ANNUAL REPORT 2016 JULY 1, 2015 – JUNE 30, 2016 This year, Museum scientists continued to that so needs them, and also paid tribute to SCIENCE travel the globe to study species and habitats, pioneering Chinese paleontologist Mee-mann 4 including extensive, cross-disciplinary Chang with an honorary doctorate. expeditions in biodiversity-rich Cuba in Some 4,000 K-12 teachers participated in EDUCATION collaboration with colleagues at Havana’s professional development programs, and the National Natural History Museum, while also 10 pioneering Urban Advantage consortium of pursuing ground-breaking molecular, genomic, New York’s science-based cultural institutions, and phenomic research at home in our EXHIBITION which the Museum leads, continued to expand laboratories and world-renowned collections. 12 its work to improve the teaching and learning The Museum’s collection of specimens of science in New York City’s middle schools. and artifacts, one of the most scientifically REPORT OF THE This year, Urban Advantage reached more CHIEF FINANCIAL significant in the world, passed the 34 million than 77,000 students and 790 teachers in 281 OFFICER mark, including growing collections of frozen schools across the five boroughs. 14 tissue, DNA, and astrophysics and genomic data.

Finally, to more fully leverage the confluence The Museum welcomed approximately five FINANCIAL of the Museum’s strengths and society’s need million visitors this year, many marveling STATEMENTS for pioneering science and effective science at the new Titanosaur exhibit. At 122 feet 16 education, this year the Museum announced long, this spectacular new icon highlights plans to create a major new facility, the Gilder the thrilling and significant discoveries in BOARD OF Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, TRUSTEES paleontology today. Special exhibitions and named Jeanne Gang as its architect and presented the frontiers of science such as the 18 Ralph Appelbaum as exhibit designer. The human microbiome and the links between new Richard Gilder Center will showcase the dinosaurs and modern birds. Public programs COMMITTEES OF Museum as an active, integrated place of THE BOARD OF ensured that the Museum remained a popular science and education, rooted in the collections, TRUSTEES destination for the curious of all ages—from imbued with the power of technology, and 20 the youngest scientists discovering nature to informed by the ways people learn, discover, families learning together, from young adults and interact today. COMMITTEES OF gathering at SciCafe to discuss science and THE MUSEUM, FROM THE PRESIDENT We live in a time when science underpins many of our society, to film buffs enjoying the Margaret Founded in 1869 as an institution of scientific PROJECT AND CHAIRMAN COMMITTEES, greatest challenges, from the environment to human Mead Film Festival. Of course, the Museum research and education, the Museum's work AND ADVISORY reaches many millions more online through health. An informed understanding of the world around has never been more timely or important COUNCILS its website, videos, apps, digital learning than it is now. We thank you for your interest us is essential to full participation in our society and 21 opportunities, and social media, and countless and participation. democracy, yet our children continue to fall behind their others through our touring exhibitions and GIFTS AND GRANTS Space Shows. peers worldwide in science achievement, and science is 22 increasingly questioned in public discourse. In this context, The annual commencement ceremony of our Lewis W. Bernard Richard Gilder Graduate School conferred Ph.D. PLANNED GIVING the American Museum of Natural History’s work of Chairman and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees, in the 34 advancing scientific research, preparing the next generation only such museum-based degree-granting of scientists and science teachers, and improving the public programs in the Western hemisphere. It was CREDITS a deeply proud moment as we sent our new understanding of science is more important than ever. Ellen V. Futter 35 scientists and science teachers into a world President

2 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 3 SCIENCE

EXPEDITIONS: Adding to Scientific Knowledge and Collections 7 researchers working with Cuban colleagues on the Alberta, Canada George Barrowclough Poland Neil H. Landman Explore21 Expedition to Cuba

Alaska James M. Carpenter Arizona Jerome G. Rozen Romania Mark A. Norell Arizona George E. Harlow Mongolia Mark A. Norell, Mike J. Novacek California John S. Sparks Cuba+ George Amato, Natalia Rossi California Rebecca Oppenheimer Cuba+ Ana Luz Porzecanski Nevada Melanie J. Hopkins Cuba+ Christopher J. Raxworthy, Brian T. Smith, Paul Sweet, Angelo Soto-Centeno New Mexico Jerome G. Rozen South Dakota Neil H. Landman Bermuda Eunsoo Kim, Mark E. Siddall 93 St. Catherines Island (Georgia) David Hurst Thomas Wyoming John J. Flynn expeditions Egypt James D. Webster India David A. Grimaldi

Cayman Islands John S. Sparks Vietnam Mary E. Blair Mexico Charles Spencer Puerto Rico Eunsoo Kim Belize Nancy B. Simmons Netherlands Antilles Susan L. Perkins Sudan Alex de Voogt Cambodia* Mark E. Siddall 7 Panama Estefanía Rodríguez Solomon Islands Christopher Filardi, Georgina Cullman continents Vanuatu* Brian T. Smith Fiji Eleanor Sterling

Peru Charles Spencer

Tahiti Jennifer E. Newell SELECT EXPEDITIONS FROM FY2016 Madagascar Christopher J. Raxworthy Botswana Alex de Voogt Australia Christopher Filardi ANTHROPOLOGY

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES South Africa Lorenzo Prendini Uruguay Ross D.E. MacPhee INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY Argentina Ross D.E. MacPhee VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY SACKLER INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE GENOMICS CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

+ Explore21 Expedition to Cuba * Constantine S. Niarchos Expeditions

Antarctica Ross D.E. MacPhee Antarctica Jin Meng

Antarctica Estefanía Rodríguez

Invertebrate Zoology Collections per COLLECTIONS Vertebrate Zoology 23,312,067 Division 4,409,178 34,036,183 Earth & Planetary Sciences 155,607 specimens and artifacts

55,718 22,728 1,476 Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (Frozen Tissue) Anthropology collection items added collection items loaned visiting scholars hosted 108,113 540,065 Paleontology 5,511,153

4 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 5 JULY 2015 AUGUST 2015 more than RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: 4 1 How the Smilodon Vision for Future Space Flies in Amber Were Dogs Evolved with Got Its Teeth Telescopes Ancient Pollinators Climate Change Select Publications doctoral dissertation “Young Jupiter” 430 grants from the Exoplanet Across Five Divisions National Science Discovered Tseng Oppenheimer, Shara, Grimaldi Tseng scientific publications Foundation Mac Low

NOVEMBER 2015 OCTOBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 AUGUST 2015

Analysis of Oldest-known Wasp Fossils Suggest Ice Ancient “Supershark” Human Relative’s Foot a Step New Species of Human Polar Bears May Survive Astronomers Deceptive Woodpecker Plant-visiting Bat Suggests Age California Similar to Fossils Discovered in Texas Towards Modern Walking Relative Discovered the Ice Melt Discover “Young Uses Mimicry to Avoid It Was Omnivorous Modern Environment Jupiter” Exoplanet Competition Maisey Harcourt-Smith Harcourt-Smith Rockwell, Gormezano Simmons Holden Oppenheimer, Rice Benz

NOVEMBER 2015 DECEMBER 2015 JANUARY 2016 FEBRUARY 2016

Reptile Fossil Solves Surprising Path of Dinosaurs May Have Museum Researchers New Leech Species Researchers Sequence Researchers Find Malaria Fossils in Amber Mystery of How Snakes Bird Evolution Breathed Like Birds Discover Glowing Named for Author First Bedbug Genome Parasite in East Coast’s Show Social Lost Their Legs Sea Turtles Amy Tan White-tailed Deer Behavior in Cracraft, Claramunt Watanabe, Gold, Tessler, DeSalle, Sorkin, Ancient Insects Yi, Norell Davidson, Norell Sparks Tessler, Siddall Siddall, Amato Perkins Grimaldi, Barden

APRIL 2016 MARCH 2016 FEBRUARY 2016

Research Shows Vital Bigger Brains Drove Four New Lizard Researchers Discover Extinct Marine Mammal Why Some Supernovae Dodos Might Have Ancient Glyptodonts Links Between Lemurs Evolution to Bigger Species from Second Native Hunted Clams with a Continue to Burn Bright Been Quite Intelligent Related to Modern and Fruit Trees Human Bodies Eastern Paraguay Hawaiian Bat Big Bite Armadillos Graur Gold, Norell Herrera Grabowski Carvalho Simmons Tseng, Grohé, Flynn MacPhee

APRIL 2016 MAY 2016 JUNE 2016

Paleontologists Gain New Flapping Before Flight Glowing Shark DNA Study Suggests Bioluminescence Evolved Scorpions Share Similar Insight to “Telescoping” Patterns Get Brighter Scorpions Diversified as Frequently in Fishes Tastes in Burrow Heers Crocodile Eyes in Deep Water Andes Formed Architecture Sparks Flynn Sparks Prendini Prendini

6 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 7 Richard Gilder Graduate School CURATORS AND DIRECTORS Commencement

