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The evolutionary journey of primates is complex, as lineages disperse between continents and adapt to new ecosystems. The fossil collection at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is well positioned to tell this story using primate specimens from the Paleogene of North America and Africa, and the Neogene of Africa, South America, and Madagascar. Founded in 1977, the collection was primarily only accessible – and interpretable – to specialized researchers. Visitors and students unfamiliar with fragmentary fossils and obscure taxonomy faced the daunting task of keeping track of the primate journey while following staff through cabinets and drawers. This contrasted with significant education and outreach efforts at the DLC’s main campus, where noninvasive research on the colony of over 200 living lemurs was accessible to the public through tours, interpretive exhibits, and classroom outreach. Our goal was to work together with the DLC education team to fabricate an exhibit that helped visitors access our Big Idea: Humans and Lemurs Share an Evolutionary History That Spans the Globe. The exhibit space is relatively small and the taxa and time periods are unfamiliar to most visitors. We designed color-coding and symbols that are consistent throughout the exhibit and collection spaces to create a layered experience for visitors. A visit can focus on primate adaptations, ecological niches, plate tectonics, or the geological timescale – all science curriculum goals for different grade levels in North Carolina. The exhibit is also physically layered, with modern primate diversity at eye-level accompanied by infographics that summarize the anatomical distinctions between major clades. Displayed below modern specimens are fossil specimens, demonstrating how fossils are used to understand modern biodiversity and vice versa. This structure is disrupted in the Madagascar section, where subfossil lemur taxa are displayed alongside osteological specimens, emphasizing the recent extinction of Malagasy megafauna. This reinforces the DLC’s larger mission to understand and conserve remaining biodiversity. Exhibit materials were designed with the explicit goal of making them available for collaboration with international partners. The team trained volunteer docents to help visitors access the space, and the exhibit opened to visitors in May 2023. Visitors can provide feedback through a standardized form so we can evaluate exhibit materials and revise them in response to engagement.