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Experience 150 years of sports history in the Museum’s new exhibition For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, opening on May 15. 🏆 See 70+ objects across 15+ sports—including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and more.

Historic highlights include one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Yogi Berra’s Babe Ruth Crown. Championship jewelry and awards from today’s greatest athletes include @breannastewart30’s 2024 @nylibertyWNBA Championship rings (presented with the trophy), @easymoneysniper’s 2017 NBA Championship ring, @alikrieger’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal, @therealjustintuck91's 2012 Super Bowl ring, and the @nfl's Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Curated by Guest Curator Vikki Tobak in partnership with Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the exhibition will open in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals—and is free with Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH
#sports #museum #nyc

Experience 150 years of sports history in the Museum’s new exhibition For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, opening on May 15. 🏆 See 70+ objects across 15+ sports—including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and more.

Historic highlights include one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Yogi Berra’s Babe Ruth Crown. Championship jewelry and awards from today’s greatest athletes include @breannastewart30’s 2024 @nylibertyWNBA Championship rings (presented with the trophy), @easymoneysniper’s 2017 NBA Championship ring, @alikrieger’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal, @therealjustintuck91's 2012 Super Bowl ring, and the @nfl's Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Curated by Guest Curator Vikki Tobak in partnership with Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the exhibition will open in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals—and is free with Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH
#sports #museum #nyc

Experience 150 years of sports history in the Museum’s new exhibition For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, opening on May 15. 🏆 See 70+ objects across 15+ sports—including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and more.

Historic highlights include one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Yogi Berra’s Babe Ruth Crown. Championship jewelry and awards from today’s greatest athletes include @breannastewart30’s 2024 @nylibertyWNBA Championship rings (presented with the trophy), @easymoneysniper’s 2017 NBA Championship ring, @alikrieger’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal, @therealjustintuck91's 2012 Super Bowl ring, and the @nfl's Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Curated by Guest Curator Vikki Tobak in partnership with Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the exhibition will open in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals—and is free with Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH
#sports #museum #nyc

Experience 150 years of sports history in the Museum’s new exhibition For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, opening on May 15. 🏆 See 70+ objects across 15+ sports—including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and more.

Historic highlights include one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Yogi Berra’s Babe Ruth Crown. Championship jewelry and awards from today’s greatest athletes include @breannastewart30’s 2024 @nylibertyWNBA Championship rings (presented with the trophy), @easymoneysniper’s 2017 NBA Championship ring, @alikrieger’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal, @therealjustintuck91's 2012 Super Bowl ring, and the @nfl's Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Curated by Guest Curator Vikki Tobak in partnership with Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the exhibition will open in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals—and is free with Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH
#sports #museum #nyc

Experience 150 years of sports history in the Museum’s new exhibition For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, opening on May 15. 🏆 See 70+ objects across 15+ sports—including basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and more.

Historic highlights include one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Yogi Berra’s Babe Ruth Crown. Championship jewelry and awards from today’s greatest athletes include @breannastewart30’s 2024 @nylibertyWNBA Championship rings (presented with the trophy), @easymoneysniper’s 2017 NBA Championship ring, @alikrieger’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal, @therealjustintuck91's 2012 Super Bowl ring, and the @nfl's Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Curated by Guest Curator Vikki Tobak in partnership with Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the exhibition will open in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals—and is free with Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH
#sports #museum #nyc

Let us know what else you would see if you only had an hour at the Museum!

Everything you’ve seen is included with General Admission. If you have more time to spend, check out our ticketed exhibitions in the Gilder Center, including the Butterfly Vivarium and Invisible Worlds.

#naturalhistory #museums #thingstodoinnyc #nyc

🦈 Dive into the Museum’s collections with Ryan Thoni (@manonafishin), curatorial associate of Ichthyology, and meet the shark that inspired the Jaws movie poster!

#Jaws50 #NaturalHistory #Jaws #Sharks #museums #Ichthyology #makoshark #greatwhiteshark

Most salamanders start their lives in water and grow up to live on land. Not the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)! This unique critter is a neotenic amphibian, meaning it retains most of its juvenile features into adulthood—including frilly gills and dorsal fins. What’s more? The axolotl lives permanently in water, breathing primarily through its gills rather than its rudimentary lungs. Found only in Lake Xochimilco in the Valley of Mexico, this rare amphibian is threatened in the wild by pollution, overfishing, and other human activities.

Photo: aureapterus, iStock
#wildlife #biodiversity #didyouknow #animalfacts #amphibians

🏆 New at the Museum! For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence opens to the public on Friday, May 15.

Featuring an extraordinary collection of trophies, rings, and unique awards, this exhibition showcases the tradition of using precious metals and gemstones to commemorate victory. Spanning more than 15 sports and nearly 150 years of history, For the Win features over 70 objects.

Highlights include the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy, one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a 2024 WNBA Championship ring from New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and Kevin Durant’s 2024 Team USA Olympic gold medal.

