Can't visit the museum in-person? Check out our virtual museum tours on YouTube!
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The Slater 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, and geological specimens. Located on the University of Puget Sound campus, the Slater Museum focuses on research & education as well as engaging the community and university students with museum collections.
Bring the rich biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest into your classroom! Nature in the Classroom is a free multidisciplinary science-based curriculum that allows students to explore the biodiversity of the Puget Sound using real-life museum specimens.
Are you a University of Puget Sound student? Join our Docent Program and try your hand at everything from cataloging museum specimens to learning taxidermy!
Step inside the Slater 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 Slater Museum and made by University of Puget Sound students!
