Mission
DISSEMINATE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH. THE INSTITUTION CONDUCTS AND FACILITATES PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH, AND COMMUNICATES KNOWLEDGE RESULTING FROM THIS RESEARCH. IT HOUSES, CURATES, AND MAKES AVAILABLE SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS AND A RESEARCH LIBRARY; PUBLISHES TECHNICAL AND POPULAR PALEONTOLOGICAL BOOKS AND JOURNALS; AND PROMOTES EDUCATION IN EARTH HISTORY AND PALEONTOLOGY BY PROVIDING EXHIBITS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS THROUGH THE MUSEUM OF THE EARTH.