This exhibition will be on view in the Museum’s Meister Gallery, within the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, and is included with any Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim / © AMNH
#sports #nyc #museum #upperwestside #sportshistory

🏆 New at the Museum! For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence opens to the public on Friday, May 15.

Featuring an extraordinary collection of trophies, rings, and unique awards, this exhibition showcases the tradition of using precious metals and gemstones to commemorate victory. Spanning more than 15 sports and nearly 150 years of history, For the Win features over 70 objects.

Highlights include the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy, one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a 2024 WNBA Championship ring from New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and Kevin Durant’s 2024 Team USA Olympic gold medal.

This exhibition will be on view in the Museum’s Meister Gallery, within the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, and is included with any Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim / © AMNH
#sports #nyc #museum #upperwestside #sportshistory

🏆 New at the Museum! For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence opens to the public on Friday, May 15.

Featuring an extraordinary collection of trophies, rings, and unique awards, this exhibition showcases the tradition of using precious metals and gemstones to commemorate victory. Spanning more than 15 sports and nearly 150 years of history, For the Win features over 70 objects.

Highlights include the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy, one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a 2024 WNBA Championship ring from New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and Kevin Durant’s 2024 Team USA Olympic gold medal.

This exhibition will be on view in the Museum’s Meister Gallery, within the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, and is included with any Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim / © AMNH
#sports #nyc #museum #upperwestside #sportshistory

🏆 New at the Museum! For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence opens to the public on Friday, May 15.

Featuring an extraordinary collection of trophies, rings, and unique awards, this exhibition showcases the tradition of using precious metals and gemstones to commemorate victory. Spanning more than 15 sports and nearly 150 years of history, For the Win features over 70 objects.

Highlights include the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy, one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a 2024 WNBA Championship ring from New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and Kevin Durant’s 2024 Team USA Olympic gold medal.

This exhibition will be on view in the Museum’s Meister Gallery, within the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, and is included with any Museum admission.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim / © AMNH
#sports #nyc #museum #upperwestside #sportshistory

You’ve heard of the porcupine, but what about the thin-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus)? This nocturnal rodent, also known as the bristle-spined rat, is found only in parts of northern and central Brazil. Unlike many other porcupines, this one’s quills are more like bristles than spines. On average, this species weighs around 3 lbs (1.4 kg). It’s herbivorous and dines on leaves, fruit, and nuts!

Photo: ultimosrefugios, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNautralist
#wildlife #biodiversity #animalfacts #didyouknow #museum

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) needs no introduction. With bone-crushing jaws, haunting vocalizations, and a feisty disposition, this critter is Earth’s largest living marsupial carnivore. Weighing up to 30 lbs (13.6 kg), the Tasmanian devil is primarily a scavenger, chomping down on just about anything it can find—even if it's rotten. Did you know? Baby devils, which are about the size of a raisin at birth, are called imps.

Photo: CraigRJD, iStock
#nature #wildlife #biodiversity #animalfacts #didyouknow

Meow… it’s Caturday! 🐱Meet the European wildcat (Felis silvestris). About the size of an average housecat, this kitty is a powerful predator that feeds on rabbits, rodents, birds, and even mustelids like weasels and martens. What sets it apart from other species of wildcat? The European wildcat has a distinctive bushy tail, thick fur, and overall chonky appearance.

Photo: virag93buranyi, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
#cats #wildlife #animalfacts #nature #didyouknow

🏆The Museum’s newest exhibition For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, opens one week from today, on Friday, May 15! Experience 150 years of sports history and see over 70 objects, like the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Other highlights include one of Jesse Owens’s gold medals from the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, a 2024 WNBA Championship ring from New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart, and Kevin Durant’s 2024 Team USA Olympic gold medal.

Curated by Guest Curator Vikki Tobak in partnership with Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the exhibition will open in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals—and is included with any Museum admission. Check out the link in bio to learn more.

Photo: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/ © AMNH
#museum #sports #sportshistory #nyc #exhibition

Weighing up to around 174 lbs (79 kg), and measuring about 4 ft (1.2 m) long, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent—and you might be surprised by what it eats!💩

#animalfacts #didyouknow #naturalhistory #funfact #capybaras

💙 This Mother’s Day, let’s look at the incredibly collaborative birth process of sperm whales.

🐋 A team of @projectceti and @amnh researchers recently published the most comprehensive documentation of a sperm whale birth ever recorded! Besides humans, scientists are finding that sperm whales are one of the most empathetic, caring, and community-oriented species on our planet. Hear more about the exciting findings from the CEO and Founder of Project CETI and Museum Research Associate David Gruber, and visit the link in our bio to learn more.

#science #marinebiology #whales #biodiversity #museum

Ever seen a giant horse conch (Triplofusus giganteus)? 👀 Growing up to 2 ft (0.6 m) in length, this massive gastropod is the largest marine snail in the Atlantic Ocean. This mollusk uses its fleshy foot to envelop unsuspecting prey, including invertebrates like clams and other snails. Individuals from this species can survive for up to 30 years.

Photo: Lauren Schur, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
#nature #biodiversity #wildlife #didyouknow #marinebiology