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World's youngest museum curator, 11, was led by a love of fossils

NPR | By Elena Burnett,

Sophia Paliza-Carre, Mallory Yu, Ailsa Chang, Jeanette Woods

Published August 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM CDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anderson Taylor, who has become the Guinness World Record holder for youngest male museum curator. He opened a natural history museum at age 9.

Elena Burnett

Sophia Paliza-Carre

Mallory Yu

Mallory Yu is an associate producer for All Things Considered.

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

Jeanette Woods