October 5, 2015

Michael J. Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science Scott A. Schaefer, Dean of Science for Collections, Exhibition, and Public Understanding of Science Dr. Mee-mann Chang, one of China's John J. Flynn, Dean of Richard Gilder Graduate School preeminent paleontologists, received an honorary degree at the ceremony. In her remarks, Dr. Chang told DIVISION OF DIVISION OF PHYSICAL CENTER FOR BIODIVERSITY graduates that globalization and ANTHROPOLOGY SCIENCES AND CONSERVATION improved international collaboration have raised expectations for today's Laurel Kendall, Division Chair DEPARTMENT OF ASTROPHYSICS Ana Luz Porzecanski, Director scientists and teachers. Alex de Voogt Mordecai-Mark Mac Low HAYDEN PLANETARIUM Jennifer E. Newell Rebecca Oppenheimer Brian G. Richmond Michael M. Shara Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles S. Spencer Frederick P. Rose Director David Hurst Thomas DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES Peter M. Whiteley SACKLER INSTITUTE FOR Denton S. Ebel, Division Chair COMPARATIVE GENOMICS George E. Harlow DIVISION OF George Amato, Director 2015 RICHARD GILDER GRADUATE SCHOOL GRADUATES INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Edmond A. Mathez James D. Webster James M. Carpenter, SOUTHWESTERN Peter J. Solomon Family Curator, Division RESEARCH STATION Chair DIVISION OF VERTEBRATE PH.D. DEGREE IN COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN TEACHING Geoffrey Bender, Director Robert DeSalle ZOOLOGY (EARTH SCIENCE) David A. Grimaldi DEPARTMENT OF HERPETOLOGY RESEARCH LIBRARY Phillip Barden Eunsoo Kim Sara Drotzer Erin Richley Christopher J. Raxworthy “Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Through Space, Susan L. Perkins Thomas Baione, Time, and Sociality: A History from Amber.” Rebecca Eidelman Avanel Riley Frank T. Burbrink Harold Boeschenstein Director Lorenzo Prendini Advisors: David A. Grimaldi, James M. Carpenter Meredith Fichman Daniel Rosenstein Estefanía Rodríguez DEPARTMENT OF ICHTHYOLOGY Kevin Gostomski Rebecca Saunders Jerome G. Rozen, Jr. Scott A. Schaefer Andre Luiz Gomez de Carvalho Kathleen Hanson Jessica Sharoff Mark E. Siddall John S. Sparks “A Revision of the Lizards of the Subfamily William Hudacek Meg Stewart Ward C. Wheeler Tropidurinae (Tropiduridae) with Special Reference to Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Tropidurus Wied, 1825.” Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research David Anthony Murray Richard Weiss Advisor: Darrel R. Frost DIVISION OF Curator PALEONTOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALOGY Maria Eugenia Leone Gold Mark A. Norell, Ross D.E. MacPhee “New Insights on the Evolution of Flight in Dinosaurs 14 Macaulay Curator, Division Chair Using Novel CT and PET Technology.” Nancy B. Simmons John J. Flynn, graduates receiving Advisor: Mark A. Norell Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals Robert S. Voss M.A. Degree in Teaching Melanie Hopkins DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY Neil H. Landman Carly Melissa Tribull “Molecular and Morphometric Phylogenetics 100% 100% 6,600 John G. Maisey, George F. Barrowclough of Dryinidae and Bethylidae (Hymenoptera: Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research Joel L. Cracraft, success rate for of graduates students in New York Chrysidoidea).” NYS certification receive employment State being taught by Curator Lamont Curator, Division Chair Advisors: James M. Carpenter, David A. Grimaldi among graduates offers program graduates Jin Meng Brian T. Smith Michael Novacek

8 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 9 EDUCATION Museum Education 600+ and Employment college-aged students Program (MEEP) employed since 1996 Turned 20 PROGRAM more than HIGHLIGHTS: 500+ tours given to camp Exploring Cutting- 180,000 39 1 groups each summer Edge Science, years of Margaret adult digital 20 Celebrating Cultures attendees at public programs Mead Film Festival flight school years of paid summer 11 internships in science rolling carts staffed communication with touchable items

JULY 14, 2015 OCTOBER 22 – 25, 2015 NOVEMBER 22, 2015 DECEMBER 9, 2015

Pluto Flyby with NASA’s New Horizons Margaret Mead Film Festival: “Thresholds” Hackathon: Hack the Dinos with BridgeUp: STEM New Science, New Solutions: Changing the Future for At-Risk Youth Hosted by Curator Denton Ebel, Director of In the spirit of Margaret Mead, this 39th annual Data scientists from around New York and Brown Astrovisualization Carter Emmart, and Frederick festival continued to push the boundaries of scholars from the Museum’s BridgeUp: STEM Hosted by Museum Trustee Anna Deavere Smith, P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium visual anthropology and documentary film. program participated in this 24-hour challenge to this event asked whether science, ethics, and law Neil deGrasse Tyson, this special event featured For the first time in the festival’s history, the hack the Museum’s paleontology databases and can identify new paths out of poverty. Panelists live links to New Horizons mission control and Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award was shared by then demonstrated the new tools they developed included Ana Bermudez, Frances Champagne, real-time visualizations of the probe’s historic two filmmakers: Kim Beamish forTentmakers of for scientists. Fagan Harris, Bruce McEwen, and Dorothy Roberts. mission as well as opportunities to speak with Cairo and Iiris Härmä for Leaving Africa: A Story of mission personnel. Friendship and Empowerment.

JUNE 1, 2016 MAY 14, 2016 APRIL 5, 2016 DECEMBER 27, 2015

SciCafe: Explore21 Cuba What Are You Made Of? Annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Kwanzaa: Energize, Recognize! Universe a Simulation? Expedition members Ana Luz Porzecanski This series of weekend events tied Doug E. Fresh headlined this and Angelo Soto-Centeno discussed the 2015 to the special exhibition The Secret Hosted by Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden year’s celebration, featuring expedition and new avenues for scientific World Inside You gathered samples Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, the panel included Linda Humes, master drummers collaboration. of microbes from a group of people David Chalmers, professor of philosophy at NYU, Sanga of the Valley, LeeAnet representing a wide range of ages and Zohreh Davoudi, theoretical physicist at MIT, James Noble, and Harlem School of the hometowns—our visitors—for the Gates, theoretical physicist at the University of Arts Legacy Ensemble. Healthy Microbiome Project. Maryland, Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist at Harvard, and Max Tegmark, cosmologist from MIT.

JUNE 4, 2015 Professional 2,000 12th Annual Urban Advantage Science Expo Development for teachers and administrators The Museum hosted the annual expo for this science Teachers participated in onsite programs enrichment program, a partnership with seven other cultural institutions and the New York City MORE THAN Department of Education that in fiscal year 2016 reached 790 teachers and 77,600 students in 281 middle schools across all five boroughs. 110,000 4,000 students registered in Museum’s Massive Open Online Courses for k–12 teachers participated in professional science educators through 2016 development onsite and online

10 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 11 EXHIBITION

The Titanosaur

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS: 14 8 122 traveling exhibitions space shows Scientific Storytelling 7 feet long in Three Dimensions exhibitions 19 6 70 66 Based on weighed Lived About opened onsite venues countries venues cities worldwide 84 70 100 million fossil bones tons in life years ago

OPENED OCTOBER 13, 2015 NOVEMBER 7, 2015 – AUGUST 14, 2016 JANUARY 15, 2016 MARCH 18, 2016 – JANUARY 2, 2017

Opulent Oceans The Titanosaur

Curated by Melanie L.J. Stiassny, Herbert Curated by Mark Norell, Macaulay Curator of Paleontology R. and Evelyn Axelrod Research Curator, in collaboration with Tom Baione, In 2016, the Museum added another must-see exhibit to its world- Harold Boeschenstein Director of the famous fossil halls: a cast of a 122-foot-long sauropod dinosaur Museum’s Research Library that was discovered in the Patagonian region of Argentina in 2014 and excavated by a team from Museo Paleontologico Egidio Inspired by the book Opulent Oceans: Fergulio led by Jose Luis Carballido and Diego Pol, who received Extraordinary Rare Book Selections his Ph.D. in a joint program between Columbia University and from the American Museum of Natural the American Museum of Natural History. When the exhibit The Secret World Inside You History, this exhibition included 46 opened, the cast was displayed with five of the 223 original fossils Dinosaurs Among Us exquisite reproductions from 33 rare Co-curated by Susan Perkins and Rob DeSalle, Curators in the recovered in Patagonia, including a colossal 8-foot femur. and beautifully illustrated scientific Division of Invertebrate Zoology Curated by Mark Norell, Macaulay Curator of Paleontology works documenting the diversity of the Dinosaurs Among Us explored the transition of dinosaurs that world’s ocean life. The Secret World Inside You explored the rapidly evolving science surrounding the human microbiome and how it is dominated the planet for around 170 million years into a new, reshaping our ideas about human health. small, airborne form: birds.

EXHIBITION CREDITS SEASONAL JULY 4, 2015 – NOVEMBER 29, 2015 MAY 28, 2016 – JANUARY 2, 2017 EXHIBITS THE SECRET WORLD INSIDE YOU DINOSAURS AMONG US CROCS: ANCIENT PREDATORS Spiders Alive!

