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This Fall at the Museum: Fossils, Fossils and More Fossils!

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How Smithsonian Fossil Preparators Are Re-Excavating a Tyrannosaur From Its Past on Display

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Get Up Close With Bat Specimens and More Natural History Programs This October

A tan woolly mammoth skeleton facing left bends its front legs and tilts its tusks towards the bottom of the frame.

Celebrate Fabulous Fossils and More Natural History Programs This October

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The Oldest Airborne Vertebrate Animal Was a Reptile With 'Weird' Wings

On opening day of the new fossil hall, visitors flocked to the windows of the FossiLab to see fossil preparation in action. (James D. Tiller, Smithsonian Institution)

Smithsonian Puts Backstage Fossil Preparation Center Stage in its New Fossil Hall

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