Editing Cryptozoology (section)

== Museums and exhibitions ==
The zoological and cryptozoological collection and archive of Bernard Heuvelmans is held at the [[Musée Cantonal de Zoologie]] in [[Lausanne]] and consists of around "1,000 books, 25,000 files, 25,000 photographs, correspondence, and artifacts".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Turner|first=Stephanie S.|url=|title=Anthropology and Cryptozoology: Exploring Encounters with Mysterious Creatures|publisher=Routledge|year=2017|isbn=978-1-315-56729-7|editor-last=Hurn|editor-first=Samantha|location=Abingdon|pages=12–31|language=en|chapter=The place of cryptids in taxonomic debates|doi=10.4324/9781315567297-9|chapter-url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/place-cryptids-taxonomic-debates-stephanie-turner/e/10.4324/9781315567297-9}}</ref>{{Rp|19}}

In 2006, the [[Bates College Museum of Art]] held the "Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale" exhibition, which compared cryptozoological creatures with recently extinct animals like the [[thylacine]] and extant taxa like the [[coelacanth]], once thought long extinct ([[living fossils]]). The following year, the [[American Museum of Natural History]] put on a mixed exhibition of imaginary and extinct animals, including the [[elephant bird]] ''[[Aepyornis maximus]]'' and the great ape ''[[Gigantopithecus blacki]]'', under the name "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids".<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|18–19}}

In 2003, cryptozoologist [[Loren Coleman]] opened the [[Loren Coleman#International Cryptozoology Museum|International Cryptozoology Museum]] in [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Southern |first=Marleen Shepherd The |date=2005-10-26 |title=Renowned cryptozoologist got his start at SIUC |url=https://thesouthern.com/news/renowned-cryptozoologist-got-his-start-at-siuc/article_3af791e9-fe76-5a43-98bc-e59b9ad3a7a6.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Southern Illinoisan |language=en}}</ref> The museum houses more than 3000 cryptozoology related artifacts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-06 |title=Crypto museum opens in new location {{!}} wlbz2.com |url=http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/177863/3/Crypto-museum-opens-in-new-location |access-date=2023-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106160627/http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/177863/3/Crypto-museum-opens-in-new-location |archive-date=2015-11-06 }}</ref>