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The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is part of The Webb Schools and is the only nationally accredited museum of paleontology on a secondary school campus in the United States. The museum has two circular 4,000 sq. ft. exhibition halls and 20,000 unique annual visitors. The collections number about 140,000 specimens, 95% of which were found by Webb students on fossil-collecting trips called “Peccary Trips,” expeditions usually centered in California, Utah, and Montana. The collections consist primarily of vertebrate, invertebrate, and track fossils and the museum's large track collection is widely recognized as one of the most diverse in the world.The museum has three full-time staff, two of whom are research paleontologists who conduct research with Webb students in a specialized curriculum through The Webb Schools' Science Department.HistoryIn 1929, nationally acclaimed sprinter Raymond Alf arrived in Los Angeles to run for the L.A. Track Club. After the track season ended, Alf found a job teaching science at the Webb School of California, a boarding school on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Alf’s paleontology career unofficially began in 1935, when he spotted a fossil horse jaw at a photo shop and learned that it was found near Barstow. Intrigued, Alf then gathered Webb students and went in search of fossils in the Barstow desert. On that first trip, Bill Webb, son of the Webb School’s founder Thompson Webb, found a fossil skull. Alf and Bill Webb took the specimen to Chester Stock, a paleontologist from the California Institute of Technology, who identified it as a new species of Miocene-age peccary. Inspired by the discovery of "Dyseohys fricki", Alf began the long-standing museum tradition of leading summer and weekend paleontology expeditions (known as Peccary Trips) for Webb students to fossil-rich areas in the western United States.

Address: 1175 Base Line Rd, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Phone: (909) 624-2798
State: California
Zip Code: 91711


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It's smaller than I expected but really enjoyed it. Very informative and the staff was really friendly and knowledgeable.
8 years ago (21-06-2017)
this is a super nice museum small up has a lot to see friendly care takers . thank you ALF.
8 years ago (21-06-2017)
This museum is amazing! Our three girls are huge dinosaur fans. In fact, our oldest wants to be a paleontologist! This museum is for the young and old. It is small enough to not get overwhelmed, yet big enough to hold amazingly wonderful dinosaur treasures! They have hands on activities children. A must see and visit!
9 years ago (27-09-2016)
Great excellent very helpful
8 years ago (02-04-2017)
Great little museum, reasonable priced
9 years ago (28-09-2016)
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