurs. The exhibition featured curated by P. Martin Sander of the University of Bonn, Germany. 58 Committees of The sauropods’ brain size and the biomechanics and adaptive an osteoderm, or bony skin growth, of a titanosaur and a This exhibition was organized by the Americanthe Museum Board of advantages of these dinosaurs’ surprisingly light-weight necks zoetrope-like interactive display that allowed visitors to observe Natural History in collaboration with Coolture59 CommitteesMarketing, and Councils were explored in sections that highlighted how fossil evidence how sauropods might have traveled in small groups. Bogota, Colombia. 61 Gifts and Grants and the study of living animals offer clues about the biology An interactive dig pit inspired by Howe Quarry in Wyoming, an The World’s Largest Dinosaurs was proudly supported by 73 Bequests of extinct organisms. To provide perspective on the biological excavation site where Museum paleontologists unearthed more Bank of America. Additional support was generously provided 74 Credits 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 Natasha Levine.

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OTHER EXHIBITIONS

On Feathered Wings (June 15, 2008–May 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, 2009–May 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 4 Report of the IMAX Gallery was made possible through the generosity of Chairman and President the Arthur Ross Foundation. 9 Science The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in 21 Education Winter! (October 16, 2010–May 30, 2011) celebrated its 28 Exhibition 13th successful year at the Museum. The presenting sponsor 37 Digital Museum of the 2010 exhibition was ConEdison. 40 Global Content Dissemination The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond (October 28, 2010– Frogs: A Chorus of Colors featured more than 200 live frogs, including species such as the tomato frog. January 2, 2011) was exhibited for the first time in New York 43 AMNH Convenes 49 Special Events City in the Museum’s Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems. Mined Gallery 77. Featuring more than 200 live frogs, this exhibit curatorial associate in the Department of Herpetology; in India, this extraordinary 31.06-carat blue gem has had a highlighted frog evolution, biology, and the threats frogs face in and Jack Conrad, post-doctoral fellow52 Reportin the of theDivision Treasurer long history of royal owners, including the Wittelsbachs of the world’s changing environments. This exhibition was curated of Paleontology. 55 Financial the House of Bavaria. Based on its distinctive composition— by Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator in the Department Body and Spirit: Tibetan Medical PaintingsStatements (January 25, specifically, the absence of nitrogen and the presence of of Herpetology. 2011–July 17, 2011) featured 64 Tibetan57 Boardmedical of Trusteespaintings, boron, which gives the gem its distinctive color—it is classified Lizards and Snakes: Alive! (March 6, 2010–September also known as tangkas, in the Audubon58 CommitteesGallery. Selected of as a Type IIb diamond, a type believed to make up less than 6, 2010) showcased more than 60 live lizards and snakes from a special set in the Museum’s collection,the Boardthese tangkas, one in 10,000 of all diamonds found in nature. This exhibition or squamates, Latin for “scaled,” in Gallery 77. With 27 or traditional scroll paintings, are believed59 toCommittees be among andonly a was curated by George Harlow, curator in the Department of Councils species from around the globe represented, the exhibition handful in existence that illustrate Tibetan medical knowledge 61 Gifts and Grants Earth and Planetary Sciences. It was made possible by Graff highlighted remarkable adaptations, including these creatures’ and procedures, providing a unique and rich history of Diamonds and Laurence Graff. modes of locomotion, projectile tongues, camouflage, and medicine in that region. The detailed73 images,Bequests painted in Frogs: A Chorus of Colors (May 28, 2011–January 8, deadly venom. This exhibition was curated by Darrel Frost, vegetable and mineral dyes on canvas,74 wereCredits reproduced by 2012) returned to the Museum for its fourth installation in curator in the Department of Herpetology; David Kizirian,

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Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies included 20 sets of spectacular images that highlighted the wide range of research topics under investigation at the Museum.21 Education 28 Exhibition hand in the 1990s by Romio Shrestha, a Nepalese tangka images, which reveal intricate details of natural phenomena This exhibition was curated by Mark 37Siddall,Digital curator Museum in the artist, and his students. The originals, whose fate is unknown, and cultural artifacts, highlighted the wide range of research Division of Invertebrate Zoology, and made possible through the 40 Global Content were commissioned by the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and topics under investigation at the Museum—from parasitic geneorosity of the Arthur Ross Foundation. Dissemination created between 1687 and 1703. This exhibition was curated wasps to planets in other solar systems—and the cutting- 43 AMNH Convenes PERMANENT HALLS by Laila Williamson of the Museum’s Division of Anthropology edge imaging technologies, such as scanning electron 49 Special Events with host curator Laurel Kendall, curator and chair of the microscopes, infrared photography, and CT scanners used by The Museum began the restoration,52 reinterpretation,Report of the and Division of Anthropology. Museum scientists. conservation of the historic dioramas in theTreasurer Hall of North Financial American Mammals for the reopening55 of the hall in the Fall The Museum is deeply grateful to Emily H. Fisher and John The exhibition featured the work of 27 Museum researchers, Statements Alexander, whose vision and generosity supported the of 2012. The dioramas, which had been on continuous display students, and staff from the Divisions of Anthropology, 57 Board of Trustees acquisition and conservation of this collection of Tibetan for 70 years, had been opened periodically for minor touch-ups Invertebrate Zoology, Physical Sciences, Vertebrate Zoology, 58 Committees of and cleaning, but the project involved examining and treating Medical Paintings. A very generous gift from the Estate of and Paleontology, as well as from the Richard Gilder Graduate the Board about 100 specimens in 40 dioramas to restore their vivid and Marian O. Naumburg made this exhibition possible. School. Images featured in the exhibition were produced with 59 Committees and powerful realism. As part of the restoration, Councilsexhibit lighting was Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging a range of optical tools and equipment, much of it housed in replaced to bring it in line with a citywide61 greeningGifts and initiative. Grants Technologies (June 25, 2011–June 2013) featured more the Museum’s Microscopy and Imaging Facility (MIF). Other 73 Bequests than 20 sets of striking large-format images produced by methods used to produce images in this exhibition included The Museum also began the restoration of the first-floor Credits advanced imaging technologies that are used by scientists ultraviolet fluorescence imaging; simple clearning and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall exhibitions74 for reopening in at the Museum in the course of research. These spectacular staining; and remote sensing. Fall 2012.

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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 Museum artist Stephen C. Quinn was part of the team that worked on the restoration of historic dioramas in the Hall of North American Mammals during fiscal year 2011. 52 Report of the Treasurer AS WARD RACE TO THE END OF THE EARTH EXTREME MAMMALS: THE 55BIGFinancialGEST, SMALLEST, AND MOST AMAZINStatementsG B RAIN: THE INSIDE STORY • Graphic Design USA In-House Design Award 2011 MAMMALS OF ALL TIME 57 Board of Trustees • 2011 Communicator Awards: • Event Design magazine, Gold Award of Excellence: Intro Theater • HOW’s In-House Design Awards Merit58 winner,Committees of Silver Honors for Best Museum Environment 2011 one of 80 selected from 1,200 entries the Board • 2011 Communicator Awards: • Graphic Design USA Inhouse Design Award 2011 59 Committees and Gold Award of Excellence: Inside View Councils • 2011 Communicator Awards, • 2011 Communicator Awards: 61 Gifts and Grants Silver Award of Excellence; Welcome To The Brain Silver Award of Excellence: Life On The Ice 73 Bequests • 2011 Communicator Awards, • 2011 Communicator Awards: 74 Credits Silver Award of Excellence; Brain Lounge Silver Award of Excellence: Entry Soundscape

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The #AMNHTweetup is dino-mite! —Brendan682 via Twitter

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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 World’s Largest Dinosaurs.   36 2011 Annual Report

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At the Museum's Tweetup on March 3, participants enjoyed special access to the Fossil Halls, Exhibition Design Studio, and collections areas and tweeted about their behind-the-scenes experiences.52 Report of the Treasurer 55 Financial Statements 57 Board of Trustees The Museum uses digital media to connect with the public58 Committees of Digital in new ways and across a variety of channels, expanding the Board 59 Committees and museum the reach of its collections and scientific resources to a Councils growing audience both online and onsite. 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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In fiscal year 2011, in addition to extending its 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, a free mobile app for iPhone and iPod touch designed as an enhanced navigation tool for indoor use. The app, developed 4 Report of the Chairman and with support from Bloomberg LP, was the first to offer real- President time location awareness indoors and used the Museum’s new 9 Science public wireless network to pinpoint a user’s location and offer 21 Education turn-by-turn directions through more than 500,000 square feet 28 Exhibition of public space encompassing exhibition halls, restrooms, 37 Digital Museum cafes, and shops. 40 Global Content In addition to serving as a navigation tool, AMNH Explorer Dissemination provides visitors with information about more than 140 43 AMNH Convenes specimens and artifacts on display at the Museum. The app 49 Special Events also features customized tours and social media links that 52 Report of the Treasurer allow visitors to post to Facebook and Twitter. 55 Financial Visitors can download AMNH Explorer to their own devices, or Statements borrow one of more than 350 iPods the Museum makes 57 Board of Trustees available at no charge. During the summer of 2010, a group of 58 Committees of 25 New York City high school students were trained to serve the Board as the App Support Team and to assist Museum visitors with 59 Committees and Councils this new technology. 61 Gifts and Grants The new wireless network established for AMNH Explorer was 73 Bequests a significant capital improvement that transformed the Museum 74 Credits

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content The Museum's suite of mobile applications includes Cosmic Discoveries, an app for iPhone and iPod touch released as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Rose Center for EarthDissemination and Space. 43 AMNH Convenes into a large WiFi hot spot. Approximately 300 wireless access Goigr w n Suite of Museum As part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary49 Special of Events the Rose points distributed throughout the Museum provide the Mobile Applications Center for Earth and Space, the Museum52 Reportreleased of theCosmic network’s connectivity to Explorer and act as sensors to Discoveries, a new app for iPhone andTreasurer iPod touch and determine visitors’ location. The Museum’s mobile applications significantly expand the reach the first to collect nearly 1,000 astronomical55 Financial images. The Statements of the its extensive scientific resources, collections, and exhibitions app included images culled from the Museum’s archives and In addition to garnering media attention in The New York to a growing global and digital audience. In fiscal year 2011, Space Bulletins, as well as from dozens57 ofBoard space of Trusteesagencies Times, Wired, and Gizmodo, the Explorer app received two the Museum’s apps were downloaded nearly 900,000 times. and observatories around the world 58and Committeesinformation ofabout Webby award nominations in the categories of “Best Use of the Board famous discoveries, the history of human study of space, and GPS or Location Technology” and “Experimental and The highly successful Dinosaurs: American Museum of 59 Committees and current advances in astrophysics. CosmicCouncils Discoveries was Innovation” and received the bronze award from the media and Natural History Collections app, which was released in downloaded more than 400,000 times in fiscal year 2011, technology committee of the American Association of fiscal year 2010 for iPhone and iPod touch, was followed up in 61 Gifts and Grants and was nominated for a Webby award in the “Education and Museums. In their commentary, the judges noted that the fiscal year 2011 with a version exclusively for the iPad. The 73 Bequests Reference” category. “impressive turn-by-turn navigation represents an enormous new version included nearly 1,000 images from the Museum’s 74 Credits leap forward for geoawareness inside museum building[s].” archive, formatted to fit the iPad’s larger screen.