Generous support for The Secret World Inside You and The Museum gratefully acknowledges the Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern World was Visitors encountered more than 20 species of live its educational resources have been provided by the Paul Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition and created by Peeling Productions at Clyde Peeling’s arachnids, fossils, and larger-than-life models in and Irma Milstein Foundation and the Milstein Family. Education Fund. REPTILAND. this returning exhibition. The Secret World Inside You is proudly supported Dinosaurs Among Us was proudly supported by by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Chase Private Client. OPULENT OCEANS Johnson & Johnson. SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 – MAY 29, 2016 Additional support was generously provided by The presentation of Opulent Oceans: Extraordinary The Secret World Inside You is supported by the Science Dana and Virginia Randt. Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Crocs: Ancient Predators in the Modern World Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the Natural History at the American Museum of Natural The Butterfly Conservatory National Institutes of Health (NIH). THE BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY History is made possible through the generosity of the Offering a close look at a group of reptiles that has Arthur Ross Foundation. The annual live exhibit returned with hundreds flourished for more than 200 million years, this THE TITANOSAUR Generous support for The Butterfly Conservatory has of live, free-flying tropical butterflies from around exhibition featured life-sized dioramas, interactive been provided by the Eileen P. Bernard Exhibition Fund. the world. exhibits, and more. Generous support for The Titanosaur exhibit has been provided by the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation.

12 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 13 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES related to its debt, reflecting lower interest Committee. As of June 30, 2016, the Museum’s rates used to value these liabilities. During endowment was invested as follows: REPORT OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER In fiscal year 2016, the Museum invested fiscal year 2016, the Museum made principal $25.1 million to fund priority capital Marketable Equities 39% payments of $3.0 million on its long-term improvement projects to meet infrastructure Absolute return/hedged equity funds 38% debt and reduced borrowings on lines of and security needs as well as permanent Fiscal Year 2016 Marked Another Year of Marketable fixed income 3% credit to zero. exhibition hall renovations and new Solid Financial Performance Marketable real assets 2% Unrestricted Operating scientific facilities. As in the past, the Revenues And Expenses ENDOWMENT FUNDS Private investment partnerships 14% Due to continued strength in visitor attendance and fundraising as Museum funded its capital improvements Cash equivalents 4% well as ongoing financial discipline, the Museum generated positive from a variety of sources, including the City The return on the Museum’s endowment was 3% 4% net unrestricted operating revenues of $114,274 in fiscal year 2016. of New York, State of New York, private -3.2% in fiscal year 2016, reflective of volatile Total 100% donations, and the Museum’s endowment. worldwide equity markets. Net of planned This positive outcome was the net result after transfers of designated 9% 26% THE IMPORTANCE OF contributions and other revenues to plant and long-term investments. withdrawals from the endowment to provide The Museum recognized non-cash depreciation CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS 15% funding for Museum operations and capital The Museum’s net assets decreased by $5.3 million, from $902.1 Revenues expense of $31.3 million during fiscal year 2016, expenditures, as well as gifts and pledge The Museum continued to benefit greatly million to $896.8 million, largely due to the effect of global market which exceeded the Museum’s $25.1 million payments to the endowment, the market from the extraordinary generosity of its 27% volatility on the Museum’s endowment during fiscal year 2016. Despite 16% investment and resulted in a decrease of the value of the endowment decreased by $40.2 private and public supporters. During fiscal this slight decrease in fiscal year 2016, over the last four fiscal years, value of the Museum’s physical plant of $6.1 million in fiscal year 2016, from $648.0 million year 2016, the Museum raised a total of $132.7 the Museum’s net assets increased by $214.4 million, or 31%, due to million, from $414.4 million to $408.3 million. to $607.8 million owing to market volatility. million in support of its operations, programs, 26% Visitor contributions and admissions consistently strong Museum operations, continued strength in fund- capital improvements, and endowment—a 27 % Contributions and grants* DEBT AND OTHER LIABILITIES raising, endowment growth of over $100.0 million, restructuring of The Museum’s endowment asset allocation major endorsement of the importance and 16% Endowment and related funds* is intended both to drive investment return the Museum’s long-term debt as well as reductions in the Museum’s 15% Auxiliary activities The Museum’s liabilities increased by $7.0 impact of the Museum’s work in science, liabilities for postretirement healthcare. 9% The City of New York million during fiscal year 2016, from $401.4 and to provide protection in volatile markets. education, and exhibition. As a result, the 3% Membership million to $408.4 million. The increase in The Museum’s endowment funds are invested Museum continued to balance its operating 4% UNRESTRICTED OPERATING RESULTS Miscellaneous revenue and other fees liabilities was largely attributable to a $12.6 by independent investment managers in budget, enhance its programmatic offerings, diversified equity and fixed income securities During fiscal year 2016, the Museum’s annual Unrestricted Operating million increase in the valuation of the and make improvements to its infrastructure 4% Museum’s interest rate exchange liabilities and are overseen by the Museum’s Investment and facilities. Revenues and Support increased by $3.1 million, from $183.2 million to 5% 5% $186.3 million. Annual Unrestricted Operating Expenses, together with 5% transfers, also increased by $3.1 million, from $183.1 million to $186.2 37% million for the same period, resulting in net unrestricted operating 11% Expenses revenue and support of $114,274 during fiscal year 2016. 8% The Museum continued to enjoy elevated attendance levels during 7% 18% fiscal year 2016. As a result, attendance-related revenues ($49.4 million) remained the largest source of unrestricted operating revenue. 37% Scientific research, education, and exhibition The Museum continued to receive substantial operating and 18% Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs 7% programmatic support from Trustees, other individuals, foundations, Cost of goods sold and other expenses of auxiliary activities and corporations, as well as the City of New York, the State of 8% General and administrative New York, and the federal government. During fiscal year 2016, 11% Transfers to fund payment of debt service 5% contributions and grants used to fund Museum operations, including a Fundraising and membership 5% Communications portion of net assets released from restrictions, totaled $50.4 million. 5% Visitor services Additionally, the Museum received unrestricted operating support 4% Information technology from the City of New York, including funding for certain energy and pension costs, totaling $16.3 million. The City of New York also * Indicates a portion of net assets released from restrictions provided capital support to the Museum (see “Capital Expenditures”).

14 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 15 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES—UNRESTRICTED

These statements are summarized for the years ended June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2015, and excerpted from the audited financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available atamnh.org .

OPERATING REVENUE AND SUPPORT FY 2016 FY 2015

Investment return designated for operations $ 19,844,004 $ 19,171,332 Contributions and grants 30,568,006 27,100,377 Operating support from the City of New York 16,296,675 18,303,807 Visitors’ contributions and admissions 49,423,737 49,665,228 Membership fees 6,617,511 6,488,515 Auxiliary activities 27,305,113 29,775,349 Miscellaneous fees and other revenue 6,654,225 6,104,779 Net assets released from restrictions 29,635,855 26,580,495 Total operating revenue and support $ 186,345,126 $ 183,189,882

OPERATING EXPENSES FY 2016 FY 2015

Scientific research $ 35,728,689 $ 34,494,631 Education 25,108,950 21,181,822 Exhibitions 7,470,584 8,923,607 Membership 2,324,771 2,206,623 Visitor services 8,709,788 8,193,262 Auxiliary activities 13,892,601 18,140,512 General and administrative 16,040,166 15,973,694 Fundraising 6,308,614 6,433,035 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Communications 9,170,041 7,852,245 Information technology 7,180,344 6,513,906 Guardianship, maintenance, and operating costs 32,962,798 32,240,144 Total Operating Expenses $ 164,897,346 $ 162,153,481 CONDENSED SUMMARY OF CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS Designated contributions and transfers to plant and long-term investments 21,333,506 20,903,688 Operating revenue and support in excess of operating expenses, OF FINANCIAL POSITION designated contributions, and transfers $ 114,274 $ 132,713 These statements are summarized for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2015, and excerpted from the audited financial statements. A complete set of the audited financial statements is available onamnh.org . NON-OPERATING REVENUE, SUPPORT AND EXPENSES FY 2016 FY 2015

REVENUE AND SUPPORT FOR PLANT ASSETS FY 2016 FY 2015 Contributions, grants, and miscellaneous revenue $ 249,047 $ 2,062,508 Cash and other operating assets $ 139,978,902 $ 136,367,734 Capital support from the City of New York 5,360,346 3,701,732 Contributions and grants receivable, net 140,755,918 95,669,995 Net assets released from restrictions 2,970,460 70,460 Long-term investments, at fair value 616,135,884 657,011,130 Transfer from long-term investments and operations to plant 18,788,597 18,820,738 Plant and equipment, net 408,317,384 414,430,344 PLANT EXPENSES Total assets $ 1,305,188,088 $ 1,303,479,203 Interest and related expenses $ 9,745,314 $ 10,042,999 LIABILITIES Change in value of interest rate exchange agreements 12,641,987 2,330,582 Depreciation and amortization 31,416,247 31,273,682 Accounts payable and other liabilities $ 128,795,865 $ 118,783,582 Plant expenses not capitalized 401,987 144,170 Bonds and loans payable 279,638,769 282,640,279 Write-off of deferred bond issuance costs - 314,816 Total liabilities $ 408,434,634 $ 401,423,861 LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS AND OTHER NET ASSETS Contributions and bequests $ 2,161,930 $ 982,654 $ 274,516,865 $ 317,649,126 Unrestricted Investment return in excess of amounts designated for operations and plant (28,816,907) (13,023,750) 419,914,942 402,065,800 Temporarily restricted Net assets released from restrictions 10,771,513 12,314,341 202,321,647 182,340,416 Permanently restricted Transfers from plant and operations to long-term investments and other, net 2,544,908 2,082,950 Total net assets $ 896,753,454 $ 902,055,342 Other pension-related activities (3,070,894) 4,211,636 Total liabilities and net assets $ 1,305,188,088 $ 1,303,479,203 Change in unrestricted net assets $ (43,132,261) $ (12,750,267)

