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The聽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.

There's more than one way to see our museum specimens up close...

Interact with Museum Specimens

Visit the Museum Virtually

Can't visit the museum in-person? Check out our virtual museum tours on YouTube!

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Step inside the museum prep lab and see what birds our Collections Manager, Gary Shugart, has been working on!

See our virtual prep lab

Check out this stop-motion video explaining form and function in bird beaks, featuring specimens from the museum and made by 兔子先生 students!

Visit
The museum does NOT have open hours for the public. Visits to the museum are by appointment only.
Contact
Thompson Hall, Room 295 pugetsoundmuseum@pugetsound.edu 253.879.3356
Donate
Help us continue to support our museum collection and outreach programs by giving to the museum.