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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 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. 52 Report of the Treasurer 55 Financial The Museum extends the reach of its scientific Statements 57 Board of Trustees GLOBAL and educational work to a global audience through58 Committees of its exhibitions, Space Shows, the Digital Universethe Board 59 Committees and CONTENT Atlas, and Science Bulletins. In fiscal 2011, this Councils content reached visitors in science centers, museums,61 Gifts and Grants DISSEMINATION 73 Bequests planetariums, and other venues across the U.S.74 andCredits in more than 20 countries.

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SPACE SHOWS

SHOWS IN CITIES ACROSS COUNTRIES Origin 1 show per location 2 shows 3+ shows TOTAL 6 36 15 40 VENUES

• Cosmic In the U.S. Abroad: Collisions Boston, MA STOCKHOLM VANTAA • Passport to Chadds Ford, PA MOSCOW the Universe HAMBURG Chicago, IL PARIS • SonicVision VAULX-EN-VELIN Cleveland, OH TOULOUSE GWANGJU TOKYO • The Search ATHENS OSAKA For Life: Denver, CO NEW YORK CITY NANJING Are We Alone? SHANGHAI Fairbanks, AK • Journey to HONG KONG Grand Rapids, MI MACAO 4 Report of the MEXICO CITY the Stars MANILA Chairman and Grantville, PA • Field Trip President to the Moon Houston, TX KUALA LUMPUR 9 Science Killeen, TX 21 Education Oakland, CA 28 Exhibition Portland, OR 37 Digital Museum San Francisco, CA 40BRISBANEGlobal Content Washington, D.C. PERTH Dissemination Worcester, MA MELBOURNE43 AMNH Convenes 49 Special Events 52 Report of the EXHIBITIONS Treasurer 55 Financial EXHIBITIONS COUNTRIES Statements 15 (DIAMOND INDICATES NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THE EXHIBITION WAS SHOWN WORLDWIDE) 7 22 TOTAL VENUES 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of DINOSAURS: ANCIENT THE HORSE GOLD CANADA ArtScience Museum • Boston Museum of Science • California Academy FOSSILS, NEW DISCOVERIES of Sciences • Canadian Museum of Civilization • Canadianthe MuseumBoard of LIZARDS & SNAKES: COLOMBIA EINSTEIN RACE TO THE END Nature • Claustro de La Enseñanza • Cleveland Natural59 CommitteesHistory Museum and • ALIVE! OF THE EARTH ITALY Dallas Museum of Nature and Science • Fernbank NaturalCouncils History Museum • THE ENDURANCE: EXTREME MAMMALS MYTHIC CREATURES Field Museum • Maritime Museum Liverpool • National Geographic Society • SHACKLETON’S SINGAPORE National Museum of Natural Science • Ontario Science61 Gifts Center and • Oregon Grants LEGENDARY TRAVELING THE Museum of Science and Industry • Palazzo Bladeschi • Palazzo Bonacquisti • WATER: H2O=LIFE I ANTARCTIC TAIWAN 73 Bequests SILK ROAD EXPEDITION Palazzo Del Consoli • Royal Ontario Museum • San Diego Museum of Natural UNITED KINGDOM History • St. Louis Science Center • TELUS World of74 Science—CalgaryCredits CLIMATE CHANGE I WATER: H2O=LIFE II USA DARWIN CLIMATE CHANGE II   41 ai file 2 2011 Annual Report Global Content Dissemination FY 2010

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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 Report of the President Barack Obama hosted a reception for the United Nations General Assembly Opening at the Museum on September 23, 2010. 52 Treasurer 55 Financial Statements As part of its mission, the Museum welcomes experts, amnh 57 Board of Trustees policymakers, students, and the public at large each year,58 Committees of the Board CONVENES encouraging them to connect and to engage in dialogue59 Committees and about some of the most compelling issues of the day. Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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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, 2010—10.10.10— 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 4 Report of the 10th Anniversary Isaac Asimov Memorial ChairmanDebate: “Isand Earth Unique?” Hayden Planetarium DirectorPresident Neil deGrasse Tyson moderated the panel, which included9 Science Fred Adams from the University of Michigan, Don Brownlee21 fromEducation the University of Washington and principal investigator28 forExhibition NASA’s Stardust Mission, Paul G. Falkowski from the Institute37 Digital of MuseumMarine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University,40 ChrisGlobal McKay Content from NASA Ames Research Center, and Minik DisseminationT. Rosin from the Natural History Museum at the University43 of AMNHCopenhagen. Convenes 49 Special Events 52 Report of the Treasurer 55 Financial Statements 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of the Board 59 Committees and Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

During the day, visitors stopped by to meet NASA astronaut Michael Massimino and Hayden Planeterium Director Neil deGrasse Tyson.   44 2011 Annual Report AMNH CONVENES

4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science The Museum's series of Tweetups in fiscal year 2011 included a preview of The World's Largest Dinosaurs on March 3. 21 Education THE MUSEUM WELCOMES MUSEUM HOSTS TWEETUP28 ExhibitionS THE NEXT GENERATION OF January 4, 2011, and March 3, 2011 37 Digital Museum CONSERVATION SCIENTISTS 40 Global Content The Museum embraced the popular social-mediaDissemination platform Twitter November 3–5, 2010 to host its first-ever Tweetup on January43 AMNH 4, showcasing Convenes the More than 400 graduate students, recent post-doctoral fellows, exhibition Brain: The Inside Story and encouraging49 Special participants Events to and early-career professionals from 34 countries and 27 states tweet about experiences that included behind-the-scenes52 Report of the tours. within the United States participated in the Student Conference Treasurer The evening began with welcoming remarks by Curator Rob on Conservation Science-New York (SCCS-NY) hosted by 55 Financial DeSalle and a tour of the exhibition, follwed by collections tours the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. The Statements led by Christine Johnson, a curatorial associate in the Division of conference provided a unique opportunity for researchers at the 57 Board of Trustees Invertebrate Zoology, and researcher Ronald Clouse. outset of their careers to present their work before established 58 Committees of the Board leaders in science, policy, and management. A second Tweetup on March 3 offered a preview of the 59 Committees and exhibition The World’s Largest Dinosaurs,Councils with tours of the paleontology collections led by Collections Manager Carl 61 Gifts and Grants Mehling, a visit to the Exhibition Department’s design studio 73 Bequests with Senior Vice President for Exhibition David Harvey, and a 74 Credits conversation with Curator Mark Norell.

The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation hosted the Student Conference on Conservation Science at the Museum in November 2010.   45 2011 Annual Report AMNH CONVENES

THE 2011 ANNUAL ISAAC ASIMOV MEMORIAL DEBATE March 7, 2011

The annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate—“The Theory of Everything…Still 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 4 Report of the others doubt that such a theory is valid. Chairman and President Moderated by Hayden Planetarium Director Neil deGrasse 9 Science Tyson (far left), the debate featured a compelling discussion 21 Education with six of the world’s leading voices on the subject: 28 Exhibition Dr. Lee Smolin, theoretical physicist at Perimeter Institute for 37 Digital Museum Theoretical Physics; Dr. Katherine Freese, professor of physics 40 Global Content at the University of Michigan; Dr. Brian Greene, professor Dissemination of physics and mathematics at Columbia University (on 43 AMNH Convenes screen); Dr. Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy 49 Special Events at Barnard College; and Dr. Jim Gates, professor of physics 52 Report of the at the University of Maryland-College Park; and Dr. Marcello Treasurer Gleiser, professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth 55 Financial College (not pictured). Statements 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of the Board 59 Committees and Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes Dr. Sanjay Gupta moderated the discussion between renowned paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard Leakey, who delivered an extraordinary presentation about the hominid fossil record. 49 Special Events 52 Report of the HUMAN EVOLUTION AND WHY IT MATTERS: A CONVERSATION WITH LEAKEY AND JOHANSON Treasurer May 5, 2011 55 Financial Statements Renowned paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard has spanned more than 40 years, have shaped contemporary importance of science education and the teaching of human 57 Board of Trustees 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 58 Committees of Theater to discuss the overwhelming evidence for evolution at the Museum, they discussed topics that ranged from the educational sessions at the Museum led theby BoardJohanson and in the hominid fossil record in front of a sold-out crowd. search for the last common ancestor of the chimpanzee and paleontologist Louise Leakey, daughter of Richard and Meave 59 Committees and Moderated by CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay human lineages to an understanding of the way early modern Leakey, on May 4, 2011. A group of 125 highCouncils school students Gupta, the event was streamed live online for additional Homo sapiens developed symbolic thinking and language. and more than 250 teachers from the61 NewGifts York and CityGrants area viewers and was later made available on the Museum website attended the sessions. The historic event was made possible through a joint partnership 73 Bequests and YouTube channel . of the Museum, the Arizona State University Institute of Human 74 Credits Recognized for such landmark discoveries as Johanson’s “Lucy” Origins, and the Turkana Basin Institute, headquartered at Stony and Leakey’s “Turkana Boy,” these two scientists, whose work Brook University, in Stony Brook, New York. To promote the   47 2011 Annual Report AMNH CONVENES

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 The seventh annual Urban Advantage Science Expo featured student science projects by middle school students from all five boroughs of New York City. 55 Financial Statements URBAN ADVANTAGE 2011 The 2011 Science Expo marked the conclusion of Zoo, the New York Aquarium, the New York Botanical Garden, 57 Board of Trustees SCIENCE EXPO the seventh year of the Urban Advantage Middle School the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Queens Botanical Garden, Science Initiative, a pioneering education program that has and the Staten Island Zoo, the program58 guidesCommittees teachers of and June 12, 2011 the Board helped thousands of seventh- and eighth-graders complete students in how best to use the resources and expertise of 59 Committees and 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. Councils Walcott joined families, teachers, administrators, and members City Department of Education for advancement into high In 2011, the program included more than61 Gifts370 andteachers Grants and of the City Council for the 2011 Urban Advantage Science Expo, school. Developed in partnership between the New York City 37,800 students at 150 schools in all 73fiveBequests boroughs of New which featured student science projects by middle school Department of Education and a Museum-led consortium of York City, fully one-third of the city’s public74 middleCredits schools. students from all five boroughs of New York City. institutions, including the New York Hall of Science, the Bronx