16 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 17 BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of June 30, 2016

OFFICERS TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO HONORARY TRUSTEES TRUSTEES Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard Richard E. Jaffe Theodore Roosevelt IV Chairman Jackie Bezos Helene L. Kaplan Frank V. Sica Hon. Bill de Blasio Roger C. Altman Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Morris W. Offit Ellen V. Futter Mayor of the City of New York Scott L. Bok Katheryn P. Kempner Anne Sidamon-Eristoff, Philip F. Anschutz Earl G. Graves Jeremiah P. Ostriker President Chairwoman Emerita Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito Tom Brokaw Richard S. LeFrak William S. Beinecke David A. Hamburg Richard D. Parsons Christopher C. Davis Speaker of The Council of the Laura Baudo Sillerman Stephanie Bell-Rose Richard A. Jalkut Kathleen I. Powers Vice Chairman Christopher C. Davis John Lykouretzos City of New York Anna Deavere Smith Melinda Blinken Harry P. Kamen Alan Rappaport Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Vivian H. Donnelley Linda R. Macaulay Hon. Scott M. Stringer Peter J. Solomon Comptroller of the City of Vice Chairman Nancy B. Fessenden Victor Marrero Daniel Brodsky Deborah C. Kessler Richard L. Revesz New York Christine A. Varney David S. Gottesman Tina Fey Theodore A. Mathas Raymond G. Chambers Frederick A. Klingenstein Richard Robinson Hon. Gale A. Brewer Vice Chairman Kenneth L. Wallach Donald K. Clifford, Jr. David H. Komansky Jonathan F. P. Rose Ellen V. Futter Rebekah Mercer President of the Borough of Richard S. LeFrak Tamsen Ann Ziff Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Lorne Michaels Manhattan Archibald Cox, Jr. Karen J. Lauder Janet Ross Vice Chairman Richard Gilder Roberto A. Mignone Hon. Mitchell Silver Steven A. Denning Shelly B. Lazarus Jack Rudin Linda R. Macaulay Commissioner of the L.F. Boker Doyle Ilene Sackler Lefcourt Ralph L. Schlosstein Vice Chairman Joseph H. Gleberman Alexandra Mondre Department of Parks and Roberto A. Mignone Robert G. Goelet, Edwin H. Morgens Recreation Fiona Druckenmiller William M. Lewis, Jr. Mary C. Solomon Chairman Emeritus Vice Chairman Charles H. Mott Hon. Tom Finkelpearl John L. Eastman Thomas E. Lovejoy Constance Spahn Sibyl R. Golden Commissioner of the Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Valerie S. Peltier Hughlyn F. Fierce Shirley M. Malcom Carroll L. Wainwright, Jr. Vice Chairman Department of Cultural David S. Gottesman Emily H. Fisher Norman S. Matthews Rosalind P. Walter Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Affairs Theodore A. Mathas Peggy Hamburg Tom Freston Eugene R. McGrath Judy H. Weston Treasurer Virginia Hearst Randt Hon. Carmen Fariña Marlene Hess Chancellor of the New York Victor F. Ganzi Edward H. Meyer Edward O. Wilson Christine A. Varney Shaiza Rizavi City Department of Education Secretary Helene D. Gayle Irma Milstein

18 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 19 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES As of June 30, 2016 COMMITTEES OF THE MUSEUM, PROJECT COMMITTEES,

AND ADVISORY COUNCILS As of June 30, 2016

AUDIT COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE SCIENCE POLICY TRUSTEES AND COMPENSATION Christine A. Varney, GOVERNANCE Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION POLICY INVESTMENT CENTER FOR Chairman Christopher C. Davis, Chairman (CAMPAIGN) BIODIVERSITY AND Peter J. Solomon, Tom Brokaw, Roberto A. Mignone, CONSERVATION Lewis W. Bernard Chairman Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Chairman ADVISORY COUNCIL Chairman Lewis W. Bernard Nancy B. Fessenden Scott L. Bok Chairman Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard Lewis W. Bernard Nancy B. Fessenden Joseph H. Gleberman, Richard E. Jaffe Tom Brokaw Tom Brokaw Ellen V. Futter Scott L. Bok Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter Chairman John Lykouretzos Vivian H. Donnelley Christopher C. Davis Helene L. Kaplan Ellen V. Futter Marlene Hess David S. Gottesman Vivian H. Donnelley, Vice Chair Charles H. Mott Nancy B. Fessenden Ellen V. Futter Richard S. LeFrak Joseph H. Gleberman Helene L. Kaplan Helene L. Kaplan Richard E. Jaffe, Vice Chair Ellen V. Futter Linda R. Macaulay Lorne Michaels John Lykouretzos BUDGET AND FINANCE Victor Marrero Charles H. Mott John Alexander Joseph H. Gleberman Allison Mignone, Vice-Chair Virginia Hearst Randt Linda R. Macaulay Shaiza Rizavi Theodore Roosevelt IV Lewis W. Bernard Theodore A. Mathas, Robert G. Goelet Theodore Roosevelt IV Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Alan Rappaport Christine A. Varney Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Peggy Bewkes Chairman Sibyl R. Golden Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Mary C. Solomon Kenneth L. Wallach Melinda Blinken Lewis W. Bernard Peggy Hamburg Laura Baudo Sillerman LIBRARY EXECUTIVE Anna Deavere Smith Scott L. Bok Nancy B. Fessenden Richard E. Jaffe Peter J. Solomon Rosalind P. Walter Lewis W. Bernard, OFFICERS Nancy B. Fessenden, Margaret Hess Chi Ellen V. Futter Katheryn P. Kempner Chairman Ann Ziff Chairwoman Roberta Denning Lewis W. Bernard, EDUCATION POLICY Marlene Hess Linda R. Macaulay Lewis W. Bernard Tom Brokaw Chairman Pamela S. Farkas Richard E. Jaffe Roberto A. Mignone Laura Baudo Sillerman, RICHARD GILDER Christopher C. Davis Ellen V. Futter Christopher C. Davis GRADUATE SCHOOL Nancy B. Fessenden Linda R. Macaulay Edwin H. Morgens Chairman Sibyl R. Golden Vivian H. Donnelley Ellen V. Futter Emily H. Fisher Edwin H. Morgens Valerie S. Peltier Lewis W. Bernard Helene L. Kaplan and Nancy B. Fessenden David S. Gottesman Ellen V. Futter Charles H. Mott Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Frank V. Sica Jackie Bezos Vivian H. Donnelley, Ellen V. Futter Alexandra Mondre Joshua Ginsberg Theodore Roosevelt IV David S. Gottesman Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Christopher C. Davis Co-Chairmen Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Constance Roosevelt Sibyl R. Golden Frank V. Sica Richard S. LeFrak Kenneth L. Wallach Vivian H. Donnelley Lewis W. Bernard Sibyl R. Golden Theodore Roosevelt IV Paul E. Graf Linda R. Macaulay Nancy B. Fessenden Nancy B. Fessenden David S. Gottesman Theodore A. Mathas Kathryn Hearst BUILDING AND Ellen V. Futter Ellen V. Futter ORAL HISTORY GROUNDS Helene L. Kaplan Karen J. Lauder Roberto A. Mignone Sibyl R. Golden Sibyl R. Golden PROJECT COMMITTEE Richard S. LeFrak Thomas E. Lovejoy Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Shaiza Rizavi Valerie S. Peltier, Helene L. Kaplan Nancy B. Fessenden, Linda R. Macaulay Edwin H. Morgens Chairman Christine A. Varney Rebekah Mercer Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Chairman Theodore A. Mathas Valerie Ohrstrom Lewis W. Bernard Alexandra Mondre Laura Baudo Sillerman Lewis W. Bernard Roberto A. Mignone PLANNING Valerie S. Peltier Ellen V. Futter Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Ellen V. Futter Charles H. Mott Theodore Roosevelt IV Sibyl R. Golden Christopher C. Davis, Virginia Hearst Randt Sibyl R. Golden Valerie S. Peltier Ross Sandler Richard S. LeFrak Chairman Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Victor Marrero Charles Phillips, Jr. Lewis W. Bernard Marion Schwartz Peter J. Solomon Theodore Roosevelt IV Jackie Bezos Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Nancy B. Fessenden Constance Spahn COLLECTIONS Laura Baudo Sillerman Ellen V. Futter Judson B. Traphagen Peter J. Solomon Edward O. Wilson Linda R. Macaulay, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Chairman Christine A. Varney David S. Gottesman SCIENTIFIC STAFF Lewis W. Bernard Kenneth L. Wallach Helene L. Kaplan Nancy B. Fessenden Linda R. Macaulay George Amato Ellen V. Futter Roberto A. Mignone Robert DeSalle Sibyl R. Golden Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Michael J. Novacek Peggy Hamburg Laura Baudo Sillerman Susan Perkins Helene L. Kaplan Christine A. Varney Ana Porzecanski Katheryn P. Kempner Eleanor J. Sterling Rebekah Mercer Roberto A. Mignone Theodore Roosevelt IV

