Life of the Past

The 45-foot mosasaur that looms over the lobby is your first introduction to the fossils and fossil casts found at the KU Natural History Museum. It’s joined by other mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, Xiphactinus and other Cretaceous period animals in the museum. You can touch the fossilized femur of camarasaurus, learn about the evolution of ancient plants and trees, and discover invertebrate fossils, including ammonites, trilobites and giant squid.