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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. 52 Report of the Treasurer 55 Financial Statements 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of The Museum enjoyed many successful benefit events in the Board special 59 Committees and fiscal year 2011, with special thanks to Museum TrusteesCouncils events and event leadership. 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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4 Report of the Chairman and Chairmen of the Family Party and President Ellen V. Futter were Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, and Gala Chairman John Eastman, 2011 Museum Dance Chairs Zibby and AndrewPresident Right and Dana photographed shortly before the event began. a Museum Trustee, share a laugh. Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones enjoyed the festivities. 9 Science SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL Museum gala The Museum Dance 21 Education FAMILY PARTY November 18, 2010 April 28, 2011 28 Exhibition October 19, 2010 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content Led by Hilary Addington, Diana Roesch DiMenna, Melissa More than 650 guests attended the annual Museum Gala, which This year’s Museum Dance was held onDissemination the eve of the Hawks, Kim and Greg Lippmann, Joella Lykouretzos, Allison raised nearly $3 million. The Gala, led by event chairmen Jodie Royal Wedding and celebrated British43 culture,AMNH with Convenes guests Mignone, and Laura Aryeh Murawczyk, the Seventeenth Annual and John Eastman, Kathy and Tom Freston, and Alice and Lorne encouraged to dress in British fashion.49 ChairedSpecial by EventsBlair and Family Party was a spectacular success, raising more than Michaels, was sponsored by Graff USA and ABN AMRO and Fazle Husain, Dana Wallach Jones and52 MichaelReport T. of M. the Jones, $650,000. More than 1,500 parents and children attended the included a live auction hosted by Museum Trustee Tom Brokaw Elizabeth and Jonathan A. Kurpis, Emilia FanjulTreasurer and Brian C. beloved annual event. Highlights included the “Science Center,” with Jamie Niven of Sotheby’s. The evening also included an Pfeifler, and Zibby and Andrew Right, the55 eventFinancial was sponsored Statements 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 57 Board of Trustees families the opportunity to interact with live animals and learn long concert by Sir Elton John. Milstein Hall of Ocean Life followed by dancing in the Akeley about specific specimens, including the elusive giant squid. Hall of African Mammals. Nearly 90058 Committeesguests, including of the Board Tiffany & Co., the event’s lead sponsor, presented a special many members of the Junior Council, attended and helped 59 Committees and activity about birthstones. raise $390,000. Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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4 Report of the Chairman and Museum Trustee Theodore A. Mathas, pictured with MetLife, Chairs of the Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon were President Inc. Chairman, honoree, and fellow Trustee C. Robert Henrikson, photographed with Museum President Ellen V. Futter. gave the welcoming remarks. 9 Science 21 Education 21ST ANNUAL SPRING NINETEENTH ANNUAL 28 Exhibition ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE CORPORATE DINER 37 Digital Museum AND LUNCHEON May 12, 2011 40 Global Content April 12, 2011 Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes Museum Trustees Mary C. Solomon, Constance Spahn, and The Nineteenth Annual Corporate Dinner honored Museum 49 Special Events Katheryn P. Kempner and Museum friends Suzanne H. Cochran, Trustee C. Robert Henrikson, chairman of MetLife, Inc., for his 52 Report of the Joanne W. Prager, and Catherine B. Sidamon-Eristoff chaired distinguished service to science and education. The dinner Treasurer this year’s luncheon, which focused on “A New Food Culture raised nearly $1.4 million to support Museum programs. 55 Financial for a Sustainable Future.” The panel discussion, which was Museum Trustee Theodore A. Mathas, David M. Platter, and Statements moderated by Lynn Sherr, addressed topics such as urban Barry Salzberg served as chairmen for the event. 57 Board of Trustees agriculture and how eating locally can affect the community, the 58 Committees of the Board environment, and our planet. The panel of experts included Nevin Cohen, assistant professor of Environmental Studies at 59 Committees and Councils The New School; Dickson Despommier, emeritus professor at 61 Gifts and Grants Columbia University and founder of the Vertical Farm concept; 73 Bequests and Nancy Easton, founder and executive director of Wellness 74 Credits in the Schools. The luncheon raised more than $440,000.

  51 2011 Annual Report report of the treasurer

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 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. 52 Report of the Treasurer Despite difficult economic conditions, the Museum was able of designated contributions and other revenues55 toFinancial plant and Statements to grow financially during fiscal year 2011. long-term investments, and after transfers to fund57 Board payment of Trustees of debt service. 58 Committees of Due to continued strength in visitor attendance and revenue the Board 59 Committees and from admissions and auxiliaries, as well as private and public Largely due to growth of the Museum’s endowment,Councils the fundraising, the Museum was able to generate positive net Museum’s net assets increased by $80.2 million61 duringGifts and Grants fiscal unrestricted operating revenues of $88,649 after transfers year 2011, from $667.3 million to $747.5 million.73 Bequests 74 Credits

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Unrestricted Operating Results Unrestricted Operating Revenues AND Expenses, fiscal year 2011 During fiscal year 2011, the Museum’s annual Unrestricted Operating Revenues and Support decreased by $1.6 million, from $167.8 million to $166.2 million. Annual Unrestricted Operating Revenues and Support 3%3% Expenses, together with transfers to fund payment of debt service and other transfers to plant 25% Visitor contributions and admissions and long-term investments, decreased by $1.6 million, from $167.7 million to $166.1 million, 24% Contributions and grants* 10% resulting in positive net unrestricted operating revenues during fiscal year 2011 of $88,649. 25% 3%3% 25% 18% Auxiliary activities Despite difficult global economic conditions, the Museum continued to enjoy record attendance 17% levels during fiscal year 2011. As a result, attendance-related revenues continued to remain the 17% Endowment and related funds* 10% largest source of operating revenues at $41.5 million. 25% 10% The City of New York 25%23%24% 18% The Museum continued to receive substantial operating and programmatic backing from 17% 3% Membership 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 3% Miscellaneous revenue and other fees Unrestricted Operating23%24 Revenues% 18% fund Museum operations, including a portion of net assets released from restrictions, totaled 14% Report of the 3% Chairman and $39.7 million during fiscal year 2011. In addition, the Museum received unrestricted operating Expenses 5% 3% President support from the City of New York, including support for certain energy and pension expenses, 34% Scientific research, education, and exhibition 9 Science totaling $17.0 million. The City also provided substantial capital support to the Museum (see 5% 18% Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs “Capital Expenditures”). 3%211% Education34% 5% 13% Cost of goods sold and other Expenses of 13%38%% 28 Exhibition Support for annual operations from the Museum’s endowment—which is calculated by taking 5 Auxiliary Activities 37 Digital Museum percent of the average of 12 quarterly market values, ending March 31 prior to the succeeding 5% 10% fiscal year—fluctuates according to market conditions. During fiscal year 2011, endowment 10 % General and administrative 40 Global34% Content 19%Dissemination18% support for Museum operations totaled $27.1 million. 13%8% 13% 8 % Transfers to fund payment of Debt service 43 AMNH Convenes 5 % Visitor services 10% 49 Special Events 19%18% 3% Fundraising and membership 13%52 Report of the Treasurer 5 % Communications 55 Financial Statements 3% Information Technology Unrestricted Operating Expenses 57 Board of Trustees 1 % Other Transfers 58 Committees of the Board *Includes a portion of net assets released from restrictions 59 Committees and Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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C apITAL Expenditures Marketable equities 31% 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 Absolute return/hedge funds 34% and new scientific facilities. The $30.1 million invested by the Museum in its physical plant Marketable fixed income 11% concentrated on such major projects as the multi-year restoration and renovation project of the Central Park West complex of the Museum. Marketable real assets 4%

As in the past, the Museum funded most of its capital improvements from a variety of Private investment partnerships 15% sources, including the City of New York, private donations, and the Museum’s endowment. Cash equivalents 5% The Museum recognized a non-cash depreciation expense of $23.3 million during fiscal year Total 100% 2011. Net of depreciation expense, the value of the Museum’s physical plant increased by $6.8 million, from $455.2 million to $462.0 million.

The Importance of Contributions and Grants 4 Report of the Debt and Other Liabilities The Museum has continued to benefit greatly from the generosity of its privateChairman and andpublic President The Museum’s liabilities decreased by $4.3 million during the fiscal year 2011, from $413.2 supporters. During fiscal year 2011, the Museum raised a total of $88.6 million in support 9 Science million to $408.9 million, owing primarily to a $4.8 million decrease in the market value of of its operations, programs, capital improvements, and endowment—a major endorsement the Museum’s interest rate swap obligations (as a result of lower long-term interest rates). of the importance and social impact of the Museum’s work in science,21 education,Education and The amount of the Museum’s long-term debt decreased by $1.1 million from $271.9 million exhibition. As a result, the Museum was able to continue to balance its28 operatingExhibition budget, to $270.8 million. grow its endowment, and make improvements to its physical plant37 despiteDigital Museumdifficult financial circumstances. 40 Global Content Dissemination Endowment Funds 43 AMNH Convenes The return on the Museum’s endowment during fiscal year 2011 was +18.3%, as worldwide 49 Special Events markets continued to rebound from difficult economic circumstances. As a result, the market 52 Report of the value of the Museum’s endowment increased by $67.4 million during fiscal year 2011, to Treasurer Charles H. Mott $575.0 million. During the fiscal year, the Museum received cash gifts and pledge payments Treasurer 55 Financial to the endowment totaling $6.0 million and made planned withdrawals for Museum Statements operations and capital investment totaling $30.9 million. 57 Board of Trustees

The Museum’s endowment asset allocation is intended both to drive investment return and 58 Committees of the Board to provide protection in volatile markets. The Museum’s endowment funds are invested 59 Committees and by leading investment managers in diversified equity and fixed income securities and Councils are overseen by the Museum’s Investment Committee. During fiscal year 2011, mindful 61 Gifts and Grants 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 Museum’s endowment was invested 73 Bequests as follows: 74 Credits

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education 28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum 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. 40 Global Content Dissemination condensed summary of consolidated statementS of financial position 43 AMNH Convenes 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 available49 at amnh.org.Special Events 52 Report of the Assets 2011 2010 Liabilities 2011 Treasurer 2010 Cash and other operating assets $ 66,672,479 $ 66,220,388 Accounts payable and other liabilities $ 136,824,142 55$ Financial139,768,827 Statements Contributions and grants receivable, net 36,439,467 37,893,009 Loan from the Trust for Cultural Resources 272,064,527 273,426,679 57 Board of Trustees Long-term investments, at fair value 591,344,833 521,220,829 Total liabilities $ 408,888,669 $ 413,195,506 58 Committees of Net Assets Plant and equipment, net 462,000,234 455,180,804 the Board Unrestricted $ 323,011,210 $ 377,484,101 Total assets $ 1,156,457,013 $ 1,080,515,030 59 Committees and Councils Temporarily restricted 266,756,331 143,209,197 61 Gifts and Grants Permanently restricted 157,800,803 146,626,226 73 Bequests Total net assets $ 747,568,344 $ 667,319,524 74 Credits Total liabilities and net assets $ 1,156,457,013 $ 1,080,515,030

  55 2011 Annual Report Financial Statements CONSOLIDATED StatementS of Activities–Unrestricted 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

Investment return designated for operations $ 9,666,405 $ 19,609,014 Revenue and support for plant

Contributions and grants 27,649,381 25,307,204 Contributions, grants, and miscellaneous income $ 3,109,403 $ 5,367,404