20 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 21 Connie and Ted Roosevelt, Whalesback Mr. Peter W. Schweitzer Mr. and Ms. Gregory J. Hall Foundation Dr. Michael Shara Ms. Anne Hathaway GIFTS AND GRANTS Mr. and Mrs. E. John Rosenwald, Jr. Laura Baudo Sillerman, The Tomorrow Craig Hauser Janet C. Ross, J and AR Foundation Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hearst III Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer D. A. Sackler Aaron and Betty Lee Stern Foundation The Margarita and John Hennessy Family Ms. Elizabeth Schwarzman Mr. and Mrs. James Stern Foundation Beth Kobliner Shaw and David E. Shaw PUBLIC FUNDERS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. MetLife Foundation Judson B. Traphagen Dr. Tiffany Herlands and Mr. Ronny Barnea Frank V. Sica Macaulay Family Foundation Panthera Corporation Wildlife Conservation Society Mr. Dave Hitz Peter and Susan Solomon, Peter & Susan Solomon FEDERAL Anne and Charles H. Mott Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of New York Inc. Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer and Eric Zinterhofer Mr. William O. Hunt Family Foundation Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Icahn Institute of Museum and Library Services Stockman Family Foundation Trust The Red Crane Foundation Julian Robertson $10,000 TO $24,999 The Carl Jacobs Foundation National Aeronautics and Space Administration Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc. Drs. Marilyn and James H. Simons Robert Scully and Nancy Peretsman Anonymous (7) Amy and John Jacobsson National Endowment for the Arts Mr. and Mrs. Steven Tseng Mary Solomon/GS Gives Joseph and Sophia Abeles Foundation, Inc. Helene and Mark Kaplan National Endowment for the Humanities The Vidda Foundation $250,000 TO $499,999 The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Daniel D. Adams and Dr. Manon Cox Karen Katen National Institutes of Health Marshall M. Weinberg Tony and Nanar Yoseloff Mr. and Mrs. Jason Ader Anoush Khoshkish and Irene Miller National Science Foundation Anonymous Judy and Josh Weston Fund The Annenberg Foundation F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. United States Department of Defense Bloomberg Philanthropies Ann Ziff $50,000 TO $99,999 Arcus Foundation Chester Kitchings Family Foundation United States Department of Education Scott and Roxanne Bok, Bok Family Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation Elysabeth Kleinhans United States Department of Energy Carnegie Corporation of New York Anonymous (3) $25,000 TO $49,999 Kristy and Jonathan Korngold United States Department of the Interior Acacia Conservation Fund Mr. and Mrs. Uzi Benabraham Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Carson Anonymous (3) Richard A. and Amelia Bernstein Richard P. Krasnow and Nancy Meyrich United States Fish and Wildlife Service Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley Family Altman Foundation Penelope Ayers Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof Charitable Lead Unitrust Philip F. Anschutz, The Anschutz Foundation Mr. Hans-Peter Biemann Mr. Andrew Baker and Ms. Anne Baker Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kreeger STATE Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Mr. William S. Beinecke, Prospect Hill Foundation Mr. John Bleckman and Ms. Katherine Bleckman Ms. Peggy Brim Bewkes Damian Law Charles Hayden Foundation Jill and Lewis Bernard, Mariposa Foundation Mr. Charles Borrok New York State Council on the Arts Tom and Meredith Brokaw, The Brokaw Family Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc. Eugene M. Lang Foundation Mr. Christopher Bray New York State Education Department Mike and Jackie Bezos Foundation The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Shelly B. Lazarus Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Milstein, Paul and Irma Ray and Barbara Dalio Margaret Hess Chi and Michael Y. Chi Milstein Foundation Foundation The Lehoczky Escobar Family CITY Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage Dr. Charles J. Cole and Ms. Carol R. Townsend The Ambrose Monell Foundation Ralph M. Cestone Foundation, Inc. Will and Mary Leland Foundation Joseph and Joan Cullman Conservation Mayor of the City of New York Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgens, The Wildwood Michael DiBrizzi Foundation, Inc. Raymond G. Chambers, MCJ Amelior Foundation Judy C. Lewent and Mark Shapiro Foundation Manhattan Borough President Epstein Teicher Philanthropies Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. Family Charina Foundation, Inc. Dorothy Lichtenstein New York Life New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Victor F. and Patricia M. Ganzi Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Chervenak-Nunnalle Foundation Mary D. Lindsay Council of the City of New York The Pinkerton Foundation Richard Gilder, Gilder Foundation, Inc. The Lincoln Ellsworth Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Civale Yen Liow and Eeling Lim The Simons Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Amanda and Thomas Lister Anne and Bernard* Spitzer The Abby and David Cohen Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Mai, The Mai Family TRUSTEES, INDIVIDUALS, Anthony Gould Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander Milary Olson and Steven B. Cohen Foundation FOUNDATIONS, Kathryn O. Greenberg Jeanne Donovan Fisher $100,000 TO $249,999 Mr. and Mrs. Bertram J. Cohn Phyllis Mailman CORPORATIONS AND Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Greenwall Alex Goor and Sharon Kim Conservation International Frank Markus ORGANIZATIONS Anonymous (3) The Marc Haas Foundation Susanne and Paul Graf Ms. Anne F. Cowett V. and L. Marx Foundation Accenture Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Hess Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greenberg Foundation, Inc. Peter C. Hein and Anne Farley Mr. Frederick Cowett Mr. and Mrs. David E. Massengill $1,000,000 AND ABOVE Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas Howard Hughes Medical Institute Michael and Marilyn Dee Diane and Adam E. Max Bezos Family Foundation Josefin and Paul Hilal Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Johnson The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Clement McGillicuddy The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Hugoton Foundation Christopher C. Davis, Shelby Cullom Davis David H. Koch International Union for Conservation of Nature Douglas and Susanne Durst Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. McGrath Charitable Fund Chase Private Client The Korein Foundation Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones Ms. Helena Durst and Mr. Mark James Domino Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mead Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Gerstner Family Foundation Con Edison Marshall P. and Rachael C. Levine Annette Kade Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Steven Einhorn R. K. Mellon Family Foundation Sibyl R. Golden Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kaufman Niko Elmaleh C. Jay Moorhead Foundation David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman, The Gottesman Dalio Ocean Initiative Michael and Marjorie Loeb Stephanie and Michael Ferdman Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran Fund The Derfner Foundation The Klein Family Foundation Keryn and Ted Mathas Ellen V. Futter Mr. and Mrs. Laurence J. Nath Mr. Richard S. LeFrak, The Richard S. and Karen The Dyson Foundation The Leon Levy Foundation LeFrak Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McInerney Mr. and Mrs. David Littman The Gardner Grout Foundation Nancy and Morris W. Offit Herschell Emery The Pussycat Foundation Jennifer Mercer Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lober Nancy A. Garvey Gerry Ohrstrom Google Inc. Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, The Howard Allison and Roberto Mignone Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Marron Dr. Paul W. Glimcher and Dr. Barbara Knappmeyer Susan Packie Robert F. Gossett, Jr. Phipps Foundation Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer Mr. and Mrs. Keith Meister Herman Goldman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Chandresh Patel Dr. Margaret Hamburg and Dr. Peter Brown Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation Alexandra and Greg Mondre The New York Community Trust Perry and Donna Golkin Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson The William T. Morris Foundation Oceanic Heritage Foundation Andrew S. Goodwin, Plymouth Hill Foundation Orr Pitts Family Charitable Trust $500,000 TO $999,999 The Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier Valerie and Wright Ohrstrom Richard Gordon The Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Anonymous (3) Foundation Henry Peterson Foundation The Prospect Hill Foundation Carolyn Gould The Reiss Family Foundation Dr. Kathryn W. Davis* Joella and John Lykouretzos Jill and Alan Rappaport May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. John and Amy Griffin Ruth Magness Rollins Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Rice Family Foundation Todd and Nobue Sandoz Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Guffey Jonathan F. P. Rose, Lostand Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation Linda R. and William E. Macaulay Mr. Andrew Right Mr. and Mrs. Drew Saur Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Gural Mrs. Frederick P. Rose

