From New York City's American Museum of Natural History

Explore the surprising and extraordinary world of extinct and living mammals...
After all, they are YOUR relatives!

Monday–Saturday, 9am to 5pm
Sunday 11am to 5pm

Extreme Mammals Admission (Includes Museum Admission):
$15 Adults
$14 Seniors, College Students with ID
$13 Children ages 3–18
$3 for RMSC members
Free for Children under 3
$1 Community Partner Pass Members
$1 RMSC Corporate Partner Pass Members

Extreme Mammals & Planetarium Combined Admission:
Save $5 when you purchase tickets for the Museum and a Strasenburgh Planetarium Film or Star Show --
$20 Adults
$18 Seniors, College Students with ID
$16 Children ages 3-18

Stand in the shadow of the largest land mammal that ever lived—the 16-foot-tall Indricotherium. Peek at a Bumblebee Bat so tiny, it weighs only about as much as a dime. A thrilling adventure, Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time brings Rochester Museum & Science Center visitors face-to-face with a wondrous array of extraordinary creatures. Experience this remarkable exhibition from December 23, 2011 through April 15, 2012 in the Riedman Gallery and its surrounding areas.

Featuring spectacular specimens from New York City's American Museum of Natural History, the exhibition examines the ancestry and evolution of numerous species through fossils, skeletons, vivid mammal reconstructions as well as objects from Rochester Museum & Science Center collections. Species range from huge to tiny, from speedy to sloth-like, and display characteristics such as oversized claws, fangs, snouts and horns. Wait…is that really a nose? Look over there—a "walking whale!" Become utterly mesmerized.

Divided into ten main sections—Introduction, What is a Mammal?, What is Extreme?, Heads-to-Tails: Heads, Reproduction, Heads-to-Tails Bodies, Mammals in Motion, Extreme Environment, Extreme Isolation, Extreme Extinction, followed by an Epilogue—the exhibition explores how mammals survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and diversified, evolving into the wondrous, and sometimes strange, creatures that are with us today. Through the use of dynamic media displays, animated computer interactive areas, hands-on activities, touchable fossils, casts and taxidermy specimens, the exhibition highlights distinctive mammalian qualities and illuminates the shared ancestry that unites these diverse creatures.

Did you know that you are a mammal? You are extreme, too! Discover how this is so, and transform yourself into a creature even more bizarre than you could ever imagine. Crawl into a model of a glyptodont's shell to experience what it feels like to be sheltered by this protective body armor, try on massive mammoth teeth, and see if you can match fur to its animal owner.

Experts continue to make marvelous mammal discoveries today…even about what might be the most extreme mammals of all—humans. Perhaps one day YOU will reveal the mammal discovery of a lifetime.

Extreme Mammals is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada; and Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 

No Photography Allowed in the Extreme Mammals Exhibit Gallery. Thank You.