Operating support from the City of New York 16,969,308 16,968,262 Capital support from the City of New York 20,055,298 854,739

Visitors contributions and admissions 41,522,475 42,413,644 Net assets released from restrictions 4,070,460 2,662,471

Membership fees 5,503,865 5,484,942 Transfer from long-term investments and operations to plant 17,015,876 19,355,705

Auxiliary activities 30,580,271 31,485,074 Plant expenses

Miscellaneous fees and other revenue 4,718,134 3,692,343 Interest expense not capitalized $ 12,563,488 $ 12,973,666 4 Report of the Net assets released from restrictions 29,573,757 22,788,371 Change in value of interest rate swaps (4,813,905) Chairman9,477,848 and President Total operating revenue and support $ 166,183,596 $ 167,748,854 Depreciation and amortization 23,290,344 23,020,955 9 Science Operating Expenses Plant expenses not capitalized 291,862 1,033,420 21 Education Scientific research $ 33,609,367 $ 32,349,735 Net loss on bond refinancing and other activities – 28 Exhibition(32,009) 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 $ (28,705) 40$ Global2 ,794,714Content Dissemination Membership 1,725,809 1,561,195 Investment loss in excess of amounts designated 43 AMNH Convenes for operations 25,305,851 17,899,498 Visitor services 7,685,941 7,824,321 49 Special Events Net assets released from restrictions 3,713,798 7,957,770 Auxiliary activities 20,798,045 23,201,967 52 Report of the Transfers from plant and operations to long-term Treasurer General and administrative 16,554,876 16,779,021 investments and other, net (2,032,571) 55 Financial(591,000) Statements Fundraising 5,162,834 5,027,053 Other pension-related activities (18,779) (4,152,494) 57 Board of Trustees Communications/Digital 7,436,440 6,698,456 Changes in unrestricted net assets $ 39,947,491 $ 5,672,650 58 Committees of Information technology 5,346,490 5,384,443 Reclassification due to change in law (94,420,382) the Board – Guardianship, maintenance and operating costs 29,991,684 28,473,237 59 Committees and Changes in net assets after cumulative effect $ (54,472,891) $ Councils5,672,650 Total operating expenses $ 151,111,642 $ 148,922,408 61 Gifts and Grants Designated contributions and transfers to plant and 73 Bequests long-term investment 14,983,305 18,764,705 74 Credits Operating revenue and support in excess of operating expenses, designated contributions, and transfers $ 88,649 $ 61,741   56 2011 Annual Report Officers C. Robert Henrikson EOx- fficio Deborah C. Kessler Marlene Hess David H. Komansky Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Trustees Richard E. Jaffe Lansing Lamont Ellen V. Futter, President Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg, Helene L. Kaplan Karen J. Lauder Roger C. Altman, Vice Chairman Mayor of the City of New York Katheryn P. Kempner Richard S. LeFrak Steven A. Denning, Vice Hon. Christine C. Quinn, Chairman Frederick A. Klingenstein Speaker, The Council of the William M. Lewis, Jr. City of New York Fiona Druckenmiller, Vice David H. Koch Caroline Macomber* Chairman Shelly B. Lazarus Hon. John C. Liu, Shirley M. Malcom Comptroller of the City Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Vice Ilene Sackler Lefcourt of New York Norman S. Matthews Chairman Thomas E. Lovejoy Hon. Scott Stringer, William F. May David S. Gottesman, Vice Linda R. Macaulay President of the Borough Eugene R. McGrath Chairman of Manhattan Theodore A. Mathas Edward H. Meyer Linda R. Macaulay, Vice Hon. Adrian Benepe, Chairman Lorne Michaels Morris W. Offit Commissioner, Department of Roberto A. Mignone, Vice Roberto A. Mignone Parks and Recreation Jeremiah P. Ostriker Chairman Irma Milstein Hon. Kate D. Levin, Kathleen I. Powers Charles H. Mott, Treasurer Edwin H. Morgens Commissioner, Department of Janet Ross Cultural Affairs Sibyl R. Golden, Secretary Charles H. Mott Jack Rudin4 Report of the Hon. Dennis M. Walcott, Chairman and Richard D. Parsons Peter J. Solomon Trustees Chancellor, New York City President Valerie S. Peltier Department of Education Constance Spahn Roger C. Altman 9 Science Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Alfred R. Stern Stephanie Bell-Rose 21 Education Virginia Hearst Randt Honorary Oscar S. Straus II Lewis W. Bernard Alan Rappaport Trustees Carroll L.28 Wainwright,Exhibition Jr. Tom Brokaw Richard L. Revesz Philip F. Anschutz Rosalind37 P. WalterDigital Museum Christopher C. Davis Richard Robinson William S. Beinecke Edward O.40 WilsonGlobal Content Steven A. Denning Dissemination Theodore Roosevelt IV Melinda Blinken Vivian H. Donnelley Jonathan F. P. Rose Daniel Brodsky 43 AMNH Convenes Fiona Druckenmiller * Deceased Ralph L. Schlosstein Raymond G. Chambers 49 Special Events Nancy B. Fessenden Walter V. Shipley Donald K. Clifford, Jr. 52 Report of the Tom Freston Frank V. Sica L. F. Boker Doyle Treasurer Ellen V. Futter In fiscal year 2011, restoration work began on totem poles in the Anne Sidamon-Eristoff, John L. Eastman 55 Financial Hall of Northwest Coast Indians. Victor F. Ganzi Statements Chairwoman Emerita Hughlyn F. Fierce Helene D. Gayle 57 Board of Trustees Laura Baudo Sillerman Emily H. Fisher Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Mary C. Solomon Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. 58 Committees of Richard Gilder the Board Kenneth L. Wallach Earl G. Graves BOARD of Robert G. Goelet, 59 Committees and Rosalind P. Walter Alan C. Greenberg Chairman Emeritus Councils Judy H. Weston David A. Hamburg Sibyl R. Golden 61 Gifts and Grants TRUSTEES Tamsen Ann Ziff Richard A. Jalkut David S. Gottesman 73 Bequests Harry P. Kamen As of June 30, 2011 74 Credits

  57 2011 Annual Report Committees of the board of trustees

Audit Collections David S. Gottesman Executive Officers Science Policy Helene L. Kaplan David S. Gottesman, Linda R. Macaulay, Compensation Lewis W. Bernard, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Chairman Chairman Ilene Sackler Lefcourt Chairman Chairman Steven A. Denning, Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard Theodore A. Mathas Chairman Roger C. Altman Roger C. Altman Nancy B. Fessenden Nancy B. Fessenden Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Lewis W. Bernard Steven A. Denning Lewis W. Bernard Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter Virginia Hearst Randt Fiona Druckenmiller Fiona Druckenmiller Tom Brokaw Katheryn P. Kempner Sibyl R. Golden Richard Robinson Nancy B. Fessenden Ellen V. Futter Nancy B. Fessenden Charles H. Mott Helene L. Kaplan Ralph L. Schlosstein Ellen V. Futter Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Ellen V. Futter Richard L. Revesz Alan Rappaport Anne Sidamon-Eristoff David S. Gottesman Sibyl R. Golden Helene D. Gayle Kenneth L. Wallach Richard L. Revesz Mary Solomon Helene L. Kaplan David S. Gottesman Robert G. Goelet Theodore Roosevelt IV Judy H. Weston Charles H. Mott Linda R. Macaulay Sibyl R. Golden Budget and Roberto A. Mignone Richard E. Jaffe Committee on Executive Theodore Roosevelt IV Finance Walter V. Shipley Charles H. Mott David H. Koch Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Charles H. Mott, Trustees and Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Thomas E.4 LovejoyReport of the Chairman Roger C. Altman Planning Chairman and Governance Kenneth L. Wallach Linda R. Macaulay Roger C. Altman Tom Brokaw Roger C. Altman, President Walter V. Shipley, Chairman Roberto A. Mignone Lewis W. Bernard Steven A. Denning Chairman 9 Science Lewis W. Bernard Exhibition Edwin H. Morgens Nancy B. Fessenden Fiona Druckenmiller Lewis W. Bernard 21 Education Steven A. Denning Policy Valerie S. Peltier Ellen V. Futter Nancy B. Fessenden Steven A. Denning Ellen V. Futter Tom Brokaw, Chairman Charles E.28 Phillips,Exhibition Jr. Richard E. Jaffe Ellen V. Futter Fiona Druckenmiller Helene L. Kaplan Lewis W. Bernard Jonathan37 F.P. RoseDigital Museum Frederick A. Klingenstein Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Nancy B. Fessenden Katheryn P. Kempner Tom Freston Frank V. Sica40 Global Content Linda R. Macaulay Sibyl R. Golden Ellen V. Futter Dissemination Mary Solomon Ellen V. Futter Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Theodore A. Mathas David S. Gottesman Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. C. Robert Henrikson 43 AMNH Convenes Edwin H. Morgens Helene L. Kaplan David S. Gottesman Education Helene L. Kaplan 49 Special Events Theodore Roosevelt IV Linda R. Macaulay Helene L. Kaplan Policy Shelly B. Lazarus 52 Report of the Frank V. Sica Roberto A. Mignone Frederick A. Klingenstein Laura Baudo Sillerman, Lorne Michaels Treasurer Chairman Edwin H. Morgens Linda R. Macaulay Building and Virginia Hearst Randt 55 Financial Stephanie Bell-Rose Charles H. Mott Roberto A. Mignone Statements Alan Rappaport Grounds Lewis W. Bernard Richard D. Parsons Edwin H. Morgens 57 Board of Trustees Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Walter V. Shipley Jonathan F.P. Rose, Vivian H. Donnelley Theodore Roosevelt IV 58 Committees of Chairman Laura Baudo Sillerman Nancy B. Fessenden Jonathan F.P. Rose Anne Sidamon-Eristoff the Board Lewis W. Bernard Mary Solomon Tom Freston Walter V. Shipley 59 Committees and Ellen V. Futter Judy H. Weston Ellen V. Futter Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Councils Sibyl R. Golden Helene D. Gayle Laura Baudo Sillerman 61 Gifts and Grants Richard E. Jaffe Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. 73 Bequests Valerie S. Peltier 74 Credits

  58 2011 Annual Report Committees of the museum, project committees, and advisory councils

