University of California Museum of Paleontology

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University of California
Museum of Paleontology
The University of California Museum of Paleontology is located within the Valley Life Sciences Building
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Established1921 (1921)
LocationBerkeley, California
TypeNatural history museum
DirectorCharles R. Marshall
Websiteucmp.berkeley.edu

The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) is a paleontology museum located on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

The museum is within the Valley Life Sciences Building (VLSB), designed by George W. Kelham and completed in 1930.[1][2] Its collections are primarily intended for research and are, thus, not accessible to the public. A limited number of fossils from the collection is on display in the VLSB.[3] Although located on the Berkeley campus, the museum is the primary locality for storing fossils collected statewide. The original fossils, around which the current collection has grown, were those gathered as part of the California Geological Survey from 1860 to 1867.

  1. ^ The Centennial Record of the University of California
  2. ^ Helfland, Harvey. 2001. The Campus Guides: University of California Berkeley, p. 147
  3. ^ "Visiting UCMP". University of California. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

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