Carnegie Museum of Natural History is home to 21 million specimens, of which 10,000 are on view at any given time in 20 galleries. Collections are related to sections of Anthropology, Botany, Invertebrate Paleontology, Invertebrate Zoology, Mammals, Minerals, Vertebrate Paleontology, Mollusks, and Amphibians and Reptiles.
Data and images of nearly 1 million objects in the museum’s collection are cataloged in online searchable databases that are used by researchers worldwide. Museum scientists are also actively engaged in fieldwork, collecting and cataloging new specimens in more than 20 countries.