Development Investment Oral History Thomas E. Lovejoy Diana Roesch DiMenna David and Maureen O’Connor Edwin H. Morgens Krystyna and Ronald Doerfler Daniel Offit Lewis V. Bernard, Roberto A. Mignone, Project Michael J. Novacek Jodie Eastman George F. Ohrstrom Chairman Chairman Committee Roger C. Altman Roger C. Altman Valerie C. Ohrstrom Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz E. Stanley O'Neal and Nancy A. Nancy B. Fessenden, Garvey Fiona Druckenmiller Lewis W. Bernard Valerie S. Peltier Susan Fales-Hill Chairman Dorothy C. Pack Ellen V. Futter Steven A. Denning Theodore Roosevelt IV Jacqueline and Robert Garrett Lewis W. Bernard Anna Quindlen David S. Gottesman Ellen V. Futter Ross Sandler Joseph Gleberman Ellen V. Futter Todd and Nobue Sandoz Katheryn P. Kempner Linda Macaulay Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Sarah and Seth Glickenhaus Sibyl R. Golden Donna and Marvin Schwartz Linda R. Macaulay Alan Rappaport Marion Schwartz Donna and Ephraim Greenwall Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Robert Scully and Nancy Roberto A. Mignone Ralph L. Schlosstein Peter Solomon Robert H. Haines Peretsman Biodiversity Constance Spahn Cathleen Black and Thomas 4 Report of the Jacqueline and Neal A. Shear Gilder Library Eleanor J. Sterling Harvey Chairman and Advisory Lynn Sherr President Graduate Nancy B. Fessenden, Melanie L. J. Stiassny Marlene Hess and Jim Zirin Chairman Council Lynette Jaffe Catherine9 B. Scienceand Andrew School Edward O. Wilson Sidamon-Eristoff Stephanie Bell-Rose Sibyl R. Golden, Karen Katen 21 Education Helene L. Kaplan, Chairman Frederick M.R. Smith Lewis W. Bernard Chairman Museum Bicky and George Kellner 28 Exhibition John Alexander Betty Lee and Aaron Stern Ellen V. Futter Lewis W. Bernard Advisory Margaret Klein 37 Digital Museum George Amato Carol H. Tolan Sibyl R. Golden Vivian H. Donnelley Celeste Sant’Angelo and Lewis W. Bernard Council Laura B.40 WhitmanGlobal and Content Thomas Lansing Lamont Stephen Koval Nancy B. Fessenden Dissemination Peggy Bewkes Hilary Addington and Michael C. Danziger Caroline Macomber Philip and Madeline Lacovara Ellen V. Futter Cahill 43 AMNH Convenes Melinda Blinken Elizabeth H. Williams Constance Roosevelt Rachael and Marshall P. Levine Sibyl R. Golden Raluca and John A. Allison Margaret Condron Sandra Wilson49 Special Events Theodore Roosevelt IV Mary D. Lindsay Richard L. Revesz Lawrence Benenson Dee and52 HerbertReport S. Winokur, of the Jr. Edgar Cullman, Jr. Hilary and Ethel Lipsitz Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Peggy and Jeffrey Bewkes Eric ZinterhoferTreasurer Robert DeSalle Thomas Lister Donya and Scott Bommer 55 Financial Vivian H. Donnelley John Liu and Barbara Page Philippa and James J. Burke, Jr. Statements Pamela S. Farkas John and Joella Lykouretzos Abby Joseph Cohen and 57 Board of Trustees Nancy B. Fessenden Marylyn and David Malkin David M. Cohen 58 Committees of Emily H. Fisher Kathryn and J. Robert Collins, Richard and Ronay Menschel the Board Ellen V. Futter Jr. Jennifer L. Mercer 59 Committees and Kathryn Hearst Elaine Wingate and E. Virgil Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Councils Conway Meg Hirschfeld Mirochnikoff 61 Gifts and Grants Richard E. Jaffe Lucy P. Cutting Jane and James Moore 73 Bequests Karen J. Lauder Joie and J. Dennis Delafield Stephanie B. Mudick 74 Credits

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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 57 Board of Trustees 58 Committees of the Board 59 Committees and Councils 61 Gifts and Grants 73 Bequests 74 Credits

The Museum’s paleontology collections contain more than 4.5 million specimens, including the world’s largest collection of dinosaur fossils.   60 2011 Annual Report PUBLIC FUNDERS Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt Dr. and Mrs. James H. Simons gifts and Federal $250,000 to $499,999 Department of Defense Anonymous Institute of Museum and Library Services Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Foundation granTs National Aeronautics and Space Administration Christopher and Sharon Davis National Endowment for the Humanities July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011 Sibyl R. Golden, Golden Family Foundation National Institutes of Health Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hearst III National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. National Park Service Frederick and Sharon Klingenstein Fund National Science Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lerner, GRACE Setat 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 4 Report of the City of New York Mr. Jonathan F. P. Rose, LostandChairman Foundation and President Council of the City of New York Laura Baudo Sillerman, The Tomorrow Mayor of the City of New York Foundation, Inc. 9 Science New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Alfred P. Sloan Foundation21 Education New York City Department of Education Mary and David Solomon 28 Exhibition The Leslie and Daniel Ziff Foundation 37 Digital Museum Trustees, Individuals, $100,000 to $249,99940 Global Content Foundations, Anonymous Dissemination Corporations and Alcoa Foundation 43 AMNH Convenes Organizations Bank of America 49 Special Events $1,000,000 and above Con Edison 52 Report of the Filomen M. D’Agostino FoundationTreasurer Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage Ray and Barbara Dalio 55 Financial Foundation Statements David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman, The Irene Diamond Fund The Gottesman Fund 57 Board of Trustees Ms. Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley David H. Koch 58 Committees of Family Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr.* and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, the Board The Dyson Foundation The Howard Phipps Foundation 59 Committees and The Educational Foundation of America $500,000 to $999,999 Councils Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Bloomberg 61 Gifts and Grants Charles Hayden Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation 73 Bequests Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe Allison and Roberto Mignone Family Foundation 74 Credits Edward John Noble Foundation, Inc.

Restoration work in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda continued in fiscal year 2011.   61 2011 Annual Report 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) Mr. Alan H. Rappaport, Pearson-Rappaport Foundation Marshall P. and Rachael C. Levine Mr. C. Robert Henrikson Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. William Rayner Lockheed Martin Corporation Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Axelrod Richard Lounsbery Foundation Hess Foundation, Inc. Jack and Susan Rudin, The Buck Family The Rudin Foundation, Inc. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helene and Mark Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Anne and Charles H. Mott The Korein Foundation Conservation International Donna and Marvin Schwartz Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier, Ethel and Hilary Lipsitz Louise B. and Edgar M. Cullman Speyer Family Foundation Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw Amanda and Thomas Lister The Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation Julian Robertson Peter and Susan Solomon, Linda R. and William E. Macaulay Ms. Pamela Farkas Peter J. Solomon Foundation Roche Abby R. Mauzé Trust Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander, Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr Mr. Robert C. McCormack The Stewart Foundation The Tolan Family Dorothy C. Treisman, Joseph and Joan Cullman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McInerney Dr. Stanley A. Freed Conservation Foundation, Inc. Wildlife Conservation Society Tom and Kathy Freston Foundation 4 Report of the Judy and Josh Weston Fund Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Milstein, Dr. and Mrs. Sankey V. Williams Chairman and Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation Britt-Louise Gilder Woods Hole Research Center Ann Ziff President Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. $50,000 to $99,999 $10,000 to $24,9999 Science The Wildwood Foundation Mr. Robert F. Gossett, Jr. Anonymous (4) Anonymous (4) The William T. Morris Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Greenberg 21 Education Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc. The Pinkerton Foundation HBO, Inc. 28 Exhibition Mr. Philip F. Anschutz, The Annenberg Foundation The Rice Family Foundation Annette Kade Charitable Trust 37 Digital Museum The Anschutz Foundation Ross H. Auerbach Connie and Ted Roosevelt, The Walter C. Klein Foundation Jill and Lewis Bernard, Ms. Penelope Ayers 40 Global Content Whalesback Foundation Drs. Judith and David Kohn Dissemination Mariposa Foundation Bahamas National Trust Ms. Janet C. Ross, Mrs. Leonard Block Eugene M. Lang Foundation 43 AMNH Convenes J and AR Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation Scott and Roxanne Bok, Ms. Shelly B. Lazarus 49 Special Events Todd and Nobue Sandoz The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson Bok Family Foundation Joella and John Lykouretzos 52 Report of the Mr. Ralph Schlosstein, Richard A. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Jason Capello Theodore A. Mathas Treasurer Schlosstein-Hartley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Bewkes Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mercer 55 Financial Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Shipley Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Briger, Jr. Statements The Coca-Cola Company Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer Frank V. Sica The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation Joe and Diana DiMenna Marion Moore Foundation, Inc. 57 Board of Trustees Frederick M. R. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Burke, Jr. Jodie and John Eastman 58 Committees of The Fremarch Foundation The Nature Conservancy Sherman Carll the Board EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. David P. O’Connor, Stockman Family Foundation Trust The Challenger Foundation Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden High Rise Capital Management, LP 59 Committees and Margaretta Taylor Raymond G. Chambers, Councils Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi Valerie and Wright Ohrstrom The Vidda Foundation MCJ Amelior Foundation Richard D. Parsons, 61 Gifts and Grants Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Charina Foundation, Inc. Gerstner Family Foundation Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation The Parsons Family Foundation 73 Bequests Citi Foundation Rosalind P. Walter Foundation Anthony Gould Posit Science 74 Credits Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Greenwall Wells Fargo Joanne and Paul Prager

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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 Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen Foundation, Inc. Michael and Marilyn Dee Mary D. Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cohen Mr. Robert Scully and Ms. Nancy Peretsman Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Boker Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Lipman Theodore and Alice Cohn SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund The L. W. Frohlich Charitable Trust Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Columbia University Neal and Jacqueline Shear Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Furtsch The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Inc. Laura and Michael Conigliaro Slayton Family Foundation Ellen V. Futter Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lober John Conklin Smithsonian Institution Mr. and Mrs. Brian F. Gavin Phyllis Mailman Consulate General of Denmark Mr. and Mrs. James Stern Richard Gilder, Frank Markus Lori Cooke-Marra Gilder Foundation, Inc. Kimberly and Paul Tanico Mr. and Mrs. David E. Massengill Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daneker The Glickenhaus Foundation Dr. Ian M. Tattersall Diane and Adam E. Max Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Delafield Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gogel Mr. Milton S. Teicher Dolly and Charles Mayer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Demisch4 Report of the Herman Goldman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Teles Chairman and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. McGrath DIVERSITAS Andrew S. Goodwin, Ruth A. Unterberg President Jennifer Mercer Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Plymouth Hill Foundation 9 Science Marshall M. Weinberg The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Carolyn Gould Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck Edward Weisselberg Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa21 Education Mr. Paul Graf Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Millstein Laura B. Whitman and Thomas C. Danziger 28 Exhibition Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Greenstein Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Whittemore Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nagin Douglas and Susanne Durst37 Digital Museum Dr. Margaret Hamburg and Mr. Peter Brown Ms. Elizabeth H. Williams Brenda Earl 40 Global Content George J. and Jessica Harris Foundation National Film Preservation Foundation Sandra Wilson Mrs. Elizabeth Eginton Dissemination Harvard University Oceanic Heritage Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Winokur 43 AMNH Convenes Nancy and Morris W. Offit Elephant Rock Foundation Helen Hays Brenda Wood Daniel and Stefanie Offit Cece and Richard Fabbro49 Special Events Peter C. Hein and Anne Farley Yale University Mr. and Mrs. Ed Filardi 52 Report of the Laura and Christopher J. Heintz E. Stanley O’Neal and Nancy A. Garvey Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer and Eric Zinterhofer Minita Finger* Treasurer Dr. Tiffany Herlands and Ronny Barnea Barbara Page and John Liu $5,000 to $9,999 55 Financial Mr. and Ms. Sean Paroff Jeanne Donovan Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hill Statements Anonymous (4) Peter Hess Friedland Hudson River Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Paul Allen G. Aaronson and Mary E. Benner Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry,57 Jr.Board of Trustees Hugoton Foundation Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Jody and John Arnhold Mr. and Mrs. James G. Gibson58 Committees of Georg Jensen The Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation the Board Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Arnhold Katja Goldman and Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Richard I. Kandel Joel Ramin Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Goldstein59 Committees and Karen Katen Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Councils Robert Beyer and Loren Pack Lois and Blake Goodner Bicky and George Kellner Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation, Inc. 61 Gifts and Grants Ambassador and Mrs. Alan John Blinken, Linda and Glenn Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rollins F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. The Blinken Foundation 73 Bequests Cecilia Gschwind Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Foundation Chester Kitchings Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Braddock Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gutenstein74 Credits Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rose Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Korngold Tom and Meredith Brokaw,

