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The museum offers many exhibits from all five vertebrate classes. There are also floating exhibits throughout the museum and whales hanging from the ceiling.<ref name="Transcript">{{Cite web |last=Transcript |first=Aaron Wright GrayThe Norman |title=Villemarette gets the skeletons out of the closet |url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/local_news/villemarette-gets-the-skeletons-out-of-the-closet/article_9fc0c59e-80ca-5ddd-a866-3d3343f99cb7.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Norman Transcript |language=en}}</ref> All the specimens on display are cleaned at the Skulls Unlimited building next door, using [[Dermestidae|dermestid beetles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where ‘how greasy a human is’ is part of the job |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15486395 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> The skeletons are articulated and then put on display.<ref>{{Cite web |last=sperkins-pom |date=2006-01-07 |title=I'm Going to Rib-Cage World |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/im-going-rib-cage-world/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Outside Online |language=en-US}}</ref> The exhibits display a wide range of topics, including locomotion, adaptation, and forensic osteology and pathology.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=The Museum of Osteology—Dirty Jobs, Cool Bones & More! - MetroFamily Magazine |url=https://www.metrofamilymagazine.com/the-museum-of-osteology-dirty-jobs-cool-bones-more/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.metrofamilymagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SKELETONS: Museum Of Osteology; #2 in Best Thing To Do In Oklahoma City |url=https://travel.usnews.com/Oklahoma_City_OK/Things_To_Do/Museum_of_Osteology_62276/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=US News Travel}}</ref> The museum offers scavenger hunts for all ages. The answers to these can be found throughout the exhibits. The 'Explorers Corner" is the section of the museum devoted to hands-on activities for children. There is a mystery skull game where children can touch real animal skulls.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> They can also dissect [[owl pellet]]s on the first floor or in the classroom.▼

== Notable specimens ==▼

[[File:Mike Rowe and Jay Villemarette Cleaning Skull.jpg|left|thumb|188x188px|Mike Rowe with Jay Villemarette Cleaning A Humpback Whale Skull at SKELETONS: Museum of Osteology (Oklahoma)]]▼

[[Humpback whale|Humpback Whale]] - One of 12 fully articulated skeletons in North America. It washed ashore in 2003, was buried for two years and then cleaned by Skulls Unlimited Int. Inc.<ref name="Transcript" />▼

The whale was featured on an episode of Mike Rowe's ''[[Dirty Jobs]],'' entitled "Skull Cleaner".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skull Cleaner |url=https://www.discovery.com/shows/dirty-jobs/episodes/skull-cleaner |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Discovery |language=en}}</ref> [[Mike Rowe]] helped clean the skeleton''.''▼

[[Komodo dragon|Komodo Dragon]] - One of the first Komodo Dragons to be allowed entry into the United States. Was a gift from the president of Indonesia to George W. Bush<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Peek Inside the Museum Archives {{!}} Richard Nixon Museum and Library |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/peek-inside-museum-archives |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.nixonlibrary.gov}}</ref>▼

Chimp from Space Program - Donated to the museum by William Taylor, retired NASA scientist and photographer. Chimp was said to have been used in the space program at Holloman AF, Alamogordo, New Mexico.▼

[[Javan rhinoceros|Javan Rhino]] - The rarest specimen in the collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of Osteology and Skulls Unlimited |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museum-of-osteology-and-skulls-unlimited |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en}}</ref> Out of 5, the Javan rhino is the most endangered species of rhino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Javan Rhino |url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/javan-rhino |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=World Wildlife Fund |language=en}}</ref>▼

[[File:Sumatran Rhino.jpg|thumb|178x178px|Sumatran Rhino]]▼

[[Sumatran rhinoceros|Sumatran Rhino]] - Another endangered species of rhino, with only about 80 left in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nuwer |first=Rachel |title=Endangered species: The last animals of their kind |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140509-whats-the-worlds-rarest-animal |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref> They are the smallest of all the rhino species. The Cincinnati Zoo was the first facility to successfully breed this rhino in over 100 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sumatran Rhino in Indonesia is Pregnant! Rhino born at the Cincinnati Zoo is the Father |url=https://cincinnatizoo.org/news-releases/sumatran-rhino-in-indonesia-is-pregnant-rhino-born-at-the-cincinnati-zoo-is-the-father/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden® |language=en-US}}</ref> One of those rhinos was a female named Suci (Sue-Chee), the museum considered it an honor to be entrusted with her after she died.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cincinnati Zoo Devastated By Loss of Endangered Sumatran Rhino |url=https://cincinnatizoo.org/news-releases/cincinnati-zoo-devastated-by-loss-of-endangered-sumatran-rhino/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden® |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Terri Roth|Dr. Terri Roth]], an expert on Sumatran rhinos, who worked extensively to save Suci (from [[hemochromatosis]]), has used the museum collection to aid her research.▼

[[Cetacea]]n Collection - The museum houses the largest private collection of Cetaceans. This includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. The collection at the museum holds 46 different species, while in the world there is 80 different species.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brus |first=Brian |date=2010-10-26 |title=A real skeleton crew: Museum of Osteology opens in Moore {{!}} The Journal Record |url=https://journalrecord.com/2010/10/26/a-real-skeleton-crew-museum-of-osteology-opens-in-moore-general-news/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>▼