American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History has repatriated more than 100 Native American human remains and 90 objects

The institution intensified its repatriation efforts after revised federal rules governing Native American remains and funerary objects went into effect earlier this year

American Museum of Natural History curator detained at Istanbul airport with 1,500 spider and scorpion samples

Lorenzo Prendini says his permits to transport the specimens out of Turkey were ignored by police

Climate activists stage protests at two famous New York museums

Activists with Extinction Rebellion staged protests inside the Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History’s soaring, $465m new science centre opens

The new Gilder Center, designed by architecture firm Studio Gang to resemble a towering canyon, adds 230,000 sq. ft and some clarity to the museum’s vast Manhattan campus

Museum of Natural History’s new science and nature centre to open to New York public this spring

Dramatic extension to the 140-year-old building is inspired by the “Manhattanhenge” illusion

American Museum of Natural History president Ellen V. Futter steps down after almost 30 years in the post

Futter, who became the first woman to lead a major New York museum when she took the role in 1993, oversaw a period of enormous growth at the institution

$19m renovation of American Museum of Natural History's Indigenous collection hall unveiled

American Museum of Natural History renovates its Pacific Northwest cultures gallery after 112 years

Controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt removed from American Museum of Natural History

The equestrian statue, which depicts Roosevelt on horseback flanked by a Native American man and a man of African descent, had been the focus of years-long campaigns from activists calling for its removal

Controversial Roosevelt statue will be relocated to planned North Dakota presidential library

The statue, which has long stood outside New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, has been the focus of years-long campaigns by activists calling for its removal

American Museum of Natural History sues insurer over Covid-19 coverage

New York institution says it lost over $37m when it was forced to shut down, but insurance company caps potential coverage at $200,000

Roosevelt equestrian statue will leave American Museum of Natural History soon

A unanimous vote by the New York City Public Design Commission has cleared the way for the controversial statue’s removal to a new home dedicated to the former US president

Art history fact check: Trump can’t tell the difference between Teddy Roosevelt and an anonymous Remington cowboy

Defending problematic monuments as educational opportunities, the US president misidentifies a famous bronze as a presidential portrait in a Fox News interview

Controversial Roosevelt statue will be removed from entrance to New York’s American Museum of Natural History

The former president’s great-grandson supports the removal of “relics of another age”

Nearly 500 protesters stage Anti-Columbus Day history tour at New York museums

After being blocked from entering the American Museum of Natural History, decolonisation demonstrators took to the streets, ending at the Metropolitan Museum’s steps