Richard P. Krasnow and Nancy Meyrich The Sant’Angelo/Koval Family The Brokaw Family Foundation

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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 Edith Everett, David A. Hoffenberg/Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Babbio The Everett Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone Jennifer Huntley The Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anson H. Beard Joyce F. Falini and Prem A. Lachman The Carl Jacobs Foundation Drs. Valerie and John W. Rowe Mr. Jason Biegel and Ms. Susan Buchner Florence Fearrington The Kandell Fund Bryan and Aidan Rowley Judith L. Biggs Elaine Fein, The Fein Foundation Mrs. Harry L. Kavetas The Rudin Foundation, Inc. William Kenneth Block Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Kazis Barbara Saltzman Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Feinstein Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Kerwin Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust Mr. and Mrs. Brook Byers Charles Fitzgerald Helen Kimmel Robert M. Schlein and Emily Kroenlein Mr. and Ms. Manuel A. Calvo Mark and Madeleine Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kingston The Schloss Family Foundation Walter W. and Barbara I. Carey Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Fowlkes, H. L. Brown, Elysabeth Kleinhans Mr. and Mrs. Alan Schrager Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Cavanaugh Jr. Family Foundation Daniel J. Leddy Tatiana Serafin and Mick Kalishman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Y. Chi Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Frank The Lehoczky Escobar Family Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff 4 Report of the Deb Chisholm and Andrew Becher Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Frankfort Chairman and Judy C. Lewent and Mark Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Simon Jihae Choi Charles A. Fritz III President Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Linden Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation The Clifford-Levy Family Mr. and Mrs. Leandro S. Galban,9 Science Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Loeb Denise Sobel and Norman Keller Bruce E. Cobern Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Gallen Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomber 21 Education Mr. Jonathan Sobel and Dr. Marcia Dunn Mary Ann P. Cofrin Mr. Peter Gartland Jennifer Fritz Maitland 28 Exhibition Constance G. Spahn Mrs. David A. Cofrin Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gewirtz Tom Marshall and Kathy Keneally 37 Digital Museum Eleanor Sterling, Ph.D. Joan and Harvey Cohen John and Nandita Glazer Norman S. and Joanne B. Matthews 40 Global Content Mrs. Philip A. Straus Colbert Family Fund of Coastal Ms. Alexandra Gardiner Goelet The Janis and Alan Menken Foundation Community Foundation of SC Dissemination Scott and Lisa Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Goldberg Friedrike Merck Dr. Charles J. Cole and Carol R. Townsend 43 AMNH Convenes John and Donna Trammell Fredda Goldberg Ms. Susan Merinoff Mr. Ronald Collins and Dr. Nancy Collins 49 Special Events Tsunami Foundation, Anson M. Beard, Michael and Anne B. Golden Edward and Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc. Jr. and Family E. Virgil and Elaine W. Conway 52 Report of the Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. W. Blair Meyer, Jr. Varnum De Rose Charitable Remainder Annuity Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Damon Treasurer Trust Mr. and Mrs. William Gorin Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran Elisabeth de Picciotto 55 Financial Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Grafstein Holly Wallace Statements Donald R. Mullen Mr. and Mrs. Paul del Balso Eugene and Emily Grant Ann Eden Woodward Foundation 57 Board of Trustees Henry Nias Foundation, Inc. Christine Denham and Robert W. Stein Kim and Jeff Greenberg Zubal Books Kenneth and Rebecca Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Doerfler 58 Committees of Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. John E. Zuccotti the Board Mr. and Mrs. David O’Brien Ms. Ceara Donnelley and Mr. Nathan Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Gural Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O’Hara Ari Zweiman and Ashley Timmer Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation 59 Committees and Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Halloran Councils Milary Olson and Steven B. Cohen $2,500 to $4,999 Edmund C. Duffy Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hartley61 Gifts and Grants Dr. David Orentreich Anonymous (7) Camille and Peter Ehrenberg Thomas E. Harvey and Cathleen73 Bequests P. Black Ula I. Pommer* Acorn Hill Foundation Roysi Erbes Craig Hauser Jamie and Phil Prince Hilary W. Addington and Michael Cahill James and Nina Essey, TemPositions Fund 74 Credits Dr. Kathryn Hearst Judith and Burton Resnick Mr. and Mrs. Alan Alda Hector Estepan

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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 American Association for the The Janet Stone Jones Foundation Fred and Gilda Nobel Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som 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 Alan Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Kendall PADI Foundation Paul and Chandler Tagliabue 4 Report of the Karen and Kevin Kennedy Dr. M. Lee Pearce Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann Kym Aughtry Chairman and President Henry Kibel Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Peltz Darlene Thoroughgood Ellen Avellino, Esq. 9 Science Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey Dian Jill Pickoff and Thomas Rafferty Ms. D’Vera Topol 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 SmithExhibition Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin Quebec-Labrador Foundation Joyce P. and Diego R. Visceglia Foundation Tia S. Barancik and Gregory37 S.Digital Barancik Museum Lisa and David Barr Damian Law Ms. Mary Morrow Quintilian Marjory S. Walters 40 Global Content Denise Lee Mr. and Mrs. Shikhar Ranjan Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Weinberger Anne H. Bass 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.49 BaxterSpecial Events The Howard Bayne Fund Mimi Levitt John R. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wilder 52 Report of the 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 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 57 Board of Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Litwin Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Yashinsky Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bergamo58 Committees of the Board 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 Elaine S. Bernstein and Erika59 BernsteinCommittees Kelble and Councils Mr. and Mrs. James I. Magid Jack and Anita Saltz Foundation $1,000 to $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Bezos 61 Gifts and Grants Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Santella Anonymous (11) Mr. and Mrs. O. Francis Biondi, Jr. 73 Bequests 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. Blanchard74 Credits III Constance and H. Roemer McPhee Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Schulhof Margot Adams

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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. and Mrs. Michael Danziger Holley and Russell Flagg Aryn and Matt Grossman Mr. Henry U. Harris III Judy and Kim Davis Jane and James Flaherty Loomis J. Grossman, Jr. Helen Gurley Brown Mary and George Davis Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman Frank and Joanne Gumper Mr. and Mrs. Steven Brown Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Foley Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Gund Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brownstone Elizabeth De Cuevas Sharon H. Fong and James Wistman William F. and Ruth Ann Harnisch4 Report of the Lori R. Buchbinder and Raymond McDaniel Chairman and Jennifer DeMarrais Fordham University John Hart Marcia Bull and A. Bliss McCrum President Mr. and Mrs. Rohit M. Desai Robert Fraley Kim and Alan Hartman Mr. and Mrs. George R. Bunn, Jr. 9 Science Mr. and Mrs. Dinyar Devitre Joele Frank and Laurence F. Klurfeld Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Harvey Judith and Robert Burger 21 Education Mr. Stacy Dick and Ms. Cynthia Brauer Mrs. Thomas W. Frank Dr. and Mrs. George F. Heinrich Joseph F. Calabrese 28 Exhibition Sherie Dick Andrew Frankel Heins Family Robert B. Carey Robert and Marti Dinerstein B. Harrison Frankel Mrs. Andrew Heiskell 37 Digital Museum Barbara Carlino Dr. Naomi Donnelley and Joe Butler Mr. and Mrs. John French III Benjamin Hellweg and Jennifer40 GlobalKim Content James Cox Chambers and Joy Henshel Dissemination James Cox Chambers, Jr. Charles E. Dorkey III Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II Alexandra and Paul Herzan43 AMNH Convenes Beverly and Herbert Chase Mr. and Mrs. John Draghi Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Fried Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Heyman49 Special Events Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Ciriacks The Drumcliff Foundation Barbara Friedberg Carolyn Hickman and John52 R. CampbellReport of III the Virginia Clark Clarkson Ms. Jacqueline H. Dryfoos Suzanne Frye, M.D. Joseph W. Hill Treasurer Rhoda Weiskopf Cohen Marybeth Dunham and Charles Mayfield, Jr. Mr. Jay M. Furman 55 Financial Adnan A. Durrani and Dolores M. Paoli Dr. Helene D. Gayle Barbara J. Hillman Dr. Pamela Collins Statements Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Hixon Melissa Condie Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelfand Winson Ho 57 Board of Trustees Consulate General of Israel Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Dweck Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Myron A. Hofer58 Committees of Milton Cooper John F. Eagan Tom and Marjorie Gilbert the Board Mande Holford Jennifer B. Corcoran and Paul D. Straton Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Jordan Glaser and Hazel Weiser Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hollein 59 Committees and Christy Corgan Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Einbender Dr. Paul W. Glimcher and Dr. Barbara Knappmeyer Councils Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes Felipe A. Coronel Stephen and Lisa Eisenstein Mr. and Mrs. Scott Golden 61 Gifts and Grants Dee Hu and Warren Wong Victoria Costa and Jacob Carl Zydney Lita and Walter Elvers Barbara L. Goldsmith Foundation 73 Bequests David J. Hubbard Mrs. Sharon Cowles Irving Berlin Charitable Fund, Inc. Lawrence Golub Lloyd and Dorothy Huck 74 Credits 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

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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. Vladimir Jelisavcic The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Hamish Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Donald Oresman Joseph Family Charitable Trust Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund 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 4 Report of the Mr. and Mrs. John Kantakis Lydia and Alan Lee Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Mele Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Patricof Chairman and President Mr. and Mrs. George Kaufman Ken Lee and Susan Jang L. Thomas Melly Wendy and Henry Paulson, Jr. 9 Science 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 Emily Peterson and Raj Alva21 Education Laurie D. Kefalidis Mr. and Mrs. Frederic I. Leif Sandra C. and Lowell A. Mintz Ms. Marnie Pillsbury 28 Exhibition Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Ari Lerner Elizabeth Miracky Ronnie Planalp and Stephen37 TrevorDigital Museum 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 Mr. and Mrs. Zachary O. PomerantzDissemination 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 52KrovatinReport of the Nairn Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Scott Litman Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan Mr. Daniel Quinn and Ms. Anna TreasurerRita Quinn Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Kissinger Joe and Clare LoCicero Mario and Dana Morino Yvonne S. Quinn 55 Financial Statements Lois Etz Klaben and Marc Klaben Arthur L. Loeb Mr. and Mrs. William F. Morrill Paul E. Raether 57 Board of Trustees Kleinick Family Michael and Marjorie Loeb Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Michael Recanati and Ira Statfeld Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kleinknecht Ms. Carol A. Loewenson and Laura and Richard Murawczyk Edith T. Reed 58 Committees of the Board Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kleinknecht 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 Farley Mitchell Rentschler 59and Committees and Councils Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Knight, Jr. Al Loris Drs. David and Rhoda Narins Mary Montgomery Rentschler 61 Gifts and Grants David Koepp and Melissa Thomas Peter W. Lyden Murray L. Nathan* Mr. Richard L. Revesz 73 Bequests Julie Kohn and Dan Swift Tim Lyons and Lillian Oshva National Audubon Society Mr. and Mrs. Steven Richman Jeremy R. Kramer and Dorothy Rebecca Davies Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacNeil National Geographic Society Mrs. Sheila J. Robbins 74 Credits Dorothy and David Kroenlein Dr. Bernard Malberg David Shaw Neill

