University of California Museum of Paleontology

Online Resources

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The UCMP website has been online since 1993 and contains thousands of pages of content about the history of life on Earth. Explore some of these pages in our online resources and archived web exhibits.

UCMP Websites and Collaborations

Understanding Global Change

Understanding Evolution

Understanding Science

PaleoPortal (Archived)

Current Online Exhibits

Below are new exhibits currently maintained by staff and students. 

EPICC Virtual Field Experiences
Virtually visit classic paleontological field sites along the Pacific coast and explore images and data collected there.

McKittrick Fossil Collection
Learn more about the fossils of McKittrick, CA

Where the Wild Things Were
An online, interactive, and accessible atlas of animal losses from the Pleistocene to today.

Calaveras Fossils
Explore the fossils of the Calaveras Reservoir, located in Santa Clara County, CA.

Legacy Exhibits Online

Many of these exhibits were developed in the early decades of the museum's online presence. We present them here in their original format. 

History of Life Through Time
Learn about life on Earth, and the relationships that connect all organisms, past and present.

Tour of Geologic Time
Journey through geologic time to see how the Earth has changed since its debut 4.6 billion years ago.

The World's Biomes
Explore our planet's biomes — environmental divisions defined by the community of organisms adapted to live within them.

Special Exhibits
A collection of miscellaneous exhibits that UCMP has put together over the decades.

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Visiting

The UCMP is primarily a research museum and our collections are only open to the public during our annual open house on Cal Day. However, we have a limited number of fossil exhibits on display, including a magnificent Tyrannosaurus rex . These can be viewed, free of charge, any time the Valley Life Sciences Building is open. Learn more here.

Contact

1101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-4780

Valley Life Sciences Building hours and directions.

Voice: (510) 642-1821
Fax: (510) 642-1822
E-mail: ucmpwebmaster@berkeley.edu