Remember that permission to visit the Department of Mammalogy does not automatically grant access to other departments such as Vertebrate Paleontology. Each department to be visited requires separate approval.

Every person visiting the department needs separate approval. In other words, if you're planning to bring an assistant with you, you must make this clear in your application and receive approval for each individual.

Applications from students must be accompanied by a letter of support from their academic advisors. The letter of support should include a brief description of the student's project and what s/he will examine during the visit. Further, it should include a statement about the student's prior experience working with museum specimens. Students visiting jointly (e.g., with an "assistant") must submit separate applications and letters of recommendation from their advisor(s).

In order to make the application process simpler, first-time visitors are encouraged to use the application form, which can be downloaded here. After completing the form, save it to your computer and then e-mail it to mammvisits@amnh.org. Established visitors are welcome to use the form if they wish, but are not required to do so.

Note that making molds of specimens is considered potentially destructive so visitors wishing to make molds must submit a destructive sampling request.

Approved visitors may work in the collections Monday through Friday, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. The collections are not open to visitors outside these hours.

Please note that the Department is inaccessible on the following dates:

Visitor Guidelines are available here.

AMNH has a Collection Study Grants program. Click here for more information. CSG is the last program described on that page.

For information about the Deparment Library & Archives click here.