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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. Ziona4 Report Zelazo of the Mr. and Mrs. Cye Ross Mr. David Slifka and Mrs. Michele Michaelis Salvatore Troiano and Ellen M. Rosette Robert and Victoria Zoellner Chairman and President Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Derek Smith Jean and Raymond Troubh Paul Zofnass and Renee Ring 9 Science 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* Corporate 21PatronEducation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough Honorable Joyce L. Sparrow Grace, Sharon, and Alex Volckhausen Program 28 Exhibition Ms. Hattie Ruttenberg and Mr. Jonathan T. Molot Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley Mr. and Mrs. Carl von Bernuth Accenture 37 Digital Museum Dr. and Mrs. Otto F. Sabando Mr. and Mrs. Marc Spilker Maria T. Vullo AllianceBernstein L.P. 40 Global Content Dissemination Mr.* and Mrs. Peter M. Sacerdote Marla Spivak Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III American Express Company Dr. and Mrs. Carl Saphier Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steel Emily V. Wade Angelo, Gordon & Co. 43 AMNH Convenes Mary Schaeffer and Helen Schaeffer Charlotte Steel Mary J. Wallach Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder49 Holdings,Special Inc.Events Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schellbach David B. Sterling Douglas Warner Automatic Data Processing52 Report of the Rita and Joseph B. Scheller Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sterling, Jr. Evelene Wechsler AXA Foundation Treasurer Kate Schlosstein Liz and Emanuel Stern Mrs. John L. Weinberg Bank of America 55 Financial Statements Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Schulman Marc Stern and Kimberly Yellin Earl D. and Gina Ingoglia Weiner BNY Mellon 57 Board of Trustees 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 Bloomingdale’s Fund of the58 Macy’sCommittees Foundation of the Board Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schwartz Daniel L. Stoddard Mr. and Mrs. Max Weissman BondDesk 59 Committees and Urling Iselin Searle Mr. and Mrs. Melville Straus Justin B. Wender and Deborah J. Goldfrank BornFree, Inc. Councils Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal Lee and Roger Strong Robert W. and Donna T. Whiteford Bovis Lend Lease 61 Gifts and Grants Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio Arlene and Joseph Stuhl Mary Louise Whitmarsh Brown Lloyd James 73 Bequests Dr. Yelena Shafeyeva Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wiborg Canon U.S.A., Inc. 74 Credits 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

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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 Macy’s 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. Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage Deutsche Bank The McGraw-Hill Companies Time Warner 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 Estée lauder Companies Inc. The Moody’s 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 Allison and Roberto Mignone General Atlantic LLC New York Private Bank & Trust Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 4 Report of the Global M&A Network LLC The New York Times Company Wells Fargo Anne and Charles H. Mott Chairman and President Goldfarb & Fleece New York Yankees White & Case News Corporation 9 Science Goldman, Sachs & Co. News Corporation Xerox Foundation Prudential Financial, Inc. Google Inc. NYSE Euronext Ziff Brothers Investments Mary and David Solomon 21 Education Greenlight Capital, Inc. Oaktree Capital Management Zubatkin Owner Representation Anne and Bernard Spitzer28 Exhibition The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Tiffany & Co. 37 Digital Museum Tishman Speyer H. W. Wilson Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP S uPPORTERS of 40 Global Content Hearst Corporation PepsiCo, Inc. Special Events $25,000 to $49,999Dissemination HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Pfizer Inc. Anonymous 43 AMNH Convenes $100,000 to $249,999 IBM International Foundation PHIL & Co. Mr. Alec Baldwin 49 Special Events Accenture, LLP ING Posit Science Barclays Capital 52 Report of the Jodie and John Eastman Interactive Brokers LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Mr. and Mrs. James J. Burke, Jr.Treasurer Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi Ire Viajes Prometheus Global Media Raymond G. Chambers, MCJ55 AmeliorFinancial Foundation Hearst Corporation Statements ITOCHU International Inc. Random House Citi Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hess Jacobs Levy Equity Management Renaissance Technologies LLC Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Cohen57 Board of Trustees David H. Koch John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Resort Condominiums International LLC Con Edison 58 Committees of MetLife, Inc. the Board Johnson & Johnson Restaurant Associates Mr. Mark F. Dalton Morgan Stanley JPMorgan Chase & Co. Roche Mr. Arthur Dantchik 59 Committees and New York Life Councils Kaplan Test Prep The Rockefeller Group Debevoise & Plimpton Dr. and Mrs. James H. Simons 61 Gifts and Grants KPMG Scholastic Joe and Diana DiMenna 73 Bequests Liz Claiborne Inc. Shake Shack $50,000 to $99,999 Ms. Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley Lockheed Martin Corporation Sony Corporation of America ABN AMRO Securities LLC Family Charitable Lead Unitrust74 Credits Loews Corporation St. Joseph’s Healthcare System Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas

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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 Mr. Michael Douglas and Ms. Catherine Zeta John and Amy Griffin Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Ms. Janet C. Ross, Jones Sir Elton John Douglas and Susanne Durst J and AR Foundation Edward Jones Mr. Richard S. LeFrak, Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone Jack and Susan Rudin, Niko Elmaleh The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Samuel J. LeFrak Memorial Fund Ms. Tina Fey and Mr. Jeffrey Richmond Emerson, Reid & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer D. A. Sackler Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Richard Gilder, Gilder Foundation, Inc. Event Network Todd and Nobue Sandoz Linda R. and William E. Macaulay Sibyl R. Golden, Golden Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Farkas Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Mandel, Jr. Saturday Night Live Lois and Blake Goodner Kirsten Feldman and Hugh Frater Alice and Lorne Michaels Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Shaye Mr. and Mrs. David Greenspan Jeanne Donovan Fisher Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Shipley Ms. Anne Hathaway Mr. and Mrs. David Foley 4 Report of the Mr. Alan H. Rappaport, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Frank Chairman and Pearson-Rappaport Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Carney Hawks Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Traber Peter Hess Friedland President Mr. Christopher R. Redlich, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Kamen Verizon Communications Inc. 9 Science Karen Katen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greenberg Saks Fifth Avenue Wachovia Bank Mr. Jim Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gross21 Education Mr. Ralph Schlosstein, Wells Fargo Schlosstein-Hartley Family Foundation KPMG Aryn and Matt Grossman28 Exhibition Judy and Josh Weston Fund Laura Baudo Sillerman, Jacqueline LeFrak and Edward Kosinski Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hartley37 Digital Museum The Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Williams Mr. and Mrs. Scott Litman Mr. and Mrs. Jon Heinemann40 Global Content Swiss Re Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Yoseloff Mr. John McEnroe and Ms. Patti Smythe Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hood Dissemination Thomson Reuters Mr. and Mrs. Brian Young Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKeon Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hope43 AMNH Convenes The Travelers Companies, Inc. Zubatkin Owner Representation, LLC Mrs. Henry W. Middleton Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Isaly49 Special Events Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Milliman Inc. 52 Report of the Ann Ziff Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer Anonymous J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese ChamberTreasurer of Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Commerce and Industry of New York Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mishaan John and Raluca Allison 55 Financial Hess Foundation, Inc. Dana Wallach Jones and MichaelStatements T. M. Jones MTV Networks Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Beale $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kaufman Laura and Richard Murawczyk Mr. and Mrs. William Berkman 57 Board of Trustees Anonymous Ms. and Mr. Fernanda M. Kellogg NBC Universal Lloyd and Laura Blankfein Foundation 58 Committees of Hilary W. Addington and Michael Cahill Mr. John Kim the Board New York Yankees Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Blau Alcatel-Lucent Elysabeth Kleinhans 59 Committees and Valerie and Wright Ohrstrom Mr. Nelson Blitz, Jr. and Ms. Catherine Woodard Alcoa Mr. and Mrs. Michael Koester Councils Origins Natural Resources, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bommer American Express Company Mr. Christopher Kojima and61 Ms.Gifts Elizabeth and GrantsKojima Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boris Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Anderson Speyer Family Foundation Bovis Lend Lease Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Korngold73 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

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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Loeb Ms. Elizabeth H. Williams Ms. Robyn J. Asimov Mr. Sean Olstad Cleary and Ms. Margaret Mr. and Mrs. Seth Meisel Mr. Kendrick R. Wilson III Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky Olstad Cleary Mr. and Mrs. John Minio Mr. Matthew Young Mr. Robert Atwater Mr. Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens, Ms. Patricia Azeltine Ms. Myrna Coffino The Wildwood Foundation C oRPORATE and Ms. Ashanda Balderas Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cohn Mr. Ali Namvar Foundation Matching Mr. Frank M. Bamberger Dr. Charles J. Cole and Ms. Carol R. Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath Gifts Mr. Isaac H. Barkey Mrs. George R. Cole Mr. Alexander Navab and Ms. Mary Kathryn Mr. and Mrs. John Colgrove $10,000 to $24,999 Ms. Carolina Baron Norman-Navab Ms. Danica Cordell-Reeh and Mr. Anthony P. Merck & Co., Inc. Ms. Linda Barrett Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. Roger Mr. David Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O’Hara $5,000 to $9,999 Dr. Susan Cropper Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Ms. Marion Bell* E. Stanley O’Neal and Nancy A. Garvey Dr. Virginia L. Cunningham ExxonMobil Foundation Ms. Laura Bemben Mr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Palm Mr. Anthony Delbove GE Foundation Ms. Beverly S. Bender Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Papsun Mrs. Ruth Dickler Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Arthur F. Benoit 4 Report of the Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pfeifler Mr. David A. Dorfman Ms. Joan L. Benson Chairman and Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland $2,500 to $4,999 Mr. Christopher J. Durso President Bloomberg Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rockefeller Mr. Gabriel H. Ebersole 9 Science IBM International Foundation Ms. Susanna Berger The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Dr. Walter B. Elvers and Ms.21 LitaEducation Elvers Mr. Herbert C. Bernard Scholastic Corporation Johnson & Johnson Mr. Richard Everett Ms. Margaret D. Bishop 28 Exhibition Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Schulman Pfizer Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Sandor Ezrovics Ms. Anne Blatt 37 Digital Museum Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schwesinger $1,000 to $2,499 Dr. Mary Ellen Fahs Dr. and Mrs. Donald Blaufox 40 Global Content Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio AT&T Mr. Norman Fately Dissemination Mr. Louis H. Blumengarten Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw Jana Partners LLC The Honorable and Mrs. Norman Feiden Mr. Lynn A. Bohlin 43 AMNH Convenes Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff The McGraw-Hill Companies Mr. Dennis R. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Braun 49 Special Events Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Stuart Fischman, Esq. Ms. Beatrice Brewster 52 Report of the Peter and Susan Solomon, Soros Fund Management, LLC Ms. Ellen L. Fogle Mr. Peter Brizard Treasurer Peter J. Solomon Foundation Western Union Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Julius Frazier Constance G. Spahn Mr. Kenneth A. Bronston 55 Financial Miss Mignon Ganne Statements Ms. Cherry L. Burns Ms. Alexandra Steel Pnedlan Giving Mr. Roland Ginzel 57 Board of Trustees Mr. Sherman B. Carll Taggart Associates Corp. Donors (Jesup Mr. William A. Glaser and Mrs. Gilberte 58 Committees of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tinsley Mr. Peter J. Cerasaro, Jr. Vansintejan-Glaser Society) the Board Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Trainor Anonymous (16) Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Chambers Ms. Joyce Golden 59 Committees and Ms. Julie Turaj and Mr. Robert Pohly Mr. and Mrs. Richard Abrams Rev. Chawanda Charae Mr. and Mrs. Michael GoudketCouncils Mr. Thomas A. Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Allen Ms. Carolyn M. Chave Mr. Peter H. Gregson 61 Gifts and Grants Mr. Andrew Wallach and Ms. Dina Opici Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Altman Ms. Anita Child Mr. Thomas M. Griffing and Ms. Catherine King 73 Bequests Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wallach Dr. and Mrs. Sydney Anderson Ms. Winifred C. Chin Mr. Peter S. Grimes 74 Credits Mr. and Mrs. David Westin Dr. Rudolf G. Arndt Mr. Michael J. Chusmir Lawrence R. and Ellen K. Gross

