Gallery: Taxidermists, Artists Bring Aging Museum Animals Back to Lifelike

  • Alaskan Brown Bear
    Denis Finnin
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    *Taxidermist George Dante touches up one of the Alaskan brown bears in the Hall of North American Mammals. The standing bear in this diorama is more than 8 feet tall. Photo: © AMNH/D. Finnin*
  • Wolves
    Roderick MIckens
    02

    wolves

    *Stephen Quinn, the senior project manager in the AMNH’s exhibition department, works on restoring the wolf diorama, which sets a scene from Gunflint Lake in Minnesota. Photo: © AMNH/R. Mickens*
  • Canadian Lynx
    Roderick MIckens
    03

    canadian-lynx

    *A preparator works on the Canadian lynx diorama. Photo: © AMNH/R. Mickens*
  • Coyote
    04

    coyote

    *A coyote before and after the restoration. Photo: © AMNH Natural Science Conservation*
  • Bison
    05

    bison

    *A bison bull before and after the restoration. Photo: © AMNH Natural Science Conservation*
  • Cacomistle
    06

    cacomistle

    *A cacomistle before and after the restoration. Photo: © AMNH Natural Science Conservation*
  • Pronghorn
    07

    pronghorn

    *A pronghorn before and after the restoration. Photo: © AMNH Natural Science Conservation*
  • Ferret
    08

    ferret

    *A ferret before and after the restoration. Photo: © AMNH Natural Science Conservation*
  • Hall of North American Mammals
    Denis Finnin
    09

    hall-of-north-american-mammals

    *The Hall of North American Mammals. Photo: © AMNH/D. Finnin*
  • Jack Rabbit
    Roderick Mickens
    10

    jack-rabbit

    *A jack rabbit in process of restoration. Photo: © AMNH/R. Mickens*
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