The Puget Sound Museum of Natural History is one of the Pacific Northwest's significant natural history collections, with over 100,000 bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, plant, insect, fossil specimens plus rock and mineral specimens.
Looking for the Wing & Tail image collection? Images are on JSTOR as of 16 Sept 2024.
Contact Gary Shugart, Collection Manager, gshugart@pugetsound.edu.
The Fall Newsletter is here!
The ‘25-‘26 academic year was a fun one! Our student docent program continued to thrive, we hosted and attended a variety of community events, and our collections reached over 13,000 students, researchers, and community members. Take a look at all we accomplished this year!
Visit the Museum Virtually
Step inside the museum prep lab and see what birds our Collections Manager, Gary Shugart, has been working on!
Check out this stop-motion video explaining form and function in bird beaks, featuring specimens from the museum and made by University of Puget Sound students!
Visit
The museum does NOT have open hours for the public. Visits to the museum are by appointment only.
Donate
Help us continue to support our museum collection and outreach programs by giving to the museum.