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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. Mary Raymond Ms. Caroline A. Steele and Mr. Stuart Steele Ms. Ruth Ann Harnisch and Mr. Bill F. Harnisch Ms. Wendy Lewison 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 Ms. Caroline Macomber Dr. and Mrs. Karl A. Hartman, Jr. Mrs. Emily P. Ridgway Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Stolbun Mr. John Maguire Mr. Roderic Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Rose Mr. Karl J. Stone Mr. Edward Marcus Mr. Gregory F. Hauser Ms. Joyce Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann Mr. and Mrs. Durward J. Markle Mrs. Anne W. Hausner Ms. Linda Rothstein Ms. Diann Terry Mr. and Mrs. Robert McColaugh Ms. Esther L. Herbert Dr. Caroline Rubinstein and Mr. Robert F. Petrie and Ms. Valerie Thaler Ms. Judith F. Hernstadt Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McCormick Mr. Phillip M. Winegar Dr. William Thierfelder 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 4 Report of the Ms. Susan S. Hochenberg Mr. Charles W. Merrels Patricia E. Saigo, M.D. Ms. Myrella Triana Chairman and President Mr. Everett Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Messinger Ellen Salem, Ph.D. Ms. Ellen M. Rosette and Mr. Salvatore Troiano 9 Science Dr. and Mrs. John T. Hornblow Ms. Ann B. Metcalfe Ms. Theda M. Salkind Mr. Craig S. Tunks and Mr. Tom 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 28 Exhibition Carroll L. Wainwright Jr. Esq. Dr. Irma B. Jaffe Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore Mr. William Savino 37 Digital Museum Ms. Marjory S. Walters Ms. Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz and Mr. Victor R. Ruiz Ms. Mary Mugurdichian Mr. Patrick Schaar and Ms. Dorothy Gold 40 Global Content Ms. Fanny E. Warburg Mr. and Mrs. Anthony James Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mull Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Schiavone Dissemination Mrs. Isobel Wayrick Ms. Dorothy Johnsen Ms. Janakim M. Murugesan Ms. Christine Schiavone-McKeon 43 AMNH Convenes Mr. Marshall M. Weinberg Ms. Patricia S. Joseph Mr. Murray L. Nathan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schiffmann 49 Special Events Judy and Josh Weston Ms. Helene L. Kaplan Ms. Eileen Nemeroff Ms. Gloria Schindler 52 Report of the Mr. Ronald D. Weston Dr. Joan A. Kedziora Dr. Stephanie Neuman and Mr. Herbert Neuman Mr. Edward D. Schmidt and Ms. Gillian R. Dawson Treasurer Mr. Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. and Ms. Anne S. Ms. Latimer Kells Ms. Nancy E. Newcomb 55 Financial Dr. Margaret Schottstaedt McCook Statements Mr. and Mrs. Johannes G. Kilian Mrs. Gillian W. Newell Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schraemli Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Whipple Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. King Mr. Thomas K. O’Brien, Jr. 57 Board of Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Schwartz Mr. Thomas C. Danziger and Ms. Laura B. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ornstein Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scott Whitman 58 Committees of the Board Mr. Alfred R. Koelle Mr. Jonathan Orser Mr. Igor Shtllmer Dr. Adam S. Wilkins Mr. Robert E. Kohn Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pantuliano Mr. Lawrence B. Wohl and59 Ms.Committees Millicent Wohl and Mr. A. James Smith, Jr. and Councils Ms. Janet Kozera Mr. Michael Passarella Ms. M. Kathryn Eickhoff-Smith Mr. Eric T. Zinn 61 Gifts and Grants Mr. Peihua Ku Ms. Celia Paul and Mr. Stephen Rosen Mr. Ronny Soderstrom Dr. Carl B. Zuckerman 73 Bequests 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 *Deceased 74 Credits

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4 Report of the Chairman and President 9 Science 21 Education The impala diorama, in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals, shows a group of animals grazing in the open woodlands of the Serengeti. Impala are generally seen in groups of up to 100 animals.28 Exhibition 37 Digital Museum 40 Global Content bequests Dissemination 43 AMNH Convenes 49 Special Events By including the American Museum of Natural History in your estate plans, you I give, devise, and bequeath [the sum of $___/___% of my residuary estate] to the American Museum of Natural History (Tax ID # 13-6162659), a New York 52educationReport corporation of the can promote the preservation and broader understanding of the natural world Treasurer located at Central Park West and 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192. for generations to come. 55 Financial Statements Through a bequest in your will, you can support the Museum while realizing significant tax G iFTS that Pay Lifetime Income 57 Board of Trustees savings for your estate. You may bequeath a dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or the A gift to the Museum now can generate income for you and/or a loved58 oneCommittees for life. These of residue of your estate after other bequests and expenses are paid. You may designate your gifts offer very attractive returns, and plans are available that provide eitherthe a Boardfixed income bequest to fund a specific program or to provide important unrestricted support for the Museum. or a fluctuating income capable of growth. They also provide you with 59immediateCommittees income and tax With a gift of $1 million or more, you can create an endowed fund at the Museum in your own savings and long-term estate tax benefits. Councils name or that of a loved one, which will support the Museum in perpetuity. 61 Gifts and Grants For more information on these and other gift plans, please contact the Planned Giving Office The following language can be used in your will to create a bequest to the Museum: of the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at73 79thBequests Street, New York, New York 10024-5192 or at 212-769-5119. 74 Credits

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DESIGN Page 15 Page 44 AMNH Audio/Visual Department on design, inc., new york city. www.ond.com AMNH/R. Mickens AMNH/R. Mickens “Middle School Students Animate Page 16 Page 45 Ancient Fossils” Unless otherwise indicated, all photography AMNH/D. Brambaugh Left: AMNH/D. Finnin and M. Shanley AMNH/J. Bauerle and video © 2012 American Museum of Page 17 Right: AMNH/R. Mickens “Sand Mandala Ceremony with Drepung Loseling Monks” Natural History. Courtesy of J. Rozen Pages 46-48 Page 18 AMNH/J. Sims AMNH/R. Mickens PHOTOGRAPHY AMNH/S. Perkins “Human Evolution and Why It Matters” Page 49 Front Cover: Page 19 AMNH/M. Benitez, J. Bauerle, J. Sims AMNH/C. Chesek AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/J. Carpenter “First Look at Brain: The Inside Story” Page 50-52 Page 2 Pages 20-21 AMNH/J. Sims AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/D. Finnin “Walkthrough World's Largest Dinosaurs Pages 55, 57 Page 3 Pages 22-23 Special Exhibition” AMNH/E. Stanley AMNH/R. Mickens AMNH/R. Mickens AMNH/J. Sims 4 Report of the Page 4 Pages 24-25 Pages 60-61, 73 “The Butterfly Conservatory” Chairman and AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/R. Mickens AMNH AMNH/J. Bauerle, J. Sims President Page 5 Page 26 “Feeding the Frogs at AMNH” 9 Science AMNH/R. Mickens AMNH/R. Mickens VIDEO AMNH/J. Sims 21 Education Page 6 Pages 27-29 “Museum Launches Master of Arts in “Body and Spirit: Tibetan Medical Paintings” 28 Exhibition AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/D. Finnin Teaching Program” AMNH/J. Sims Page 7 Page 30 AMNH/J. Bauerle and J. Sims “Picturing Science” 37 Digital Museum AMNH/R. Mickens AMNH/R. Mickens “Astronauts of NASA's Atlantis STS-135 AMNH/J. Sims 40 Global Content Dissemination Page 8 Page 31 Mission Visit AMNH” “Inside the Dioramas: Restoring the Hall of 43 AMNH Convenes AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH/J. Bauerle and J. Sims North American Mammals” Page 9 Page 32 AMNH/J. Bauerle “Inside the Collections: Wasps” 49 Special Events AMNH/N. Dupérré AMNH/R. Mickens “AMNH Explorer for iPod and iPod Touch” AMNH/J. Bauerle 52 Report of the Page 10 Page 33 AMNH/J. Sims Treasurer “Inside the Collections: Paleontology and AMNH/C. Chesek Courtesy of Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland “Dinosaur iPhone App55 fromFinancial AMNH” Big Bone Room” Page 11 Page 34 AMNH/J. Sims Statements AMNH/J. Sims Courtesy of D. Grimaldi AMNH/L. Prendini and S. Thurston “AMNH: Cosmic Discoveries57 Board iPhone of Trustees App” “Inside the Collections: Ichthyology” Page 12 Pages 35-37, 39 AMNH/J. Sims 58 Committees of AMNH/J. Sims Courtesy of J. Meng AMNH/R. Mickens “2011 Urban Advantage Sciencethe Board Expo at “2011 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate” Page 13 Page 40 the Museum” 59 Committees and AMNH/J. Maisey AMNH/D. Finnin AMNH Audio/Visual Department AMNH/J. Bauerle Councils Page 14 Page 43 “Rose Center Anniversary Isaac Asimov 61 Gifts and Grants Debate: Is Earth Unique?” Courtesy of C. Raxworthy Official White House Photo by Pete Souza 73 Bequests 74 Credits

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