Charles R. Conner Museum
PO Box 644236
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4236
http://sbs.wsu.edu/connermuseum/

The Charles R. Conner Museum is part of the School of Biological Sciences at WSU.

The Conner Museum collections include a research collection, a teaching collection, and a public exhibit. The research collection has numerous uses: comparisons of morphology, identification, genetics, ecology, etc. The teaching collection, which is an additional 700 bird specimens and 700 mammal specimens, is separate from the research collection and is used in many classes. The public exhibit, which is free, consists of several hundred mounted birds and mammals, plus a few herps and fish. Most of the specimens in the public exhibit are from the northwest.

Amphibians
Animals
Birds
Fish
Herps
Mammals
Reptiles

Vertebrate specimens (study skins, skeletons, whole organisms stored in ethanol, tissue samples) and public exhibit of mounted animals.

Specimen numbers (estimated)
Birds: 17,000
Mammals: 39,000
Herps (reptiles and amphibians): 6,600
Fish: 5,600

Total: about 69,000

Eastern Washington: 37%
Western Washington: 12%
Idaho: 13%
Oregon: 13%
Alaska: 4%
California: 4%
Other western states: 4%
Eastern states: 6%
Canada and Latin America: 3%
Pacific Islands: 1%
Other: 1%

More Information

Web site: http://sbs.wsu.edu/connermuseum/research.html
email: connermuseum@wsu.edu
Phone: 509-335-3515

The public exhibit, located in several rooms at the south end of the first floor of Abelson Hall, is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 7 days a week, except for University holidays. This exhibit is free and open to the public.

To use the research collection, please contact the curator:
email: connermuseum@wsu.edu
Phone: 509-335-3515

Other natural history collections on campus include the Marion Ownby Herbarium (also part of the School of Biological Sciences) and the M. T. James Entomological Collection.