* Deceased

22 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 23 Jack and Susan Rudin, The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Heather and Robert Gallivan John R. Robinson and Barbara Robinson Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Mr. and Mrs. Adam Abelson Patricia E. Saigo, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Gary David Rockefeller Shelia M. Davis and Dr. Irv Kron Ms. Pamela Manice Carol and Robert Abrahams Dr. and Mrs. Carl Saphier Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelfand Dr. Robert F. Rockwell Elisabeth de Picciotto Jeffrey and Cynthia Manocherian Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ackert Val and Min-Myn Schaffner David and Kathleen Glaymon Rolex Watch USA, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Paul del Balso Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Margolin Acorn Hill Foundation Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust John and Nandita Glazer Isabel Rose Christine Denham and Robert W. Stein Tom Marshall and Kathy Keneally Mr. Soterios Aggelatos Rob Schlein and Emily Kroenlein Katja Goldman and Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Adrian Ross Christopher Denicolo Mr. Malcom McLain and Ms. Mary Maher Matt H. Ahrens and Erin Smith Ahrens Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goldring The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Dr. Naomi Donnelley and Joe Butler Constance and H. Roemer McPhee M. Bernard and Elsie V. Aidinoff Neal and Jacqueline Shear Eric S. Goldstein and Dr. Tamar Goldstein Barbara Saltzman Mr. Peter Du and Ms. Victoria Li Edward and Sandra Meyer Mr. David D. Alger Foundation Inc. Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon Foundation Mr. Bert Gunter and Mrs. Roberta Gunter Elaine L. Saul Edmund C. Duffy Ms. Rene Alkoff Millburn Free Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Ravi Sinha Mr. Daniel S. Haas Viktoria and Alan Schrager Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation Mr. Jeffrey Altman and Dr. Sara Jordan David Shaw Neill Mrs. Marjorie Smith Mary W. Harriman Foundation The Seinfeld Family Mr. and Mrs. John L. Eastman, Jr. Jose and Mary Alvarado Amy Neu and Daniel Neu Constance G. Spahn Huyler C. Held Memorial Fund Catherine and Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff Ms. Joan Egrie Stephen and Madeline Anbinder Roy and Jenny Niederhoffer Mrs. Charline Spektor Ms. Malda Hibri and Mr. Robert Eisner Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff and Hunter Lewis Lisa and Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Ben Appen and Leslie Chang William S. Nye Dr. Neil Stahl and Dr. Jayne Raper Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Hite Mr. and Mrs. Imran Siddiqui Mr. and Mrs. Steve Eick Ms. Sara Arlin Daniel and Stefanie Offit Jane & Francis Stein Foundation David A. Hoffenberg/Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Talbott and Carter Simonds Foundation Susan and Leonard Feinstein Ms. Linda Aronoff Mr. and Mrs. Martin Okner Dr. Ian M. Tattersall Jennifer Huntley Mr. and Mrs. Martin Small Frank Finkel Mrs. Helen Jean Arthur Mrs. William Oppenheim Grace, Sharon, and Alex Volckhausen Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe Family Mr. Carl R. Spadaro Peter Hess Friedland Vera Miller Aryeh Foundation Chips and Sarah Page Mr. and Mrs. Max von Zuben Jeff Spychala Friedman Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky Mr. and Mrs. Ian G. John Mr. and Mrs. Kent R. Papsun Peter and Mary Beth Weinberger Mrs. Philip A. Straus Charles A. Fritz III Mrs. Justine E. Auchincloss The Kandell Fund Dr. John Parascandola Mr.* and Mrs. Edward Weisselberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tarr Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Furtsch Kym Aughtry Suzanne M. Kavetas Dr. M. Lee Pearce Laura B. Whitman and Thomas C. Danziger Mark and Leigh Teixeira Peter Gartland Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. Ms. Jo-Linda Keith Susy Pestana and Dan Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Winokur Jeannie Tseng and Colin Rust Scott Geller Sheri Babbio Ms. Amy Khoudari and Ms. Frances Greenstein Brian Pitz and Brinlea Johnson Yale University Christine A. Varney Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gewirtz Ms. Elizabeth Gwaltney Baird Helen Kimmel Ms. Katherine E. Planitzer Martin Zaretsky Varnum De Rose Charitable Remainder Annuity Alexandra Gardiner Goelet Ms. Carol Baker and Mr. Mark E. Stein King’s College London Trust Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Prince The Donald and Barbara Zucker Foundation, Inc. Elizabeth P. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Michael Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kisling Mrs. Anne Via McCollough and Mr. David The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bandler Melissa Thomas and David Koepp McCollough Mr. Dominic Ricci and Ms. Jennifer Stalec $5,000 TO $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Bennett J. Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Barakett Holly Wallace Drs. Valerie and John W. Rowe Ms. Jean M. Kouri Eugene and Emily Grant Mr. and Mrs. Randall J. Barbato Anonymous (5) Mr. Michael K. Wilson and Ms. Adeline Fong Bryan and Aidan Rowley David and Amy Liebowitz Phyllis Green and Randy Cowen Dora Barlaz and Noah Hanft Ms. Alyson Archer and Mr. John Archer Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Alfred and Ann Ruesch Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Ellen K. and Lawrence R. Gross Sheila and David Barrett Henry H. Arnhold Migs Woodside Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Santella Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Linden Mrs. Patricia Gruber Ms. Isabella Barrington Jody and John Arnhold Charles V. Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Lipman Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Barry Jonathan Babkow and Maia Rubin $2,500 TO $4,999 Mrs. Judith Scheide Barbara Page and John Liu Mr. Anuj Gupta Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Bartz Mary E. Benner Mrs. Lenore Scott Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ludwig Anonymous (5) Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Gutenstein Ms. Patricia Bauman and Mr. John Landrum Craig Bergstrom and Victoria Weld-Bergstrom Tamara and Kevin MacMillan Eric Altmann Merrill G. and Emita E. Hastings Foundation Tatiana Serafin and Mick Kalishman Bryant, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Biggar Mr. and Mrs. Evan Malik Joseph Alexander Foundation, Inc. Kathleen D. Hale Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John E. Baumgardner Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Braddock Honorable Victor Marrero American Ornithologists’ Union Mses. Trish and Hannah Hamlin Ms. Klara Silverstein and Ms. Lisa Silverstein Martin and Maryann Baumrind Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin Mr. and Mrs. William Marth Karl Anderson and Marissa Shorenstein Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hartley Melissa A. Slaybaugh Reginald R. and Jameson A. Baxter Marc S. Solomon Reverend and Mrs. C. Frederick Buechner Norman S. and Joanne B. Matthews Rita Antanir Posin and Hana Ohayon Kyle Haug Mr. Richard Bayles and Ms. Gretchen Pusch Dr. and Mrs. Peter Som Mr. Robert Carneiro Dolly and Charles Mayer, Jr. Yoni Arbel and Leona Clague Michael and Sandy Hecht The Howard Bayne Fund The Janet Stone Jones Foundation Jessica and Bryan Cho Friedrike Merck Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Aron Anya C. M. Herz and Dr. Andrew Shiva Dr. Kathryn and Mr. Bruce Beal Stop & Stor Charitable Fund Bruce E. Cobern Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelcheck Anne H. Bass Carolyn Hickman and John R. Campbell III Mr. Joel S. Beam Drs. Charles and Alisa Thorne Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Millard Mr. and Mrs. Anson H. Beard Mr. Douglas Hitchner and Ms. Larissa Martell Mr. and Mrs. Greg Beard Darlene Thoroughgood Dr. Joel Cracraft Dr. Diana M. Moore The Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes Mr. Victor Bearg Barbara and Donald Tober Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Damon Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Morakis Dr. Alice O. Berkowitz and Mr. Norman R. Berkowitz Aurelia Ion Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Beattie Alexander and Catherine Traykovski Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daneker Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Morcos William Kenneth Block Max Kade Foundation, Inc. Mr. G. Gordon Behn and Mr. Christopher G. Behn Bernardette Vaskas Mr. and Mrs. Dinyar Devitre Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moyers Mr. Marshall Blonsky and Ms. Mariaelena Lopez Mr. Jason Katz Ms. Margaret Beller and Ms. Elizabeth Beller Ms. Naomi Waletzky and Mr. Rowan Hajaj Joe and Diana DiMenna Ellen J. Myers Bloomberg LP The Honorable Thomas H. Kean Ms. Heather Bellini and Ms. Marlene Nolasco Mary J. Wallach The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. National Film Preservation Foundation Jason Biegel and Susan Buchner Henry Kibel Sarah and Erik Belz Evelene Wechsler Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Droppa Jeff and Jieun Nitka Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Butler Charles and Jane Klein Dr. Georgette F. Bennett and Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky Mr. David Worthington and Dr. Julie Staggers Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chait Mr. Justin Korsant Madeleine Bennett Zeldin Family Foundation Mr. George Eberstadt and Ms. Cynthia Young Mr. and Mrs. Ned Offit Mrs. David A. Cofrin Mr. Bill G. Lambert and Ms. Daily Lambert Mr. Stephen C. Berger and Ms. Cynthia C. Wainwright Victoria Zoellner Elephant Rock Foundation Dr. David Orentreich Joan and Harvey Cohen Sidney and Helaine Lerner Mr. Craig Berkley and Ms. Judy Artime Berkley Mr. and Mrs. R. Bradford Evans Dr. Louis B. Pieper, Jr., DVM Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation Betty and John Levin Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bernaz Cece and Richard Fabbro Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pittman Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. William Milton Lewis, Jr. $1,000 TO $2,499 Mr. Joshua Berne and Ms. Amy Berne Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Frankfort Quebec-Labrador Foundation Felipe A. Coronel Ethel Lipsitz Anonymous (9) Mr. Charles Bernheim and Ms. Rachel Bernheim Ms. Jennifer Friend and Mr. John Szewczuk Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reiss Mr. Rahul Culas and Ms. Jena Deng Arthur L. Loeb Mr. Arthur N. Abbey and Mrs. Diane Abbey Elaine S. Bernstein and Erika Bernstein Kelble Mr. Charles Fritsch and Ms. Cynthia Walpole Judith and Burton Resnick Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Davis Mr. and Mrs. James I. Magid Mr. Adil Abdulali and Ms. Sohaila Abdulali Judith L. Biggs

