Amazing origami ornaments adorn museum tree

Chimpanzee with banana ornament on the American Museum of Natural History's Origami Holiday Tree.

During the holiday season, volunteers will be on hand to teach museum visitors of all ages the art of origami paper folding. Past themes have included "Discovery," "Folding the Museum," "Fantastic Creatures: Mythic and Real," "Origami in Flight," "Under the Sea," "Pocket Posy," and "Origami Safari."

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Credit: AMNH\D. Finnin