* Deceased

24 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 25 Mr. and Mrs. James Bigham Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Clemente Ms. Margaret F. Donovan and Ms. Nancy Broderick Tom and Marjorie Gilbert Mrs. Nancy S. Heymann and Ms. Erika Mr. Clarence H. Kay, Jr. Ms. Danielle Billera Donald K. Clifford, Jr. Mr. Gordon Douglas Mr. Evan S. Giniger and Ms. Marisa da Silva Heymann Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kean Birdlife International Ms. Mary Ann Cloyd Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Boker Doyle Mr. Thomas Giroux Brian and Tania Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Kassahun Kebede Ms. Loren Blackford and Mr. Michael Dubno Myrna Coffino Mr. Marin Dragojevic and Ms. Monica Faria Ms. Peggy Gizzarelli Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood C. Blake James Cohen and Barbara Carey Ms. Jane Dresner Sadaka Jordan Glaser and Hazel Weiser CAPT Deborah Ann Hinkley, MC, USN Laurie D. Kefalidis Peter and Sofia Blanchard Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen Ms. Patricia E. Duffey and Mr. David Lambert Michael and Anne B. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hipkins Ms. Saundra Keinberger and Ms. Nina Dr. and Mrs. M. Donald Blaufox Mr. Seth Cohen Mr. W. L. Duffy Mr. and Mrs. Scott Golden Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Hixon Keinberger Mrs. Frank W. Hoch Norman Keller Ms. Leslie May Blauner and Mr. Andrew Blauner Ms. Sharon Cohen and Dr. Matthew A. Cohen Marybeth Dunham and Charles Mayfield, Jr. Mr. Neil J. Goldmacher and Ms. Bari B. Constance M. Hoguet Bicky and George Kellner Ms. Madeline Blinder and Mr. Alan Blinder Mrs. Marie H. Cole Mr. Justin Durand Goldmacher Mr. and Mrs. Lofton Holder Mr. Robert E. Kempf Lauren Blum and C. William Merten Ms. Patricia Collins and Ms. Elizabeth Raposo John F. Eagan Daniel and Libby Goldring Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hollein Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Kendall Mr. and Mrs. Brad Blumenfeld Mr. and Mrs. David Colton Mr. and Mrs. Blair W. Effron Mrs. Arlene Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Holodak Mr. Robert M. Kern Mr. and Mrs. John Bognacki Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Conboy Ms. J. Eggers Ronald Goldstock and Judith Friedman Mrs. Theodora W. Hooton Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kerschner Dr. Kevin Bohacs and Ms. Susan Mitterling Mr. William J. Constantine and Ms. Margaret Camille and Peter Ehrenberg Lawrence Golub Dr. Leslie Howard Dr. and Mrs. Hoshang J. Khambatta Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Bonsignore Wellington Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ehrenkranz Joseph Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard Mrs. Linda Marie Khettry Ms. Eleanor Bookwalter Ms. Kelly Consuelos and Mr. Mark Consuelos Dr. Donald A. Ellis and Ms. Sherry S. Chang Mr. Michael Gordon Mr. and Mrs. John Hsu Ms. Tracy Kimmel and Mr. James Florack Mr. Mike H. Boston and Ms. Jennifer Boston Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Conway Mrs. Alexandra Ernst and Mr. Garret Siegel Ann and Melissa Gottlieb Ms. Charissa Huan and Mr. Russel Chiming Huang Ms. Laura King Dr. Brian Bosworth and Mrs. Lauren Nancy C. and Bruce S. Cooper John and Deborah Evangelakos Mr. and Mrs. Laurence L. Gottlieb Freeman-Bosworth David J. Hubbard Andrew Kipnes Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Cordero Mr. Scott Fain and Ms. Hillary Mattson Mr. David Gray and Mrs. Kathleen Jennings Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bovenizer III The Hudson Bay Project Mr. Edward A. Kirtman and Mrs. Risa M. Schifter Victoria Costa and Jacob Carl Zydney Ms. Linda A. Fairstein Ms. Susannah Gray and Mr. John Lyons Mr. Jeff Bower and Ms. Laura Bower Mrs. Sophia Hudson and Mr. Daniel Riley Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Klein The Cowles Charitable Trust Michael A. Feder Ms. Cheryl W. Green Ms. Catherine Box and Mr. Jean-Baptiste Box Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hughey Ms. Luisa Knapp Mr. Benjamin F. Crane Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg William Green and Alyson Adler Victoria R. Boyt Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hull Ms. Joanne P. Kobel and Ms. Patricia Patterson Mr. Russell Crawford and Ms. Tieasha Crawford Mr. Yoseph Feit and Ms. Edith Gross Kim and Jeff Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brandman Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hunt Ms. Judy Koch and Ms. Barbara J. Eler Ms. Austen Cruz Ms. Dina Felder and Mr. Eric Felder David J. Greene Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Britton Mr. Fraser L. Hunter and Ms. Nina Huffman Mr. Meyer Koplow and Mr. Michael Koplow Ms. Rebecca Culley and Mr. Peter Lee Janet and George Felleman Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Greenfield Catharine O. Broderick and Kevin Broderick Mr. Jeff Hunter Jeremy R. Kramer and Dorothy Rebecca Davies Susan R. Cullman and John Kirby Martha Feltenstein Gail Gregg Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey J. Brooks Peter Hutchings and Martha Wolfgang Andrea Krantz and Harvey Sawikin Mr. Ravenel Boykin Curry IV and Mrs. Celerie Mr. Stanley Fenvessy and Ms. Doris Fenvessy Mr. John W. Gribble and Mr. Michael Gribble Mr. Nick Brophy and Ms. Sarah Marie Martin Kemble Ms. Melody Hyllen-Davey and Mr. Bruce Davey Mr. Eric Krasnoff Dr. Evette Weil Ferguson and Mr. Scott Ferguson Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Griffin Jennifer Brorsen and Richard DeMartini Dr. and Mrs. John Curtis Ms. Mary Hynes Mr. George H. Krauss Mr. Josean Fernandez Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Grinberg Mr. Frank Brosens Ms. Mary Curtis Adele Ilberman Dorothy and David Kroenlein Mr. Lincoln Field and Ms. Kate Field Loomis J. Grossman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brownstone Drs. Lawrence and Eileen Cutler Mr. David Iles Ms. Paula Krosky and Dr. Daniel Krosky Holley and Russell Flagg Aryn and Matt Grossman Lori R. Buchbinder and Raymond McDaniel Ms. Nanci L. Czaja and Mr. Richard F. Czaja Mr. and Mrs. George B. Irish Mr. David Kuck Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Guenther Mr. and Mrs. C. Austin Buck Genevieve Da Silva and L. Schellie Archbold Peter Anthony Irwin Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. 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Carey Friedman Ms. Hedy Hartman and Mr. Andrew Chait Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio Jayanti Nora Lavori Ms. Siw De Gysser Mr. Robert Caro Ms. Susan Frye Kim and Alan Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Jelisavcic Mr. John Lawrence and Ms. Dee Adams Mr. and Mrs. Thomas de Neufville Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter Suzanne Frye, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hartofilis Dr. Barbara Jessen and Ms. Ann Jessen Ms. Geraldine Laybourne Mr. and Mrs. Marc de Saint Phalle Mr. Eli Casdin Mrs. Genny G. Fua-Del Fierro and Mr. Jonathan Mr. and Mrs. Emmett J. Harty Drs. Ramesh and Lajwanti Jhaveri Mary K. LeCroy Central College Mr. David H. De Weese and Ms. Anne C. Heller DelFierro Mr. John Hatzidakis Dr. Keith Johnson Mr. and Mrs. David Lederman Stephen P. Chang Jeffrey S. Dean, Ph.D. Mr. George E. Fulcher and Dr. Danielle Warren Mr. Thomas Haubenstricker and Ms. Anne M. Elaine Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LeFebvre Ms. Debrah Lee Charatan and Mr. Steve Holm Anna Deavere Smith Mr. Mortimer B. 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Morrill Mr. and Mrs. Robert Safron Amy and Steve Lipin Mr. and Mrs. Len Poliandro Mr. Thomas Spoto and Ms. Angelique Dab Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Walters Mr. Joseph C. Morris Ms. Courtney Sale Ross Ms. Cynthia Lippe and Mr. Jacob Lippe Mr. Darren Pollack Ms. Mary St. Martin and Mr. Matthew Messinger Douglas Warner Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Mrs. Faith Salie and Mr. John Semel Mr. Abraham C. Littenberg Mr. Justin Pollack and Ms. Suzanne Reisman Linda and Bill Starzman Mrs. Jan Beth Warner Mr. Jerome B. Moss and Ms. Olga Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Salvaterra Mr. Chien C. Liu Mr. and Mrs. Zachary O. Pomerantz Mr. and Mrs. Shad Stastney Mr. Ariel Warszawski and Ms. Tara R. Dwyer MPG Operations, LLC Mr. Joshua Sandbulte and Ms. Tracey Strauss Joe and Clare LoCicero Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Portnoy Esta E. Stecher Dorothy Watson and Marjorie O. Watson Ms. Elaine Musselman Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Scariano Mrs. Amanda Loftin and Mr. Nate Barish Deborah and Earl Potter Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. 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Patterson Mrs. Virginia Slaughter University of Massachusetts Ms. Anna Yelloz Ms. Meg Roth and Mr. David Roth Ms. Betsy Michel and Ms. Katie Michel Mr. Joseph G. Paul and Ms. Margot Bridger Ms. Carole Sleeper and Mr. Nate Sleeper Uno Pizzeria & Grill Ms. Helena Tse Yeung Gail Ann Rothman Mrs. Jo Christine Miles and Ms. Gloria Colon Dr. Charles Peck and Ms. Rani Peck Mr. Adam Smith Mr. and Mrs. George Valencia Janet B. York Countess Anastasia T. Milonas and Ms. Claire Ms. Taylor Pedicone Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Rubenacker Mr. and Mrs. Derek Smith Mr. Robin van Bokhorst and Ms. Sarah Tartaglia Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zabar Milonas Creighton Peet and Dana Weiss Rubin-Ladd Foundation Dr. P. R. Smith and Dr. M. Schulman Joyce P. and Diego R. Visceglia Foundation Ms. Mary L. Zaks Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mindich Mr. and Mrs. Richard Penney Ms. Mary Rufrano Ms. Iris Smyles Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Vogel Ms. Francesca Zambello and Mr. Jackson McBryde Sandra C. and Lowell A. 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Marubeni America Corporation Entergy The Walt Disney Company Janet and Peter Boris Bloomberg LP Match MG $25,000 TO $49,999 Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond Warburg Pincus LLC Boston Properties Bloomingdale’s McGraw Hill Financial Aclara Mr. and Mrs. David Foley White & Case BuroHappold Engineering Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. McKinsey & Company, Inc. Claire E. Bernard General Electric H. W. Wilson Vincent and Linda Calarco Canon U.S.A., Inc. Merck KGaA Bezos Family Foundation Global Strategy Group Xerox Foundation Drs. George and Mary Campbell Capital One Bank MetLife, Inc. Scott and Roxanne Bok, Bok Family Foundation Sibyl R. Golden Ziff Brothers Investments Mr. David J. Castellani Carl Zeiss Vision International Mission Media USA, Inc. Tom and Meredith Brokaw, The Brokaw Family The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Zubatkin Owner Representation Raymond G. 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Ganzi New York Stock Exchange Josefin and Paul Hilal Emigrant Savings Bank Pall Corporation Joella and John Lykouretzos Mr. and Mrs. Ken Giuriceo Mr. Adebayo Ogunlesi and Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi Hunton & Williams LLP The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Allison and Roberto Mignone Thomas and Maarit Glocer Opower Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Events By Red Carpet, LLC PepsiCo Inc. New York Life Sloan and David Greenspan Proskauer Rose LLP Lynette and Richard Jaffe, The Jaffe Family Foundation Facebook, Inc. Pfizer Inc. Mr. Ronald O. Perelman and Dr. Anna John and Amy Griffin Related Companies Chapman Suzanne and James Jesse First Eagle Investment Management PIMCO Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Guffey Restaurant Associates Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Edward Lavin Amy Taylor and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr. Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T. M. Jones First Manhattan Co. Prometheus Global Media Christopher R. Redlich, Jr. Kimberly and Greg Lippmann Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Claudia and Jim Joyce Franklin Templeton Companies, LLC Random House Laura Baudo Sillerman, The Tomorrow Sylvain Mirochnikoff and Rebekah Mercer May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Kasirer LLC Foundation, Inc. GAMCO Investors, Inc. RayLign Advisory, LLC Alice and Lorne Michaels Jack and Susan Rudin, The Rudin Foundation, Inc. Suzanne M. Kavetas Drs. Marilyn and James H. Simons GCM Grosvenor Restaurant Associates Millennium Pipeline Company LLC SAP America Inc. Alexandra and Gregory Kwiat Tishman Speyer General Atlantic LLC Roche Anne and Charles H. Mott Saturday Night Live Dorothy and Cliff Lanier General Electric Industrial Systems The Rockefeller Group Michael W. Ranger Seyfarth Shaw LLP Hans Li and Jennifer Kouvant $50,000 TO $99,999 GoldenTree Asset Management, LP Ropes & Gray Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Bob and Eva Shaye Mr. John McEnroe and Ms. Patty Smyth Goldfarb & Fleece Shackman Associates International, Inc. 21st Century Fox Ralph Schlosstein, Schlosstein-Hartley Family Silver Spring Networks Michelle Bergeron McMaster Goldman, Sachs & Co. Shake Shack Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas Foundation Silvercup Studios McVicker & Higginbotham Google Inc. Shire Realty Corporation Citi Shearman & Sterling LLP Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silverman Jennifer Mercer Greenlight Capital, Inc. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Crestwood Equity Partners LP Smart Grid Solutions Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein Mrs. Henry W. Middleton The Guardian Life Insurance Company Sony Corporation of America Andrew Davis, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Tiffany & Co. Spectra Energy Mr. and Mrs. David Millstone of America Starcom Mediavest Group Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Venable LLP The Gate Ms. Alexandra Milstein Gunderson Dettmer, LLC Starz Network Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Denning, The Sage Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation Time Warner Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mishaan Hearst Corporation Stifel Foundation Tony and Nanar Yoseloff Diana and Roy Vagelos Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Morakis HSBC Bank Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation Jodie and John Eastman Ann Ziff VERIZON Amanda Morcos

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Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Robert Braun Dr. and Mrs. Karl A. Hartman, Jr. The Robert J. Laskowski Foundation Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks Mr. and Mrs. James E. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Stolbun Mr. Roderic Harvey Ms. Beatrice Brewster Evelyn H. Lauder Charitable Lead Trust The Donald and Barbara Zucker Ms. Mary Mugurdichian Mr. Karl J. Stone Mr. Peter Brizard Mr. Gregory F. Hauser Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mull Mr. Joseph M. Sweeney Estate of Hulda G. Lawrence Mr. Kenneth A. Bronston Ms. Susan Heath Miss Ellen J. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Telljohann Estate of Elizabeth Z. Loos Mr. and Mrs. Michael Buckner Mr. Walter G. Heid CORPORATE AND Ms. Eileen Nemeroff Ms. Diann Terry Leonard C. Sanford Trust Mr. Sherman B. Carll Ms. Esther L. Herbert FOUNDATION MATCHING Dr. Stephanie Neuman and Mr. Herbert Neuman Mr. Robert F. Petrie and Ms. Valerie Thaler Estate of Raymond S. Schulley Ms. Ann Chambers Ms. Judith F. Hernstadt Mrs. Gillian W. 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EXPLORE21 EXPEDITION TO CUBA MAT PROGRAM SCICAFE

The Museum’s Explore21 Initiative is generously With deepest appreciation, the Museum acknowledges The SciCafe Series is proudly sponsored by Judy and supported by the leadership contributions of Katheryn Kathryn W. Davis for her generous founding support of Josh Weston. P. and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.; Linda R. and William E. the Master of Arts in Science Teaching (MAT) Program. Macaulay; and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Leadership support for the MAT program is provided by ASIMOV The Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund. AMNH-MONGOLIAN ACADEMY OF The MAT program is supported in part by the National The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and SCIENCES EXPEDITIONS Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DRL-1119444 influential authors of our time, was a dear friend and and DUE-1340006, and the U.S. Department of supporter of the American Museum of Natural History. The AMNH-Mongolian Academy of Sciences Education under Grant Number U336S140026. In his memory, the Hayden Planetarium is honored expeditions are generously supported by the Margaret to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate— and Will Hearst Paleontological Research Fund. generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admirers URBAN ADVANTAGE of Isaac Asimov and his work—bringing the finest minds in the world to the Museum each year to debate CONSTANTINE S. NIARCHOS Public support for the Urban Advantage program is pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery. EXPEDITIONS provided by the Speaker and Council of the City of New York, and the New York City Department of Education. The 2016 Constantine S. Niarchos Expeditions were KWANZAA 2015 generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. MUSEUM EDUCATION AND Support for Kwanzaa 2015: Energize, Recognize! was PLANNED GIVING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM provided, in part, by the May and Samuel Rudin Family RGGS Foundation, Inc.; the Sidney, Milton and Leoma Simon The Museum’s Youth Initiatives are generously Foundation; the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt; and The Museum expresses its utmost appreciation supported by the leadership contribution of the New The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. to Richard Gilder, a steadfast and most generous York Life Foundation. benefactor and friend whose visionary philanthropy Kwanzaa 2015: Energize, Recognize! was co-presented Promote broader understanding of the natural WAYS TO GIVE: Additional support is provided by The Peter and enabled the Museum to establish the Richard Gilder by Community Works and New Heritage Theatre Group. Graduate School. Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation. world for generations to come! The Kwanzaa marketplace was organized by the • A Gift in Your Will—known as a Bequest—is the most common Additional support for the Richard Gilder Graduate Harlem Arts Alliance. HACKATHON By arranging a planned gift for the American way to plan a future gift. School has been generously provided by the Hess Foundation, Inc.; an anonymous Museum Trustee; the Special Thanks: Jazz at Lincoln Center The 2016 HACKATHON: HACK THE DINOS is part of Museum of Natural History, your impact will City of New York; Louis V. 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